I had read about that on www.raptorsandrockets.com in the news section a couple of days ago....they say the April bikes will be throughout Europe and the rest of the world might have to wait till late in the year.....so we'll see...either way...it is a step in the right direction I think in making their starter machine as it were more attractive and this might hopefully mean they are going to do something along the same lines to the other motors like 1000ds maybe!....<hint hint-Ducati are ya listening?>(as Micheal Battman would say!)