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I was at a laundromat mounting my bike when I saw this 10 year old kid just gawking at me. Suddenly he exclaimed, "COOL!!"

"Maybe one day if you show your parents how responsible you are, you can get a motorcycle too!"

I haven't seen any kids in cars yet, but if I see them staring, I will try to wave at them.

there is a group of kids that live about a block away that always gawk/wave/cheer when I ride by. guess being the odd sportbike/standard in a neighborhood full of cruisers draws some attention.

my bandit turns more heads than the $30,000 chopper that my neighbor across the street has.

blues2cruise and I were on a day trip last year and came across a young boy and his sister that were enamoured with our bikes. After getting the OK from their mom, up they went for a photo op... I think we made their day, lol.

We're never afraid to enhance the image of bikers to non riders...


Because I don't have permission to post, I blurred the young girls face...

I was in a parking lot near my house a few months ago. I was practicing tight low-speed u turns. 3 boys about 12 yrs old approached me. The biggest boy nodded at me knowingly and said, "Yeah, that bike will do 160. Easy." The other boys nodded.

I was on my Suzuki SV650.

I laughed and said, "130 on a good day."

They then insisted on a burnout. I declined, citing the price of tires. They were disappointed. Ah well.

one time...

a bunch of kids (little kids) saw me and yelled for a burnout and wheelies.

i would have done it but i dunno how.

Is a burnout even possible on a bike? Wouldn't you just do a wheelie instead?

khad wrote:Is a burnout even possible on a bike? Wouldn't you just do a wheelie instead?

I've seen lots of videos of people sitting on the front brake and burning out the back tire. If I had to guess, I'd say the trick is to open the throttle fast while pressing down on the front fork.

I believe that a burnout on a bike is just opening the throttle (in gear) and squeezing the front brake at the same time, while letting the clutch out slowly to the friction point and then beyond when the tire gets going... enough so the rear tire spins while the front brake keeps it from going anywhere. Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong.

khad wrote:Is a burnout even possible on a bike? Wouldn't you just do a wheelie instead?

eh?

it's very possible.

doing burnouts after winning a race is pretty common.

here's my idol ben spies...

At his custom paint shop's first annual Show 'n Shine, Scott does a one handed two up burn out.

For safety's reasons, burn outs are done facing, but not touching a wall. That way no innocent bystanders are run over... lol.