Probably because most kids buying bikes grew up with transformers, and most of the rest of us buying bikes are from the '50s. Most folks in between are too busy having kids and going to soccer games to buy many bikes.
It's not the flat paint that has me scratching my head, it is the weird bright cherry red splat on the front fender. My r3r is the flat black and I think the stripes compliment it nicely, but that splat of red paint is bizarre to say the least
I will admit I would be very tempted with the Diavel had it been fitted with a proper speedo (I HATE digital speedos)
Oh, and if it hadn't been in the region of 50,000 USD over here (7-8000 more than the R3X! We have ludicrous charges for displacement here, the displacement charge alone for an R3 here is more than the bike, fully registered, in the UK)
That Diavel and R1 Naked are ****ing sexy. I really love them, and I toyed with the idea of trading in the R3R for a top tier Diavel, then realized, there isn't a whole lot of room to increase Diavel performance, and in the long run, the R3R will end being faster after a few more mods.