Ok, true story here, an oldie, not on a Busa, but at least a Suzuki. In this case, my GS550E in college, circa 1980. I'm at a party, been chatting up this good looking girl. Yeah, I know she's the girl of that Harley guy over there, but they were all good folks and I wasn't doing anything disrespectful. So the party's winding down and they decide to go to some bar before closing time and the guy is cool and asks if I want to come. What the h3ll, and I ask my bud (on his screamin' Kawi 400 twin!) if he wants to come.
We're all riding and the Harley guys are goosin' it, so for grins I snick my Suzook down two gears and blast past them, then slow down to let them lead, 'cause I don't know where we're going anyway. Well, the boyfriend rides past me, then kind of drifts across the lane and slowing, making it known he wants me to stop. I'm too stupid to realize I might be about to get an azz kicking so I stop.
His girlfriend gets off. He gets off and he is pissed. I start apologizing all over the place, and he is yelling that we are going to settle this, and I'm saying "Hey, I didn't mean any trouble. Why don't you guys go your way and we'll go ours." Nope, that's not good enough, but instead of the butt kickin' I'm expecting, he says we're gonna race. I'm still saying, no, that's ok, we really don't need to, but he's insisting and his buds all start razzing me and telling me how much money he's got in his motor and he's gonna smoke my azz.
What the h3ll. Ok. We line up on this empty straight two lane with one of his buds in the middle with his hands up, we're talkin' American Graffitti here. Hands drop, Harley guy gets a good launch and mine sucks. He's maybe 20 feet ahead of me as I'm wringing out first gear, then second and I'm gaining fast, then passing as I snick into third. And then I hear him chop the throttle and drop back. I do a U-turn and ride back and he's yelling "I smoked my clutch. I smoked my gawd@mned clutch."
Believe it or not, we went to the bar with those Harley guys. I bought two shots of Jack and we drank them together. I stayed clear of the girlfriend. When no one was paying much attention, I elbowed my buddy and we slipped out and rode home.