Weather or not you can handle its power, Well that is a difficutl question to answer, because there are 120lb women out ther that could push that bike tot he limit all day, and there are 180lb guys that would kill themselves on it. Basicly what im saying is it depends on your riding expirance and ability vs how intelligent you are, if you dont have much expirance but know the basics(clutching braking utrning accelerating) then if you are smart and take this bike easy for some time until you have enough expirance to let it out and do what it was made for, then yes you can handle it just fine, personally id start on a 600 though.