The new R6 has been taken into the high 9's stock. It's insane what you can buy nowadays. But yes, buying a first bike, that's a rocket when you've shown zero history of riding before is plain ingorant. Riders like that give us more responsible riders a bad name.
I also love riders that buy a bike based solely on colour. A friend of mine bought a 600RR because if it's available colour, then wondered why he felt like a cripple after riding it for 1 hour.