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| Originally Posted by Rod Ultimately, if you were going to keep a bike like this away from prying eyes you would most likely not park it up at night within the public's gaze, which if this is a true glimpse of the 1098 to come, smacks of Ducati having been somewhat remiss in allowing the bike to be left unattended |
It is not unusual for manufacturers to ride, drive or leave their prototype vehicles where they will be seen or photographed. They want the publicity after all and often the leaking of photographs is carefully choreographed. I have even known them feign anger and vow to find the leak when they have orchestrated it themselves.
I know in the car industry they are often in cahoots with the press who get the 'scoop' and in return they get publicity.