With more fuel capacity and Brembo brakes and a change in the neck rake, I think that is progress in add ons.
No Mike we disagree there. Those are mild changes. Granted, better brakes are always important. But brakes and a slightly bigger tank aren't enhancements of the products in any way different that you or I couldn't have already bolted on on a wide variety of models of bikes for a long time.
It's not even an evolutionary change, nonetheless anything truly significant from a "products" point of view.
Tell me, are you really serious when you say (as you seem to be here) that we give extra cudos to the Motor Company for buynig parts off of someone else's rack to bolt on and sell to us rather than develop significant product enhancements to be applied across the different model series? That's as much as saying "hey guys, we know you're so far behind the curve on some things and so far out of the loop on some ideas that I want to give you a big pat on the back for buying some brakes from somebody else because we've just given up on you getting better on your own."