First Dragon death of the year

[Rider]

230 feet? He MUST have been going well over 100mph. 21yo and on a Busa....

[No Worries]

From the motorcycle magazines, most bikes can stop from 60mph in under 120 feet. That's with a professional, using front and rear, and with the brakes almost at lockup. With a novice, at night, from out of town, on a new and possibly unfamiliar bike, going too fast, and stomping on the rear brake could leave hundreds of feet of skid marks.

[Southspice]

Happens every freaking Spring here!!!
That's what has made it tough for us locals ....
Sorry to hear adout this incident!!! Riding way over his limits!!!
Got to have RESPECT you know!! Respect for the machine and for the road!! At least if you want to survive!!!

Couple of Friday's ago .. going up toward Lake City at 6am - little young dude riding a CBR was going thru some twisties .. a semi truck was parked on the side of the road at a gravel pull off. Somehow this guy lost it coming out of the curve and hit the back of the semi ... took his freakin head off - no joke!! Estimated going about 120-130 mph .. plus it was pretty chilly and foggy here that morning!! Pretty sad .. even though was stupid!! Don't understand what were they thinking???

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Southspice

Happens every freaking Spring here!!!
That's what has made it tough for us locals ....
Sorry to hear adout this incident!!! Riding way over his limits!!!
Got to have RESPECT you know!! Respect for the machine and for the road!! At least if you want to survive!!!

Couple of Friday's ago .. going up toward Lake City at 6am - little young dude riding a CBR was going thru some twisties .. a semi truck was parked on the side of the road at a gravel pull off. Somehow this guy lost it coming out of the curve and hit the back of the semi ... took his freakin head off - no joke!! Estimated going about 120-130 mph .. plus it was pretty chilly and foggy here that morning!! Pretty sad .. even though was stupid!! Don't understand what were they thinking???

It's easy...they aren't thinking.

[z06boy]

That's sux for him and I'm sure really tough on the family...especially since somr were there.

I don't have much if any desire to run the dragon at night. I'm sure some of you more "dragon experienced" guys would disagree.

That's one thing I hate about sportbikes headlights...you may be leaning and turning to the right or left but the headlights are aiming elsewhere and it's just hard to see where you're going in the twisties unless you know the road pretty well.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by z06boy

That's one thing I hate about sportbikes headlights...you may be leaning and turning to the right or left but the headlights are aiming elsewhere and it's just hard to see where you're going in the twisties unless you know the road pretty well.

They talked about that in the MSF class I took. Don't out ride your head lights... I never ride at night and that is one of the reasons.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by Rider

They talked about that in the MSF class I took. Don't out ride your head lights... I never ride at night and that is one of the reasons.

I hear ya.

Yea in a straight line I can see this happening at a high speed so just slow down a bit but in the mountains even at low speeds...it is flat out weird to me to be looking into complete darkness rounding a twisty and my headlight aiming out front into the wilderness...just gives me an uneasy feeling...ok it scares the crap out of me...if I'm not familiar with the road Even if I know the road there could be gravel...dead animal...deer...etc....waiting...just a few feet away.

Having said this...following someone makes life easier.

[OneSickPsycho]

Of course the article couldn't resist stating, "According to Suzuki's website, the Hayabusa is the fastest motorcycle in the world."

[marko138]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Of course the article couldn't resist stating, "According to Suzuki's website, the Hayabusa is the fastest motorcycle in the world."

Thats a prerequisite when talking Hayabusa accidents.

[Trip]

Night runs are bad for a lot of reasons. It's not something one should do lightly. I still can't believe fpzx made his first run at night.