never sat on any 80 told me I would hate the 80...but I could find no one who'd had an adult female or small male rider in my size range who rode one and felt it was inadequate for them ... so i bought a used one that I go for a graet price. To quote my instructor ... "how much better AnnMarie is riding this 80 than she did on her gg280. To say night and day is not accurate but I expected short comings with the drop in power but it has not happened. On the loop she can rev that little engine up about anything. In the sections the lighter weight lower gearing and softer power is allowing her to turn tighter and more consistently lift the front end over things. This is a real surprise to me. I thought she might be more comfortable on the little 80 but I did not expect it to perform better in just about every way." so... to those other smaller riders of either gender who are contemplating an 80, I say .. TRY IT. Ride it, play with it, go uphill with it. You might be very pleasantly surprised. I certainly am!! Ads By Google more power seems to cloud thinking some times. i started trials 5/6 yrs ago mid 40s 190 lb on old 125 gasser. brilliant fun. still had more than enough go to get me into trouble at times, not less frisky than 250 i,ve got