I've been in the motorcycle industry all my life. I think that a lot of blame can be put on the people selling the bikes(not in all cases). I've seen people come in the pony that have never been on a motorcycle in their life and they just bought a new "busa" or "1000rr" and it makes me angry, not because I'm jealous but because they tell me "the guy at the dealership said it was the right size and i can handle it". Now mind you I've seen people that have done that and are still in one piece but people wake up these bikes have more power than some cars and weight one forth as much.
I'm sorry if I'm preaching but this is no laughing matter, people need to take these things seriously.