true, the fairing is a work of art indeed, but lets not credit the builders of this bike with that. the fairing was a work of art in the 1950s when it was designed! lol. still, for all that, its a pretty machine, i love the sculpted tank round the heads, quite how much fuel you will lose to it being evaporated away from the heat of the engine is a different matter, but the tank is a nice piece of kit.