Sounds like someone needs a case of tough love. Let him get it, when he wrecks it, or we see him on the 11 o'clock news because he ran from the law, you can tell him told ya so. I started on a V65 Saber, i wasn't complaining at the time because it was free to me, but today, i admit, that was too big of a bike to start on. Give him some shock and awe treatment. Got any friends in a rescue squad? Im sure they have pictures or videos that aren't available to the public that can assist with viewing them. Thats what my mom did to me when i was about his age. Except her hope was to turn me off of bikes all together, obviously that didnt work.