When Triumph T-110 bathtubs go for 4 times as much, I think this bike makes more sense and is better looking. This is a Bimota SB-2, not exactly the bike I want, but close. In Japan last year I had a chance to buy a YB-5, which has the FJ1200 engine, for around 6Gs. I don't think the EPA ever licensed it for the US, so it would have been nearly impossible to get it home even if I could have afforded it. Also, owning a bike previously owned by him certainly lends quite a bit of cache to it.
Race bikes are so focused they are artwork and show form can follow function.
This is the Ferrari of road bikes, a 750cc MV Agusta. For those unaware, MV was a motorcycling manufacturer more successful than any other in garnering GP titles. Honda is the modern equivalent to them by virtue of better machinery, better preparation, and probably 100 fold difference in the amount they spend. Doohan and Honda are great, but MV is more impressive when you realize how little money they had to develop their bikes. This is the same 3.9L 12-cylinder engine as in the Miura, so it has the same temperament.