Re:I'd buy one, too. (Score 1)

Unfortunately you're right. I have a sportsbike (Ninja), and whenever someone sees it, they immediately think of the morons doing wheelies, riding around in shorts and a tshirt. Most of those people don't stay on the road for more than a couple years, as they end up getting harvested for organs after their first wreck. It amazes me that when I'm riding down the highway, some young kid will pull up beside me and start reeving his engine wanting to race me. Of course, that's when I just turn onto a road with a ton of twisties and zip through that knowing the squids haven't even learned how to roll through a curve at regular speeds while keeping the shiny side up. Most of the time, it's the parents to blame for buying their immature, arrogant, hot shot, soon to be a future donor, kid a motorcycle without making them go through a MSF training course first.