another reason to go rotary
 

turn away from the piston.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB-YwpvoPRY

Good god that must of hurt...

painful to watch..though i watched to a few times..couldnt determine if it knocked the guy's hand off or what....

i dont think it came off, must have been a chest protector piece or something like that, he just grabbed is chest there

I threw a rod on a bike about 3 years ago. It put a hole on the front of the motor bigger than my fist. I pulled in the clutch and coasted to the side of the road. It was 12am and I was doing about 130mph on I-70. motor didn't stop till I hit the kill switch. Bike was a '04 ZRX1200R. Could have been real bad.

Thought I add pix, just because its late and I'm bored.
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I dunno, that REALLY looks like his hand. I doubt a piston with enough force to punch straight through a cylinder head would just bounce off

I threw a piston away yesterday.

i have a cnced piston somewhere, but i keep my rotor on my desk :D