Motorcyclist Killed After High-Speed Crash * WARNING PICTURES *

brown5478 · 03-01-2008, 8:47 PM

nice jacket!!!!thats the one i wanted.......hats still there too amazing....to many idiots out there ...fo sho!!!!!

curt248 · 03-01-2008, 9:51 PM

Remember that the automobile test crashes are done at 30mph into a solid wall. This guy was going ~60 faster than the truck. Cars look like sardines when hitting the wall at 30mph.

I remember the first time I rode a sportbike (or any bike really). It was a 1992 (in 1992) kawi zx6. I put a helmet on and went 142mph on a lightly traveled 2 lane road then proceeded to slalom thru the dashed lines at 120mph.

Today I think about that and can't imagine what I could have been thinking at 16 years old.

I'm sure at some point we have all done something stupid on our bikes. This is a perfect example of how it looks when luck is not on your side at that moment of stupidity.

What is the top speed you've made it to on your bike? Was it perfectly safe when doing this? Is it even possible to be perfectly safe outside of a track? Well probably not perfectly safe at a track either but lightyears safer than on the road.

Be careful everybody. Always imagine the worst possible scenario and ride with a plan based on that scenario.

Ol' Gravy Leg · 03-01-2008, 10:47 PM

i'm lucky to be alive, too.

i remember when i was 19 i used to pass traffic in the emergency lane while doing 120+ on my RZ350.

"we were idiots once...and young"
isn't that a book?

929hit · 03-02-2008, 12:30 AM

Do you think he planned to change lanes when he got closer to the truck, and misjudged the speed difference?? What could have happened there? These bikes are easy to keep in a lane at any speed... Maybe the truck changed lanes in front of him and he almost dodged it?

Any ideas?

Sad. I'm pretty tame on the street, but I feel bad.... I have some stupid people that I would still be really sad if I lost. I don't understand the angry resentfull "he's an idiot waste of air" posts.... People get killed on bikes without doing a damn thing wrong too. But if taking the "i'm smarter than that so it couldn't happen to me" stance helps you sleep and ride.... Maybe try just thinking it.

Ol' Gravy Leg · 03-02-2008, 1:03 AM

target fixation--the scourge that strikes down the inexperienced.

slickwill · 03-03-2008, 2:07 PM

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Originally Posted by FB1000inPA

Little different: I received an e-mail today with exactly the same pictures as in the original post telling everyone to wear full faced helmets because the rider in the pictures survived the accident.

Either someone didn't do a good research or is pushing the idea of the helmet law with false pretenses.

I got that same email. I immediately knew it was false but I sent the snopes page that details the fact that he did indeed die to my friend who sent the email. I wanted the record set straight. You can tell by looking at the pictures that he is dead because there would EMS all around not just sitting back taking pictures.

steingar · 03-03-2008, 4:51 PM

This is really easy, guys. Wear your gear. You may still get rashed, but the odds go down. Don't drink and ride, ever. Loads and loads of accidents involve alcohol. And lastly, keep yourself under control. Triple digit speeds have no place on any trafficked road, anywhere!

Do all that stuff and you might not crash. Even the mighty Steingar was brought down, at long last. It took a lot, and neither biker nor bike were badly damaged, but it does go to show you that Murphy is out there and wants a piece of your a$$. Don't give it to him.

warloks38 · 03-19-2008, 6:30 PM

This picture was e mailed to me in the UK as an advert to wear your helmet,It said the rider survived this crash,

jacobflyin · 03-19-2008, 7:07 PM

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Originally Posted by warloks38

This picture was e mailed to me in the UK as an advert to wear your helmet,It said the rider survived this crash,

I also got that email. But it does not look like he lived.

warloks38 · 03-19-2008, 7:20 PM

I Cant believe how many people dont wear the right gear,In the UK its not against the law but a bike cop will stop you and tell you how stupid it is,I hate to say it but most american riders i see only wear t shirts and trainers,I went to the Isle of man TT in 06,And it was such a hot day we decided to wear our jeans on a lap of the mountain.Well my mates sump plug fell out of his R1,All four of us had oil all over our bikes and thank god none of us had an accident.It just goes to show you can get caught out anytime,

bettingpython · 03-19-2008, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by warloks38

This picture was e mailed to me in the UK as an advert to wear your helmet,It said the rider survived this crash,

No he did not live.

He attended the funeral of a friend who died doing something silly 1 month prior to this. One week after this happened one of his friends died in wreck doing something silly as well.

Yes this happened in my city, no I did not know him personally but knew him indirectly, a mate of mine was good friends with him.

I really depise this thread on every forum it seems to keep popping up.

christopherdrc · 03-20-2008, 9:11 PM

Yeah I just received the same one today, if the wanker is still alive...great....but I think that was probably sent by a do-gooder, I reckon that he is definately not walking around ,atleast not on this earthly plain.

BigBucks458 · 06-10-2008, 2:23 AM

I saw this same thing urging riders you wear a helmet (also stating that he lived) in a email I received a few months back, of course they only used the First and third pictures, thank you for clearing that up.

seffieandcoco · 07-25-2008, 2:19 PM

Cmon.....all these bikes are way overpowered.....we live for a stretch of open road to wind it out......it is a disease......at 120 or whatever he was doing he let his attention wander for a moment and he lost control. He was trying to pass that truck......and he missed it by about 12 inches........Why do men have this need to drive 100 HP machines that weigh 500 pounds??

deon · 07-27-2008, 1:42 AM

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Originally Posted by seffieandcoco

Cmon.....all these bikes are way overpowered.....we live for a stretch of open road to wind it out......it is a disease......at 120 or whatever he was doing he let his attention wander for a moment and he lost control. He was trying to pass that truck......and he missed it by about 12 inches........Why do men have this need to drive 100 HP machines that weigh 500 pounds??

I know the limits of my machine, and with self restraint I have just as much pleasure as the guy chasing that maniac top end. My machine was bought for pleasure and to enjoy it. Why do I have to test my boundaries, when I already know my limitations? To prove what and to whom?
As for our brother that passed on RIP.
As for my other brothers still riding have we all not made a mistake sooner or later?