I don't even like backing out of my driveway. This is hard to watch!!!

Not just riders killed--also spectators, pit attendants, marshals, etc.

Heck, 2 riders have died on the parade lap over the years!

Lol.

if i were astraddle one of those bikes, i would probably fall over, and the bike would need at least two guys to get it off of me.
and that's just standing still.
about one blip of the throttle, and the bike would be out from under me.
still requiring at least two guys to pick me up.

There were some famous racers that wouldn't race there. Kenny Roberts raced a TZ-750 flat tracker but wouldnt race there. Mike Hailwood ran 100 mph laps on a Manx Norton and the tire he did it on became the TT100 ie Dunlop K81 or so the story goes. With a half-helmet and drums.

I used to believe I was a decent rider when I was younger, but I know for a fact I was pretty much 1/10th the rider that the slowest guy there is. I would like to spectate someday.

From a safe distance!

That specific type of Pikes Peak thing is extinct...they paved all the way to the summit a few years back. I worked at that tourist trap in the summer of 2000...they made workers park in Manitou Springs and ride a mid-1990s Ram Van driven by a trusted worker (read: 28 year-old low manager) up and down that dirt road.