I understand where you're coming from, but old tech doesn't particularly bother me. The linked brakes didn't take long to get used to although the pedal feels a bit soft, though as I rarely use the rear brake on either bicycle of motorbike anyway mostly it it is front brake only. As for the weight, the latest Honda CBF is only 2kg lighter so you can't blame the lack of state of the art in the design on that. Interesting point about depreciation. The Lexmoto cost £1500 on the road, a CBF lists at £2900. So if I lose 50% of the value in the first year I'm £750 down, only £25 worse off than with the Honda assuming a depreciation of 25%, though that is much more likely to be more than that. We'll see.