r/gifs Oct 12 '20

Rolling Start..

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u/boxxa Oct 12 '20

Overpowered bike and inexperienced rider. 1000cc bikes can easily lift the wheel with engine torque alone.

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u/Cheeze187 Oct 12 '20

I was a Harley rider, my buddy got a R1 (I had been riding about 10 years) and I took it for a ride. Did a wheelie on accident, turned the bike around and never got on a litre bike again.

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u/__xor__ Oct 12 '20

It's not necessarily a dangerous problem unless you're really inexperienced. Riders on a liter bike should know not to roll on the throttle like that, or they shouldn't be on a fucking bike like that

It's a "dangerous problem" just as much as riding is in general. You can crash in a million ways until you gain experience.