Heh, fortunately, we're vegetarian, so we didn't have to deal with that...!
It was quite random, but a triumph of backyard engineering.

The guy had a little ski-lift and some of those homemade kart-things. People would push off and fly down the hill, then take the ski lift back up.
About as comfortable as one can be - I hate riding pillion.

But I've had to ride on the back of a Sportster, an R1, an SV1000S, and an F800ST in my time, and the FZ is more comfortable than any of those (the ST might be close, but the others were way worse).