a sure sign of abuse if its been through numerous burnouts. bad for the bike? dunno, except for the idea of the engine at high rpm without air cooling it. I'd be more concerned about all the other abusive riding that goes along with that kind or burning out-wheelies, stoppies, etc. You just never know.

  Maybe someone nailed his left foot to the road (...a la that Monty Python sketch...)

But seriously, It's a sure sign of abuse.  No commercially available tire I've seen would wear that significantly on one side.  It takes a repeated deliberate act to cause that kind of wear.

There's a lot of stress on the engine & tranny before and after the tire breaks away from the pavement.  I bet the motor was reving way up without velocity and if air cooled, that motor may have overcooked itself. 

I'd walk away from someone who treated a bike that way.

I don't think that's a GS people... looks more like a GSX-R.

Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on July 28, 2006, 02:51:59 PM
I don't think that's a GS people... looks more like a GSX-R.

Maybe.... 

dont think anyone actually said it was a gs.

well it IS a gs kinda perhaps a GS    xr?

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