Oh, the only thing I had to worry about balancing was me - but that was enough of a challenge on the way back.
I couldn't even tell you what kind of bike that was. It cost me a whopping 20 bucks from some guy in the squadron we relieved, and had probably been on the base when we got it through lend-lease.

I was an E-2 with less than a year in when we deployed, and was still paying off some advanced pay. I used to rent it out for $5 a night, and kept it rented 4-5 nights a week, although the damned Seabees stole it from me to ransom a bulldozer we borrowed once.