Paranoid, that's the nature of forums. You hear all the horror stories yet there are 100s of thousands running around trouble free. I have 35k on my 09; still have original plugs and front and rear brake pads, 0 problems. I have a close riding buddy with 95k on his 08 RG and never had any problems either.
My thoughts exactly. One of the main reasons we get on the forum is to learn about things with our bikes that may be happening so the majority of topics are problems. With that said many bikes out there just going through regular maintenance and racking up the miles. I say just ride and enjoy.