That sucks ballz.

 

uggg thats depressing.

experienced riders and those with common sense say over and over again, don't start out on a high performance sportbike. Not enough people listen to this advice.

My sincere condolences to his family and friends. I'm sure he will be missed by them.

 

Natural Selection

 

hella shitty

RIP

 

wow-thats some crazy shit

RIP

 

sorry but i just cant find it in me to to even be sad, thats just ***in stupid, i hope he at least had a little fun.......survival of the fittest(smartest)

 

tierd licensing would make this kinda shit go away for the most part. make people prove they can handle what modern sportbikes have to offer.

 

:beer
:beer

 

 

http://wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6616268&nav=9Tai

 

:no

 

Sad story not sure why people even want to start out on an r1 any newer 600 should have more than enough power. Actually the only reason I jumped up was because I have always loved the looks of the R1 the power was just an extra.

 

"Went to the crash site bout an hour ago. Found a shoe, right headlight, many peices of body moldings, brake resivoir, and inner front plastics for the radiator. Pretty bad wreck! Took out 3 6x6 gaurd rail posts and 5 feet of gaurd rail. Bike was easy 100+ yards from first contact point."

Damn, how fast was he going? And from the posts, it appears that he was on an R6.

R.I.P.

~S

 

Damn, how fast was he going? And from the posts, it appears that he was on an R6.

~S

Every single post on that thread that mentions his bike said he bought an R1.

 

Wow, very sad Story!!Definetly should have Joined this site,
before he got that Bike!! What a shame. What
a mess his whole family Must be. R.I.P.

 

Wow, very sad Story!!Definetly should have Joined this site,
before he got that Bike!!

What good would that have done?? Half the guys here will say "I started on an R1 and it's fine for a 1st bike..."

Tragic story...

RIP

 

Say On Page 2 Its R6 Not R1 Anyways ......rip

 

RIP... but im just wondering... was he one of those kids that ride stupid? how did he crash if i may ask? did he crash just by an accidental mistake or was he poping wheelies and going fast? theres a difference there.

 

from what I read it sounds as though he was going to fast and blew a corner. sounds like the poor kid was trying to run before he could crawl.

 

RIP, R1 isnt a gud bike, im downgrading, its to deadly for a first bike

 

It's not the bike..the bike is tremendous. Just not for a first bike. This incident appears to be a 2006 R6, new rider, took a corner faster then he should have...

The problem is that these bikes look awesome, and people say that "if you respect them, it's ok" that is just not the case. There will come a time when something happens too fast for you to react within your skillset.. and these two bikes are ruthless when that happens. They'll both get you into trouble faster then an SV650 or similar..and thats the danger.. Any bike can get you killed.. You'll need to respect them all.. but if you're just starting out, try one that won't be so...hard edged..

 

No licence, no insurance...

 

Its R6 not R1

 

my prayers to the family

but dumb ass cocky bastards like this guy are one of the reasons I have to listen to 20 stories a week about how dangerous sport bikes are and why johnny law wants to hassle me. First bike first afternoon and he is trying to fly around corners. not very bright

 

I totally agree David. :stpd: You know as well as I do about our State. It's getting really crazy here with new "Know it all" squid riders on sportbikes.

 

So sad....But he definitely should not have had a liter bike as his first.

 

Damn thats ****ed up. 37 is the way I goto school. Indianapolis to Bloomington (IU). Damn this is really ****ed up.

Rip and prayers to his family!

 

Damn, I used to live not 10 miles from there. Rode that road countless times. BTW...the "curves" on that road are nothing really. Kinda sad that he was unabl eto negociate the turn and took the spill. RIP

 

Damn, I used to live not 10 miles from there. Rode that road countless times. BTW...the "curves" on that road are nothing really. Kinda sad that he was unabl eto negociate the turn and took the spill. RIP

Driven 37 down to Nashville, Ind several times and was busting my brain trying to think of anything on 37 I could recall as a curve that a rider of almost any experience level couldn't handle. Sounds like he had NO business on ANY bike imo.......sad news.

RIP Rider....

 

Yeah and read...

AWD_ENVY @ Wed 06 Jun, 09:15 wrote:
I hope he was wearing a helmet instead of trying to be cool.


I guess I answered my own question. Sounds like he was being a "NumbaOne Stunta" and although had a helmet, he thought it would be cooler to have it strapped to the side of his bike.


No helmet? Guy goes out and buys that type of bike, and brand new helmet ,and doesnt even wear it to protect his mellon.

Curby

 

to be fair if you read the whole attached threads he was wearing a helmet, was riding an r6, had no licence or insurance.

police 'speculate' he may have been going to fast, and clearly either way the guy 'thought' he was going too fast, target locked and lost control.

an r6 in the lower rev range (i.e. sub 8-10) isn't particularly more powerful than an sv, hornet etc. its only in the upper range. when you're a newb, you tend to short shift anyway (you're sure not used to revving to 16 grand if you drive a car). if you buy a new one you're supposed to break it in for the first 1000 miles under 7 grand anyway. as for a SV being better, if anything twins are deceptive as they dont feel they're going fast compared to a 4 from experience.

aside from the very daft aspect of buying a bike without being trained (you cant in the UK) its just sad.

you cant decide whether you're mature enough to ride a bike. you need to be taught. remember the mess you made of controlling a car when you started out? I sure do. and that doesn't fall over or countersteer....