You had me at HP2
, and I forgot all about Buell.
I suppose I'm defining "performance motorcycle" in my own private and arbitrary way, but to me, if a bike weighs more than 500 lbs, it can be very fast and most excellent, but it's not that.
Ducati seems to understand that building a heavier bike that would inevitably be even more ridiculously expensive wouldn't appeal to most Duc enthusiasts and wouldn't sell as well.