he was going too fast and / or riding too close... his sport bike can outbreak 99% of the cars on the road.

 

he always follows the 4 second rule and he was going the speed limit. he wanted to do emergency lane change but there was a car next to him, tried to stop and ended up sliding into the rear of the car (that missed a left turn and slammed on its brakes) yeah im sure 2 wheels and 2 sets of brakes will stop in no time.... especially faster than a car!
for someone with 3 sportbikes you really have no idea what you are talking about.
I swear in every thread about a rider down you have to chime in and say that he was doing something wrong or being a jackass. even if he was, keep it to yourself asshat.
/thread.

 

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/fo...threadid=21485


edjukate yourself

 

Data set 1:

> Motorcycle Consumer News, Ten Best 60-0 stops, May, 2002:
> >
> > 1999 Triumph Speed Triple 106 feet, 7 inches.
> > 1997 Honda Valkyrie 107 feet, 4 inches.
> > 1997 Suzuki Marauder 800 107 feet, 6 inches.
> > 1998 Honda VFR800FI 107 feet, 9 inches.
> > 1998 Yamaha YZF600R 108 feet, 2 inches.
> > 1999 Suzuki SV650 108 feet, 8 inches.
> > 1998 Ducati 750 Monster 109 feet, 1 inch.
> > 1998 Suzuki TL1000S 109 feet, 4 inches.
> > 2002 Honda VTX 1800 109 feet, 5 inches
> > 2002 Harley V-Rod 109 feet, 5 inches.



> > Road & Track Magazine, 10 best 60-0 stops, September 2002 issue.
> >
> > Ferrari 360 Modena 110 feet
> > Ferrari 550 Maranello 112 feet.
> > BMW M3 112 feet.
> > Toyota MR2 Spyder 115 feet.
> > Porsche 911 GT2 116 feet.
> > Acura NSX 117 feet.
> > Mercedes SL500 117 feet.
> > Porsche 911 Carrera 117 feet.
> > BMW M Roadster 118 feet.
> > Corvette Z06 118 feet.
> > Average of 125 motorcycles 60-0 distances: 117.9 feet
> > Average of 119 cars 60-0 distances: 130.6 feet.

Data Set 2:
Initial Stopping
Vehicle Tested Speed Distance Deceleration
------------ -------- ------- -------- ------------
Triumph MCN 2/99 60 106.7 1.12
Speed Triple

Corvette Z06 CD 2/01 70 152 1.08

Suzuki MCN 1/01 60 117.6 1.02
GSX-R600

Harley MCN 3/99 60 122.2 0.98
Road King

Honda Civic CD 11/00 70 186 0.88

Land Rover CD 12/00 70 211 0.78
Discovery

 

Unless you witnessed the accident, there is no way you can know who was at fault. The articles just say a motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed and somebody tried to cross the road in front of him. High rate of speed could mean anything. He could have been doing 5mph over the speed limit or 50mph over the speed limit. Hell, he could have been doing 5mph under the speed limit and the reporter just interviewed someone who assumed he was speeding. The driver of the car trying to cross the road could also mean almost anything. Maybe they are half blind and not completely there mentally because they are old and just didn't see the bike coming so they pulled out directly in front of it. Maybe they did everything they could to check that they were clear and the bike came flying around a blind corner and there was nothing they could do.

In any case, this guy is now fighting for his life because he or the driver of the truck fucked up and made a mistake. I know everyone on here likes to think it could never happen to them and all, so therefore the rider must have been doing something stupid, but I can tell you from experience that is not always the case. Sometimes people just pull out right in front of you and no matter how slow you are riding, how diligently you are scanning for other motorists doing stupid things, or how well you anticipate that anyone could pull out in front of you at any time, there is still just no time to react. The only way to absolutely prevent this type of accident is to do like 10mph, which obviously poses it own safety issues in 55mph traffic, and still you could get rear ended and squished anyway.

Best of luck to the down rider. The mandatory safety class is a great idea for the biker community, but mandatory behind the wheel tests need to be implemented for EVERYONE every five years or so. There are just too many drivers out there that can barely operate their vehicles.

 

Thank you all for your insight to this incident.

At around 1:30PM yesterday he was officially declared brain dead. His diagnosis was already a terminal brain bleed the night of the incident. If you're guessing that he was not wearing a lid, you'd be correct. Could it have saved him, judging by the circumstances of the accident one would be inclined to agree with that.

He was taken off the ventilator at around 6PM yesterday once his parents arrived to see him. They both live out of state. Medical staff at TGH essentially kept him alive long enough for his parents to see him. That is when he expired.

The most messed up thing about it was that Wednesday night a bunch of us were out for another girl's birthday party in the Hyde Park area at The Deck and The Dubliner trying to be strong for everybody. Just the week prior himself and his girlfriend were out there too with us. It was just strange not to see the two of them out with us as usual.

His bike was actually sitting for a couple months and he actually just got his R6 running again that same day of the accident as it had a faulty fuel pump.

RIP Will... You will be missed.

Be careful in the city everybody.

-Al

 

wow,rip rider

atgatt

 

What a shitty way to go. Wear a fucking lid, people.

 

wow, thats really sad to wear. RIP rider. and like BAMF said wear your lids

 

Atgatt