I seem to remember Suzuki telling us what was on offer in terms of innovation for the TL1000s for the Rotary Damper et al and Honda with its fuel injection on the SP1, to name but two. Anyone who has ridden them will without doubt testify to the gap between marketing hype and real-world riding. Hope this is an exception, we shall see.

Had to laugh at a lot of things said, especially the 'this is a bike that's meant to be dropped on its side'. I think if you drop this you'll have a hernia to go with your depleted bank balance! We shall see.

This will no doubt continue to provoke response and debate.