I totally agree with your point on the way we, the customer are being treated.
Ducati expect its hardened customer, and it will generally only be the hardened customer, to buy its £20000 exotica, (thankfully i didnt pay that) and then make a marketing move that strips up to 50% of the bikes value!
And just when the 04 boys think they are sitting pretty, they do it again!
That said, ive still got one hell of a bike, that is the mutts nutts to ride, even if I only achieve 50% of the bikes ability!
Working on Jools theory we should all be on 620 monsters educating ourselves to ride better/ faster. OOh thats a good idea?
My final point is that i dont believe there is any Ducati model owner on the site that hasn't invested in a bit of bling for their bike.
.and remember, you dont buy Bling bits to keep, you just have them on loan! and get your money back when you move on...