It's not too much for me, it's too much for the highway. I can't see anybody riding one of these, to 50% of it's ability, and getting away with it for long. I've had it round to 175 or so, and I can assure you that comes round very quickly indeed. My tweaked hayabusa was putting out 173 rwbhp by the time I sold it, but weighed a bit more. Handling wise, this is streets ahead. Oh, and on the subject of advanced training, I was a surveilllance biker for Her majesty's Customs & Excise, so did the Police advanced course, with plenty of refresher training. So it's not a question of me being green, it's a question of common sense (at last).