When I arrived at Sydney's impressive Ducati dealership to ride the new Panigale S superbike, there was a long line of freshly-traded 1098 models inside.
I had to concede that these superseded bikes looked absolutely stunning, and quite why anyone would want to turf them out of their garage was completely lost on me. With their trellis frames and underseat exhausts, they had the signature features that have defined Ducati's sportsbikes ever since the Tamburini-penned 916 set the design agenda for the breed 20 years ago.