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My wife is a nurse at two hospitals.
One they deal with alot of motorcycles injuries and most of them are crotch rocket riders, this hospital is in a university town.
The other hospital she works in the ER and this hospital is in a military town, and she sees alot of Crotch rocket riders come in.
That is how most of them try to pull up the front tire. Stupid really. Only the big bikes have enough tourqe to do it with the throttle only. If you see him again laugh at him.
My CBR600RR (599 cc engine) has 109 horsepower pulling a 340 pound bike. In their stock form, power to weight ratio they are the fasted vehicles on the planet.
My front end comes off the ground so easy that I have to be careful leaving a stop light.
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