They are very...drop-able too I think if, you have some engine guards or something. Not to mention, I'd never want to buy a smaller displacement "sport" styled bike that had been ridden by a teen boy. Dual sports, you kind of expect they've been thrashed around and dropped a few times. I was nowhere near coordinated enough as a teen to ride a motorcycle, but judging how most of the guys in my high school drove their hella-rad JDM rice-wagons I'd say males that age have no business with anything larger than 400cc between their knees. (not all of you of course, but let's be honest)