I'll bet a $1000 that if this heat shield would have been the original heat shield, not one single person would have every said, "The bike is so beautiful, except for that ugly heat shield." Seriously, would never have happened. In fact, maybe even a safe bet that if this were the original, and the original was used as the fix, a bunch of people would now be talking about how stupid that one looks.
I just try to look at it as if seeing the bike for the first time and it looks fine. It actually balances out colors well, matches various flow of the bike (as in look at the vent in fairing and line on bottom of tank, they are in line with new shield). It's one-sided which matches the single swing arm aesthetic. It blocks a little daylight under the seat, but many of us I imagine find form in function. So having the function of directing heat makes it look cool (and yes, I believe very slight redirections of heat can have drastic differences on what is felt)
So, sorry for beating the dead horse, but I don't see the need for such negativity for a fix that Ducati obviously is losing money on to address complaints. A type of fix I would expect for next generation stuff like this. So I hope some of you naysayers will attempt to look at the bike as if you were seeing it for the first time and really see if you would have thought it was ugly if it was the original. I think it looks as good as the original, just different. I will get it. I will love it. And I will chuckle at anybody who tries to tell me my bike is ugly because of it. Then I will go back to the thread about the dumbest thing anybody has said about your bike and post it.
