Darkies

[chain]

Temps in the upper 60's this afternoon, but the sun is mostly hidden behind the clouds (more on this in a moment). Nice riding day, took the the girlie-girl out for her first Hayabusa ride. It was only about an hour long, but was pretty fun. After I dropped her back off at her place, the real fun began.

Having shed 115 pounds of young nubile, the busa felt positively lithe. Because of the coolish pavement temps and my on-its-last-leg rear rubber, I found that the bike would not hook up very well in 1st gear. I detected some wheel slip when gassing it hard.

Experimenting further, I slipped away from a backcountry four-way and, at about four grand, leaned forward a bit and snapped the throttle to the stop.
GRRRRHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Airbox positively screaming, rear wheel a haze, tach swinging wildly toward redline, back end fishtailing slightly but feet up on the pegs, yours truly with a wide, toothy grin beneath the dark smoked shield of my Arai.

Can I be arrested for this?

I went back to look and, sure enough, I found that I laid my first darkie since my V-Max days back in the early 90s (and that was on bias ply tires, not the good radial rubber of today!).

So . . . I did it again!  

Whoot!

I think I need a set of cans pretty soon though, really give her that Pro Stocker in the bleach box wail when I'm lighting up the rear tire.

This bike is so damned much fun.

Happy Sunday, all!

Sarge



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[BulletTrain]

Cool story. Sounds fun!

 

[streaker00]

You really want to have fun,start off click into 3rd and about 40mph pull the clutch in and rev it and snap the clutch out(all very quickly).Be prepared for the back to fishtail and beware it can swing out FAST! I love doing that when we leave places or when other bikes pull up next to me on the roads. It smokes like crazy!!!!!!! I'm guessing the back tire has to be spinning around 120mph or more.

 

[BulletTrain]

You really want to have fun,start off click into 3rd and about 40mph pull the clutch in and rev it and snap the clutch out(all very quickly).Be prepared for the back to fishtail and beware it can swing out FAST! I love doing that when we leave places or when other bikes pull up next to me on the roads. It smokes like crazy!!!!!!! I'm guessing the back tire has to be spinning around 120mph or more.

Always wanted to do a rollin' smokey like that but never got the nerve. Also, never wanted to shred the rear tire too quick... $$$$$$$$$$$

 

[him]

you know i did one of those roling burn outs at 30 in first, didnt want to though was tryin to do a wheelie. That ended my wheeling for the night. Scared the crap out of me when the back started to swing up with me

 

[chain]

You really want to have fun,start off click into 3rd and about 40mph pull the clutch in and rev it and snap the clutch out(all very quickly).Be prepared for the back to fishtail and beware it can swing out FAST! I love doing that when we leave places or when other bikes pull up next to me on the roads. It smokes like crazy!!!!!!! I'm guessing the back tire has to be spinning around 120mph or more.

ROLF!

Sorry, I don't have the constitution for that sort of thing.

 

[MET]

Nice

 

[newredboosa]

Sweet!!!!!!!!