Maybe they're just getting started fellas - or maybe it didn't come with side covers and an airbox and fenders. And maybe the seat needed to be taped. And maybe they just recently bought it - and cheap - and it runs like a dream but looks like hell. And maybe, just maybe, I'm lying to myself again. I honestly can't tell anymore.
My neighbor's kid had a bike that looked like that, he rode it around fearlessly and with great enjoyment. It's not for me . . . I hate it . . . but, not my bike.