It's brilliant, fantastically clever etc... but I dunno - something about having a plain old english JAP, BSA, Royal Enfield or even a Yamaha with a 650CC single....
One set of points, one coil, one oil and fuel filter...
Sane speeds to have nasty accidents at.
Naaa give me the simple single with a set of crash bars on it and nothing much high tech at all.

i love the naked look to the bike. you get a chance to see all the small parts, like a exotic wrist watch.

The real dilemma is which would last more than five minutes, me or my driver's license?? Ralph L. Seifer, Long Beach, California.

Ducati,with the exception of some new BMW's,has kicked every bodies butt the last couple of years. If you can afford this fine engineered,beautiful piece of work (with the fairing on) one can afford the shop work.
A naked 1199 would use the motor and another Ducati chassis.
But I agree with Mr. Stiff.,Give me a modern,simple to work on,light weight GS 800 of old. Simple valve adjustments in 20 minutes. But please,not so far back as points,what a pain.

Nice, only took ~20 years to catch up to the Britten V1000.

If there is one thing that electrical components hate then its heat. Would have thought that the engineers learned their lesson with the Desmosedici and its fried Voltage Rectifier.

Life &or license? Ummm? If you want the best of it, join a bike club that does track rides, a couple days a month to ride without loss of license or maybe your life!! It's a hell'va lot safer,,, and cheaper!! Keep your simple single for the daily ride..

@chidrbmt
If you set your points properly - including lubricating the heel on the lobe with a graphite type grease, and the cover is more or less water and dust resistant - the points hold their setting and last almost forever.

Hay Chidrbmt:
Your words are so right. I grew up in Christchurch during the 80's/ 90's and saw John Britten build and test his bikes around the streets and on the race track. Back then, as a young teenage kid his machines and designs seemed utterly Star Wars/ Blade Runner. I watched them on the race track blitz a Ferrari F40 in a straight line, so beautifully, like poetry.
Like you, I have waited to see such power and beauty again... and Ive waited years and wondered if it is now hidden by corporate mediocrity, or simply plain contemporary conformity.
Anyway - love your tribute to John and his V1000.
Lets all of us dream of something wild and wonderful like this today - and plan to make real tomorrow, without fear of failure.
Simon

This is not the first bike to use a frameless design. Vincent used the same technique in their black shadow over 50 years ago.