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These extremely high prices for Corse parts is the evidence of how impractical selling Corse bikes to the public would be. Low volume/high precision = expensive.
Also good luck if you have any Corse electronics problems with any of the proprietary stuff during the late 90s through 2010s. Tough to find computers that’ll run the software and god forbid if you need a new sensor. Might be ok for some time with the newer bikes since they’re running standardized ECU but you’ll likely need an engineer just to start the bike and get it running let alone mess with TC etc.
I suppose it would become expensive garage art at that point. One of my top dream bikes is a Supermono, and if I'm so blessed as to own one one day, I do plan on riding it. Should I be afraid to ride it because I can't get parts/support? If at some point some failure or problem prevents me from riding it, I'll push it to the top of a steep hill and coast down while making "Braaaap" noises if I have to. Probably more my pace anyways lol. Kaming rides his GP11 and I'm guessing parts and support are worse than any RS in civilian hands. For me, having to take that chance would be a good problem to have. YMMV.