Shuriken
Well-Known Member
Out with 2 buddies last Saturday. One friend rides a BMW-K1200(gs?) and the other friend has a 1987 Honda CBR-1000f Hurricane. We were out tooling around quite slow. I got a bit bored of that and decided to launch the Max from a stoplight.
We were all waiting for the light and I was concentrating on the green while my friends were looking at each other and talking. I began staging and as soon as they heard me revving up the engine (somewhere in the 6k range?) they looked over. The light went green and I released the clutch just right so that I didn't bog the engine and the ME-880 hooked up. I felt the weight shift to the rear and got away from the light a bit and then felt the front wheel come down and heard the tire chirp. The Max left me with a big grin under the helmet as I left my friends in the rear view mirrors.
When we stopped for a chat later that day, the BMW guy said he'd never seen a Max pop a wheelie. I think he said he'd never seen any old 80's street bike do that. He was impressed. They were both trying to figure out how high the front came up. To me, it felt like a few inches only, but they said it was a foot or two.
Sweet.
We were all waiting for the light and I was concentrating on the green while my friends were looking at each other and talking. I began staging and as soon as they heard me revving up the engine (somewhere in the 6k range?) they looked over. The light went green and I released the clutch just right so that I didn't bog the engine and the ME-880 hooked up. I felt the weight shift to the rear and got away from the light a bit and then felt the front wheel come down and heard the tire chirp. The Max left me with a big grin under the helmet as I left my friends in the rear view mirrors.
When we stopped for a chat later that day, the BMW guy said he'd never seen a Max pop a wheelie. I think he said he'd never seen any old 80's street bike do that. He was impressed. They were both trying to figure out how high the front came up. To me, it felt like a few inches only, but they said it was a foot or two.
Sweet.
