Loads of these bikes in Oz - had a look at the 250 version for Tiff whilst I was out there. Same physical size as the 650 one. Don't actually look that bad finish wise close up.
Any one make series will never be a Ducati series... I love them too much to even think about it.
I'm racing in DD first because it's on a Duke, and second because I've prepared it. To me the appeal of the series shown above is less than 0 I may be French, I have some standard