The 1st part of the MOT should be a question......."Are you a member of the Ducati Forum?" If "No", then instant fail. Also, did he bring his bin with him?
Always hankered after an early MHR, out of my price league at the mo'...lovely looking bike though, and i am old enough to remember Hailwood winning the TT on one before it was called a MHR....
Historic exemption in the UK is at 40 years old. This MHR looks like a 1981 bike, so still needs an MOT; probably its last. Given a choice of (a) a bike which holds its value and appreciates v. (b) one which will depreciate for the next 10 years, which is the better buy?
Since the major cost of running a bike is likely to be depreciation, the less well heeled would be better off buying something which doesn't depreciate at all. Provided they are capable of looking after it, of course ...