I don't think its clever, cool or a rite of passage to being a biker. Anyone who knows the whys and wherefore's about it won't be impressed at all. You can do it on a Goldwing so why is it such a big deal on a sportsbike? The racers do it on track for a reason, there's no advantage in doing it on the road. Too many people get sucked into believing its the thing to do. It is'nt.

All my opinion of course before the blinded masses shout a deluge of arguments back