I am not griping about the class. In fact I was thinking how great for my Honda Hawk, Honda RC 51's, and Suzuki 1000 twins, but then I thought about the Ducatis. Anyone with a spare $20,000-30,000 can go buy something that would kick my $1500 Honda's butt. I thought about the Buells and V-Rods, but they are not nearly as developed as the Ducs. The new 1199 is rated at 195 hp and a top speed close to that number also. The old 750 and 999 are in similar company for their class, just hard to beat. I am sure there are enough fanatics who will be out there trying, just had to voice my thoughts, but I am thinking the only thing that will beat a $25,000 Ducati will be a Ducati with $40,000 spent on it. There was the pushrod rule to keep the BMW's with tiny pushrods from killing all the Guzzi and Harley records, just wondering if there needs to be a desmo rule?