A mate has 2002 st4 and reckons the body panels are really fragile. He says the panel have brittled with age. Seems a bit odd to me, i would have thought the material wa similar if not the same as any other Ducati bodywork of a similar age bike. Is brittle panels and ST thing? Any chance of finding pattern bodywork these days ot just reinforce or fix the exisiting panels. He reckons no point buying used of a similar age as it will be just the same.