while i was away in training, one of my buddies was supposed to come by every month or so, start the bike, move it forward an inch or three as to not flat spot the tire (new tires), and cover it back up. he never did, lol. another "friend" of ours (mutual friend of mine and my wife) said he'd take the bike for a ride, make sure it was charged up, clean and lube the chain, etc. so chels told him go for it. comes back saying "matt does NOT need a bike like this, he's gonna hurt himself" pissed me off a little bit, but everyone has their opinion, right? anyway, fast forward 5 months or so, i finally take the bike out for a ride yesterday, chels and i rode up to whitefish and had breakfast, then rode home. very pleasant, very slooooow... (by our standards). decided to ride to another friend's house to take some slr pics, so i could try my hand at some HDR stuff on photoshop. look at the back tire and notice a HUGE flat stripe, with some cords showing in the middle looks like friend "b" did a big huge burnout on my brand new rear tire, and put it back in the garage like nothing happened. man rule violation?