Hear you Hoonicorn. I owned a 2017 MT09 for 40,000km- faultless, impeccable form and function. As you said a bit odd looking- says the man with a Svartpilen! In 2012 I bought a new MV675 F3 within a month a seal burst where the gear change rod exits the engine block. They started failing within weeks of the bike going on sale worldwide. MV owned up, my recall notice reached me a few days after I noticed the oil leak. FIXED. Never failed again and the MV did 2 or 3 laps of the South Island after that. But the Owners forum was filling with other complaints so I flicked it on.