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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 05:19 AM
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seekerONE got stuck on the Howard Franklin last night headed from Tampa to St Pete due to a bike accident, according to the radio the bike collided with a truck or the truck colided with the bike.

Does anyone know anymore about this? seekerONE aka Steve said the bike was charred and was a sport bike and a sheet was over the rider.
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I see people out there spending money on the car to improve it … If you spend half that effort just working on your driving skills, making you and the car work together as a team, then you’ll go faster – period. To make the car go a second faster on the track takes a lot more energy and money than making yourself drive it one second faster.
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 05:37 AM
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damn....that sucks....
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 08:05 AM
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 08:49 AM
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 08:51 AM
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I'm putting in my bet that the bike was going >100mph. Forge thinks ~130mph.
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 09:27 AM
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well i was going to say that that he was probably cruising!!!
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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 09:05 AM
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i saw the remints of the accident the bike was fucked, and i think it collided with a pickup truck, because there was a truck about 100yds away seems to be dented a little with a bunch of boke plastics in the bike maybe a friend was picking it up
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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 08:55 PM
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I see people out there spending money on the car to improve it … If you spend half that effort just working on your driving skills, making you and the car work together as a team, then you’ll go faster – period. To make the car go a second faster on the track takes a lot more energy and money than making yourself drive it one second faster.
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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 10:13 PM
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Well lets hope that the rider is ok and the sheet was meant for somethng else. Sucks this happend
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Old Aug 30, 2005 | 11:11 PM
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Rider died. Rear ended the truck. Specifics unknown. At least he tried to protect his bean with a helmet.

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