I dont think the bike matters at all in this situation. He could have been on a ten speed bicycle or an off-road hayabusa. If he was dumb enough to decide to ride without any lights or reflective material in the twilight hours, where he wasn't supposed to be riding, without the gear he should have had on, and on top of that he made the decision to run a red light, you come to one conclusion.

The fault is entirely his own, no one and nothing else can be blamed for his tragic actions. People need to stop looking far and wide for other things to blame. We all do stupid things, all of us (even those of us who dont admit it). Some of us choose to make those things alot safer, either by going to sanctioned, supervised events with medical personnel present, or by just wearing basic safety gear to improve our chances of surviving any accident we may have. But again there are some people who don't try to improve their safety while doing something dangerous. Fate may or may not catch up to these people, but when it does everyone blames everything else. He was riding a sport bike with no gear and he lowsided, now he has no skin? He shouldn't have bought a 1300/1000/750/600!!!! Or here, "He shouldn't have started on a 250," it doesnt matter at all, he shouldn't have nominated himself for a darwin award. Thats all there is to say, and I dont like to offend people like VIP does, but this kid was being stupid, and it killed him. Not his bike, nothing else, plain unadulterated stupidity. May he RIP, and may his family find consolation in their needless finger pointing.

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