If you were only there for the conversation. When I finished bike 1 I had it at the Long Beach show. The marketing director for DMA went over it extensively and exclaimed that while the 1299sl was a premiere bike, that I had taken it to a refined level and in essence, had been riding a 1299sl for 2 years so I hate to rain on the parade but I and a few others beat Ducati to the punch quite some time ago. I had the first set of 1299 CF bodywork from CDT. The bike actually still has the prototype set. I did the motor mods and more of them including many Corse pieces not on the 1299SL. I did top shelf Brembo, WSBK Ohlins pieces, ceramic rotors bla bla in 2015 so Luigi can hang on to his gimmicky plaque and "exclusive" garbage. I built much of bike 1 and bike 2 with the help of many on this board as well as OPP, CP NCR. We had a lighter bike with more power and higher end parts 2 years before the 1299SL and we did it for less money. I would hold off on the V4 until you see what's coming next.