Don't do it while you're drunk.

Couple of nights ago, went to hang out with my friends for a birthday outing at a club. (i didn't have a drop) Just changed the oil in my friend's bike and decided that a) i needed to swish it around some in the crankcase, and b) i like riding his newer, fancier-than-mine, bike. Leave the place, go to grab some mexican food nearby, and as we're getting ready to leave, i hear some guy bouncing off the rev limiter in the parking lot while revving.

as i get to my bike and i'm putting on my gear, i see this young guy in a t-shirt in a brand new, red and black 600rr, still bouncing off the limiter while trying to talk to a pair of girls. what's hilarious is that while he's showing off he loses balance and drops the bike while stationary. i cringe for the bike's sake, and chuckle because kids can be so stupid.

i'm finished gearing up, saying my farewells when i see him take off, no helmet of course, and lose him behind the taco joint. I hear the rev's climb, a little bit of a squeal, and the inevitable *CRASH*. I jog over to see what happened and see that nice new RR on its side in the middle of the street (it was a small street, no traffic at that hour) and a bunch of parts in the road. I see the guy walking around and assume he's ok, and ask the girls (who saw it and were laughing their asses off) what happened: "he took off on the sidewalk, then off the curb, then tried to wheelie and fell, i think he's drunk?"

i wish i had a video camera because it would have been youtube-tacular...

 

Eh, I'm not really interested in girls who are impressed by dumb motorcycle antics anyway, so I don't ever wheelie.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by The_Head &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Eh, I'm not really interested in girls who are impressed by dumb motorcycle antics anyway, so I don't ever wheelie.</TD></TR></TABLE>

agreed. that and i was never that good at wheelies and never tried to learn any stunting tricks, so whenever chicks say WHEELIE! i just don't.

 

And you guys say that us gixxers are the only squids

 

seriously, what is wrong with people these days? i hope it isnt just my generation that is retarded but i fear that it is.

 

Did he eventually ride off on it?

 

This is also another reason sportbike insurance can be so damn expensive.

 

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when i left, which was shortly after, he was still on the sidewalk holding his (presumably bloody) head.

 

Darn the m squids. I am a new rider, and can't afford the insurance on a new bike because these n00bs wreck theirs sooo freaking fast, the insurance companies are paying them off for them after they wreck trying to impress equally drunk bimbos. Aaaarrrrggg!

 

i am impressed with wheelies

 

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yes, but what's super cool is if you can do it after playing edward 40-hands

 

It's the mating call of Generation - Y

 

and apparently digits, skin, and brain activity are also "not cool" hence:




Modified by bad-monkey at 2:38 AM 8/8/2006

 

I'd be really scared doing that with the amount of gear that guy is wearing (read: none).

 

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Id be scared to just be riding around the block with that guys gear.

I cant even imagine what its like shifting, maybe Im just used to shifting with a steel toe boot on a HD.