Originally Posted by
delcrossv
Yes it is. In my experience,I've been getting the most positive comments from teenage boys (cool bike!) for the P-38. It's also interesting how the teen herd mentality works- My teenager (who rides a Ryan Vanguard for tooling around and an M5 lowracer at the track) was concerned about his "image" riding the Ryan- he loves the ride but told me it is too far 'out there' looks wise. Now he wants a Performer Saki because it "looks cool"- huh, kids.
Yeah, I don't get negative comments from individual boys that age, only from groups. Conformity is king at that age (for most kids, anyway), and anyone riding by on something 'different' is going to get the "hey look at that dork!' or eqivalent. Insecurities abound at that age. I remember what it was like, myself.
It's impossible to say what kids will find 'dorky' vs. 'cool'. Anything that looks really fast and racy is going to more often get the nod of approval, I think.