If you want a standard bike that runs smooth , performs well and is pretty boring as it ' s pretty runof the mill buy Japanese . If you want comfort and reliability not that interested in the weightpower ratio buy germanIf you want a bike with unreliable , stupid design features and loads of character get Italian . I bought my Ducati some years back now , and I absolutely love it ! but why would you design some electrical plugs almost for catching water when it rains ? !? and some instruments on these bikes are known as aquariums . absolutely stupid . but you get used to it . and you start loving it <| sep |> Man , my body just voluntarily woke me at 5 am after a hard eveninglate night of cleaning ALL the things with my husband . Everything aches more than usual and now , because I ' m in the US , it ' s not like I ' m going to get nap time before all the Thanksgiving stuff happens ! Come to me , sweet coffee , bringer of life and smoother poos .