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The worst case of that happened up at Alice's Restaurant in Woodside, CA. This complete poser on a mid-90's Gixer 750; I'm mean complete with all the racing decals, small antenna on the tail cone like the expensive teams have to talk to their guy during the race; and matching leathers and so forth. He takes off in front of about 40-50 of us, and at 8:30 in the morning most there are fairly serious riders, turns down Hwy 84 towards La Honda, gooses it to brapp the pipes and promptly loses rear wheel traction on the slightly damp and sandy road surface, low sides the bike, and tears the right side fairings all to pieces at no more than 20 miles per hour. At first, everyone simply stared, but then when it was obvious he wasn't hurt, the laughter started and went on for 15-20 minutes.

Always maintain environmental awareness, including where the audience is if any.