As the engine lump is still carrying stress, I wonder have they increased the strength of the engine casing? It doesn't look like it from the photos. The weakness of the V.11, which cracks the casing too easily when a laden bike falls, would need to be much improved on in a bike like this, you'd think?
I don't like the unflattering bulkiness and unsympathetic surfeit of plastic that the recent designs have. It's like the huge volume of the first Griso exhaust epitomises a major styling value that MG has injected into the heart of its design vision.