Reminds me of another Kawasaki owned by a friend. It was a KX250 all tricked out like my RM. It got nick named the green weenie but I can't remember why. Doug let a couple guys ride it when it was first built. One broke a collarbone the other his wrist. After that he wouldn't let anyone ride it.
The stupid things we did when we were young. I remember a 12 foot wash. Went straight up. We spent all day climbing it and trying to drop the back wheel on the top and ride on. Most of the time we didn't make it and would push the bike off allowing it to fall on top while we fought gravity to the bottom of the wash. No broken bones clutch or brake handles, statistically impossible.