2008 Hayabusa?

This is a a drawing scanned from the Motorcycle News here in the UK. I've been waiting and searching for a photo of the planned new 2008 Hayabusa. Mine is an original, X-series 1999 (she's gradually recovering from her little prang-up a couple of weeks ago, as I've been buying replacement bits). In the meantime they haven't updated the Hayabusa's style at all from the original (hey, why mess with perfection?), but I'm eagerly anticipating what they've got in store with the new version.

I don't know if this drawing is for real, or if it's another one of MCN's "artists' impressions". A part of me hopes it's not quite the real deal; The rumour has been that there'll be an upgrade to a possible V6, 1400cc engine (Zowie!). But if the new one isn't faster/lighter/more powerful then I'm not sure I'd upgrade.

From this drawing it looks like it's missing a bit of that... "alien fighter jet" look I enjoy so much. It appears to be just that little bit more common to me. Maybe I'm weird but I like the batmobile nose and the seat hump of the original. Some people think it's ugly, but not me! The looks are what interested me in the first place, before I even found out what it was capable of. Then I just had to have one.

But if the 2008 is the new speed/power champ, then I can get over the looks.