The first time that happened to me I had just filled the tank and was preparing to leave the gas station. Scared the crap out of me when I felt that explosion just under the family jewels. I shut down the bike and checked not just the bike but you know what I had cracked the airbox but it was covered under warranty. A week or so later I discovered this site and was told "Never crack the throttle." It hasn't happened again in 24,000 miles and almost three years.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.