January 15, 2010 at 4:21 am
#24027
eon
Participant
Without getting into the semantics of whatever phrase you choose to use, an absolute beginner justifying a super sport as their first bike as they will be “careful/respect/whatever” is a pretty weak argument. The point has been made many times by many people who ride such bikes that they are unforgiving of mistakes. You can be as careful as you like but you simply do not have the finesse to mange the throttle on such a bike without experience. Those who manage to avoid crashing only do so by babying it so much they avoid learning anything.
I do not care if some stranger chooses a super sport as their first bike if they know what they are getting themselves into. But I would hate for someone to come to harm through ignorance.