This reminds me of a story I read years ago in one of the motorcycle mags about an occurrence at Daytona Bike Week . It detailed an annual ritual wherein the 'faithful' select a Japanese bike to destroy. The method varies from year to year. They'll drop it from a crane, or bash it with sledgehammers, run over it, etc. The lucky bike for that year was a Kawasaki 750 twin and the method of humiliation was to drain the oil from it, pin the throttle wide open, start it and let it rip in neutral. As I recall, the story said it ran for 5 minutes before seizing. I thought that was remarkable, especially considering the 750 twin wasn't one of Kawasaki's more robust designs. I remember wondering what they thought they proved, as I figured a Harley of the day probably wouldn't have lasted a minute in the same circumstances.
