I wonder how many other 21st century bikes don't come with a basic tool kit?

You can come up with hundreds of lame reasons for not having one, but how many bikes have you ever owned until now that didn't have at least a cheap stamped set of tools that would allow you to do basic maintenance like replace the plugs, battery and filters (if tools were needed)? Not to mention the high end like BMW that have a tool kit that would cost quite a few buck to put together.

Even my 95 Trident had one.