RIP Dennis Krone... cycle springs mechanic
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I second this "let it be a lesson". wheelies on streetbikes are no f*cking joke people... even if you take the time to learn on a small bike and are fairly good (as im sure this guy was) shit can allways happen. keep the one wheel shit to parking lots .02
RIP , i deffinatly back it up cause ive went down doing a wheelie also. i was fortunate enough to only break a few bones and keep my life.
just to many factors come into play on the streets. two wheels are hard enough to keep on the ground with some of these fucking drivers out there.
again RIP
RIP , i deffinatly back it up cause ive went down doing a wheelie also. i was fortunate enough to only break a few bones and keep my life.
just to many factors come into play on the streets. two wheels are hard enough to keep on the ground with some of these fucking drivers out there.
again RIP
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Rider dies popping wheelie
Dennis Krone had a love for speed. Wednesday he was going 80 mph.
By JONATHAN ABEL
Published May 18, 2007
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The day after Dennis Krone died in a motorcycle crash, Mike Cipolla remembered him as him funny, generous and hard-working.
He showed off the custom motorcycles Krone had worked on and called the wreck a tragedy.
He didn't seem to know what else to say.
But minutes later Cipolla flagged down a reporter who was leaving the bike shop where he and Krone worked. He had one more thought.
"Dennis would want you to know he was a bad-a-- rider, " he said. "He was doing a wheelie at 80 mph and that's what can happen. He was a bad-a-- rider doing a bad-a-- trick."
He took a deep breath.
The daring wheelie that killed Krone, 26, of Clearwater was actually the second of two on Wednesday night, according to a friend.
At Nebraska Avenue, Krone pulled the wheel of his black sports bike into the air. He zoomed for almost a mile along Belcher Road until he spotted a cop at Tampa Road, said Sean Danahey, who was following behind him in a truck.
When the cop fell out of sight, Krone hit his second wheelie. It lasted for half a mile - a mile, perhaps - and it was astounding.
Krone was going 80 mph with one foot on the bike's left rear peg and the other just dangling behind him, Danahey said.
At the intersection of Belcher Road and Andrews Court he lost control.
It was 7:53 p.m. when his bike hit the curb and then the grassy median, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. Krone was wearing his helmet, but it was not enough to protect him from the violent crash.
He was flown to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg and pronounced dead at 9:37 p.m.
It was an abrupt and violent end to a life devoted to speed.
Growing up in the 700-person town of Mt. Hope, Kan., Krone loved dirt bikes. His mother, Tommie Krone, said the neighborhood kids would always come by asking him to fix their bikes.
His father, Tom Krone, was fine with his son riding dirt bikes, but he never liked the idea of the "stupid street bikes" where you can pull "antics like he was pulling."
"We had the discussion many, many times about riding motorcycles, " Tom Krone said. "When he moved down here to Florida I told him I didn't want him getting one and I knew he would."
Motorcycles became a job, not just a passion, for Krone. He worked customizing and servicing motorcycles at the Cycle Springs and Team Savage bike shop on U.S. 19.
A need for speed even runs through the family. His brother and father liked to race cars in Kansas and the Krone boys had even built hot rods together.
Wednesday's crash took a terrible toll on Krone's family and many friends.
"I'm telling you that kid made friends faster than Florida makes mosquitoes, " his mother said.
And in the hours after the news of his Krone's death, his myspace.com profile filled up with condolences.
The page's profile looks prescient in retrospect. The Web page's background is tiled with a drawing of a skull wearing a motorcycle helmet. A fierce bike painted over in flames is depicted on the site. And Krone's occupation is boldly listed as "Pulling wheelies."
"It's a damn shame that this had to happen this way, " Krone's mother said. "But you know, I would rather see this than watch him dying slowly with a bad disease like cancer or something."
Dennis Krone had a love for speed. Wednesday he was going 80 mph.
By JONATHAN ABEL
Published May 18, 2007
ADVERTISEMENT
Breaking News Video
The day after Dennis Krone died in a motorcycle crash, Mike Cipolla remembered him as him funny, generous and hard-working.
He showed off the custom motorcycles Krone had worked on and called the wreck a tragedy.
He didn't seem to know what else to say.
But minutes later Cipolla flagged down a reporter who was leaving the bike shop where he and Krone worked. He had one more thought.
"Dennis would want you to know he was a bad-a-- rider, " he said. "He was doing a wheelie at 80 mph and that's what can happen. He was a bad-a-- rider doing a bad-a-- trick."
He took a deep breath.
The daring wheelie that killed Krone, 26, of Clearwater was actually the second of two on Wednesday night, according to a friend.
At Nebraska Avenue, Krone pulled the wheel of his black sports bike into the air. He zoomed for almost a mile along Belcher Road until he spotted a cop at Tampa Road, said Sean Danahey, who was following behind him in a truck.
When the cop fell out of sight, Krone hit his second wheelie. It lasted for half a mile - a mile, perhaps - and it was astounding.
Krone was going 80 mph with one foot on the bike's left rear peg and the other just dangling behind him, Danahey said.
At the intersection of Belcher Road and Andrews Court he lost control.
It was 7:53 p.m. when his bike hit the curb and then the grassy median, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. Krone was wearing his helmet, but it was not enough to protect him from the violent crash.
He was flown to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg and pronounced dead at 9:37 p.m.
It was an abrupt and violent end to a life devoted to speed.
Growing up in the 700-person town of Mt. Hope, Kan., Krone loved dirt bikes. His mother, Tommie Krone, said the neighborhood kids would always come by asking him to fix their bikes.
His father, Tom Krone, was fine with his son riding dirt bikes, but he never liked the idea of the "stupid street bikes" where you can pull "antics like he was pulling."
"We had the discussion many, many times about riding motorcycles, " Tom Krone said. "When he moved down here to Florida I told him I didn't want him getting one and I knew he would."
Motorcycles became a job, not just a passion, for Krone. He worked customizing and servicing motorcycles at the Cycle Springs and Team Savage bike shop on U.S. 19.
A need for speed even runs through the family. His brother and father liked to race cars in Kansas and the Krone boys had even built hot rods together.
Wednesday's crash took a terrible toll on Krone's family and many friends.
"I'm telling you that kid made friends faster than Florida makes mosquitoes, " his mother said.
And in the hours after the news of his Krone's death, his myspace.com profile filled up with condolences.
The page's profile looks prescient in retrospect. The Web page's background is tiled with a drawing of a skull wearing a motorcycle helmet. A fierce bike painted over in flames is depicted on the site. And Krone's occupation is boldly listed as "Pulling wheelies."
"It's a damn shame that this had to happen this way, " Krone's mother said. "But you know, I would rather see this than watch him dying slowly with a bad disease like cancer or something."
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I second this "let it be a lesson". wheelies on streetbikes are no f*cking joke people... even if you take the time to learn on a small bike and are fairly good (as im sure this guy was) shit can allways happen. keep the one wheel shit to parking lots .02
RIP , i deffinatly back it up cause ive went down doing a wheelie also. i was fortunate enough to only break a few bones and keep my life.
just to many factors come into play on the streets. two wheels are hard enough to keep on the ground with some of these fucking drivers out there.
again RIP
RIP , i deffinatly back it up cause ive went down doing a wheelie also. i was fortunate enough to only break a few bones and keep my life.
just to many factors come into play on the streets. two wheels are hard enough to keep on the ground with some of these fucking drivers out there.
again RIP
I think that goes without saying that wheelies could turn out like this. The more times you put yourself at risk than obviously theres going to be more chances for something bad to happen. Then again he could have taken his dads advice not get a bike and had a desk job. In the end he paid the ultimate price but no one gets outta this place alive anyways, sounds like he made the most of it while he could.
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Never met him, but sounds to me like he went out in a decent way.. sorry to see hes gone but like everyone said, atleast he went out having a blast, not sitting behind a desk getting fat and having heart problems or somthing. RIP
