Regarding the Hurricane, i believe E-40 had a song about it form the mid nineties. If you think 8.3 is potent, you should try an swesome beer from Unibroue called Terrible. That stuff is 10.5% and quite stout. I love it. Maybe you can only get it in the Northeast though.
Back to the topic, I just realized that you said this is your first bike. Be careful man, especially since you haave a family. If you die, its no biggie to you, but think of what would happen to the fam. A modern 600cc sportbike will do 100+ in second gear. I say go buy a small used 250 and beat that up before you get on your new baby, but if you do exercise a lot of self control you'll be okay. Oh, and I'm sure I've said this somewhere on here before, but go take the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course. They'll teach you quite a bit that you otherwise wouldn't learn. There are a couple of good book s I can recommend once you've been riding for a bout a year or two and want to learn some more skilled/aggressive technique.
Good luck!
