Yeah thats what I have pretty much done. He's on his own. Though he hasn't brought it up again in about 3 weeks. I am thinking he went out and crashed his brothers bike, or maybe he just got tired of EVERYONE around him telling him the same thing... Training---License---then Bike...I don't know about you, but people that always ask for my advice but always refuse to take it don't remain my friends for very long, if at all.
Let him get what he wants. At least when he pulls a wheelie and wrecks in that full Starbucks parking lot, he won't look like a geek. A total dumbass, maybe, but not a geek.
I think it has to be some sort of left over SOF residue. He still has that indestructable mentality. I think he will be OK though, it seems he has given up on it for now...