BSTON, your point is well taken. High performance has a safety advantage in the right hands.

It's just a shame and a waste of life & limb that extremely powerful bikes are marketed heavily to young folks who by nature don't have that impulse control... and on a liter bike in A mode, extreme control is required. The tiniest twist of the wrist putting on the power through a turn is the difference between planting the bike and breaking it loose and low- or high siding. Not to mention speed control in general.

I've tried these kinds of bikes. It's thrilling. But you are suddenly like, how'd I get to 100mph here, in second gear? And it feels fine, the bike likes to do it, and you get used to it, you get to craving that rush and... here comes trouble.