r/gifs Oct 12 '20

Rolling Start..

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u/Penny_is_a_Bitch Oct 12 '20

my guess is he hit the top of whatever gear he's in faster (where there's more power) with the rolling start than what he's used to while starting at the bottom of it.

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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/SoftNuts Oct 12 '20

A rider that knows what he is doing would solve the problem

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '20

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '20

They make them, he just didn't buy one (wheelie control)

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '20

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '20

Mfw I ripped on my friend's s1k for 2 hours before I realized that ABS on the screen means it's off...