Lucky for you S1, the invitation for breakfast in bed outweighed the planned morning ride in mid-40 degree weather (it's a cozy 60 degrees here in town, but 50 miles north into the countryside at 8 AM, brrr! F*ck that; I didn't move to Florida to be cold :smirk

, so now I've got a little extra time :laugh:...
While I agree that, obviously, production of a large unit volume sedan is far different from turning out a largely hand assembled motorcycle, I think your wishful/wistful thinking has resulted in a little oversimplification, S1. Granted, much of the "periphery" of the bike consists of bolt-on components from outside manufacturers or application-specific pieces farmed out to subcontractors, but this outsourcing still requires negotiations, contracts, the willingness and capacity for the subcontractors to go back to producing the parts--i.e. these second-tier companies have to retool
their production lines; they may not be prepared to do so, and even if they are, there are all new start-up expenses to be figured in, etc.
Then, the Ducati in-house side of things: while a steel trellis frame doesn't require a manufacturing process of similiar complexity to the new die-cast, minimum welding, aluminum frames, the frame tubing still must be uniformly cut to size and shape on
some kind of production line (it ain't like Guiseppe is in the back with a tape measure, circular saw fitted with a metal cutting blade, and a couple dozen pallets of chrome moly tubing :smirk

. The old frame jigs have to be pulled out of storage, or new ones fabricated. Speaking of Guiseppe, the availability and (re)allocation of human resources figures prominently.
Think about all the bits and pieces: pistons, rods, cranks, cylinder heads, transmission innards, wiring harnesses, gas tanks, etc.--sh*t doesn't have to be "radically different", as you say, just unique to the Supermono; as you are well aware, this ain't Harley Davidson with 30 models assembled from 2 motors and 3 frames. Speaking of Guiseppe,
somebody has to negotiate the contracts, oversee production, do the fabrication work, and then build the actual bikes--the availablity and (re)allocation of human resources figures prominently.
Top it all off with the Piaggio bean-counters doubtless looking over Ducati's collective shoulders, and I think the resurrection of the Supermono stands a far better chance in the
your hands than it does coming from Ducati. I'm tellin' ya, get Ducati to sell the old molds and tooling on the cheap--I've got a good size and fitted out detached garage/workshop
and a spare bedroom: this could be BIG. :waytogo: :lol: