Oh Doc my good man stop worrying about it and just buy the RSV, it sounds as if your gonna buy a new one anyway which will have a 2 year waranty so no money problems there and at the end of the day its not a life long comittment if you dont like it get something else, If i am honest if i was doing a round the world trip and had a choice of jap or italian then i would have less worries about breaking down with the jap bike but i would certainly have more fun on the italian beast and lets face it if your ridding for pleasure then Fun is what its all about.....Go on you know you want too....:thumbup