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They had to hurry to beat the rain, the ground was wet, the guy hadn't gotten a chance to practice on the XR first and he didn't have enough run-up....
According to the comments on that site, its only cool if you do it on a rice/crotch rocket that has done this stunt a thousand times. I give the guy a a thumbs up for the attempt on a RK though lol
And then the hater comments start on the bottom of the page, jeez!
Seriously though, you would think a little research on a dyno and some length-speed-torque computations on one of those fancy computer dealies woulda told him this particular setup wouldn't work.
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