The busa is about as gentle as they come! I know there will be a lot of guys who will jump on that one. But I got a guy on a busa two years ago for a first bike and he fell in love with it. Rides it with passion and never had a problem. I just introduced a woman to a new busa. Although she is not totally green, she is very inexperienced and she is also in love and rides the busa very well. The only thing about the busa is you must have respect for the throttle until you become comfortable. If you don't respect the throttle, it will bite you. But then so will any other big bike! However, riding the busa as a first bike, you are no more apt to drop a busa than you are a 600? If you can ride a scooter, you can ride a busa! Most all skinned up fairings on a beginners bike comes from slow speed parking lot type crashes. Going though the learning curve you will most likely drop a bike once or twice so the busa may not be the most economical bike to learn on?
