Exactly so. Euro 5 leans the fueling out in the rev range and at the throttle openings where the bike will be ridden most of the time, reducing overall emisions over the life of the bike. Pretty meaningless really in emissions terms since most riders will ride round the restrictions. In fact, when I had my Diavel remapped and the restrictions removed it pulled smoother in higher gears at lower revs. The less an engtine works the fewer emissions it produces. It's like ecomentalists thinking that 20mph speed limits reduce pollution. They make it worse. Vehicles running at higher revs in a lower gear and taking longer to pass through the speed zone.
Don't miss them, never had them, bought an ST4S last summer coz I blew my ST2 motor on a trackday, it has ABS but I intensely dislike it and am contemplating removing it - I love good brakes with loads of feel so considering swapping over my ST2 setup on to the ST4 (999 axial 4 pad calipers & radial MC, Braketec ductile iron rotors & FDB2120ST pads) and with this I can out-brake the ABS any day of the week.. Maybe in the wet when not paying 100% attention it might, and I mean might be something worth having but I really dunno, the std setup is wooden and alien to me...
A paired phone or one mounted on the bike is pretty-near mandatory for navigation if you're going any distance. Touring Europe with a paper map / road book is possible but slightly tedious. A phone is just another tool. However, Ducati's attempt at phone integration is definitely shite. They should take a leaf out of KTM & BMW's book.
