I was gone over the weekend and asked my son to take the hawk out and give it some exercise. He's used to riding the Buell XB9R, which we sold last week.

He called me up after he got back home. "Dad, this superhawk has a lot of power!". Seems he whacked the throttle a bit too hard and brought the front end up.



My first question was "you didn't wreck, did you?".

The second was "have you changed your pants yet?"

 

I ride a newer XB12R firebolt awhile back and that thing had stupid power. Still trying to convince my buddy to let me take his ZX-14 out for a spin.

 

That's a great story... and yet another reason to be careful with who we let ride our Superhawks (your son excepted).

 

I had a this weekend...

Took the radiator cap off mid ride- and yes... I knew radiators 101: the system gets pressurized when hot- but for some reason wasn't thinking and got a nice fountain of boiling coolant in the face. Have a nice burn mark on my cheekbone!

In the end it was a nice chuckle. I shouldn't let myself ride when I make decisions like that.

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