Motorcycle Accident Last Night

Dave, although I agree with you mostly, I feel I need to add my .02 cents...LOL

Sport Bikes, are an awesome vehicle. I have never owned one myself, but have ridden them. They are beastly machines, and you must respect it. There is a lot of HP on those and they can be dangerous. I have had a few friends either hurt or killed on them. Most of the accidents were faults of their own. With that power comes a rush, which almost everyone will want once they get used to riding. Sport Bikes have a bad rep, mainly because of the few douchebags that want to run the streets like a mad man. One of my friends laid his CBR900RR down in the mountains of Utah @ 130mph when I lived out there. He lived, but was really messed up.

As for myself, I dream of the day I buy mine. I have kids so this has really taken a back seat. If I were to buy today, I would get me a Harley Road King Custom. With the choices of bikes out there in Sport Bikes, I would buy a GSX-R 1300 Hayabusa. The hayabusa is just the right size and riding position for me. Although it is not really considered a Sport Bike, rather a Sport Touring Bike.

This accident sounds like an inexperienced kid whom did not know how to handle the bike. Luckily for him, he just flopped the bike over at a stop light. It could have been a lot worse, especially if he panics and lets the bike consume him.

QUOTE(Capt'n Mike @ Jul 28 2009, 01:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here's a freaky motorcycle accident that just happened as well..

ROMULUS, Mich. -- A 53-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash in Romulus Sunday night. The man was on a motorcycle traveling northbound on I-275 near Huron River Drive. Police said a pickup truck pulling a trailer was in the lane to his right and a wheel from that trailer came loose and hit the motorcycle. Police said the man lost control of the bike and crashed into the wall.

It doesn't indicate so here, but the tv news story said the wall he crashed into was that of or near an overpass, and he was basically ejected over the overpass.



Something like this happened to me. Semi hit a muffler on telegraph, it bounced off his trailer and hit my hand completely breaking my right ring finger in 2 and slicing my middle and pinky. Absolutely no damage to bike rode it out and had my finger peiced back together with pins and a perma bend...

Bill had a Yamaha FZR 700 that was a total sleeper. We lived in RO at the time and he worked in Taylor. He'd get called into work in the middle of the night to fix a program that was running, and if the weather was good, he'd take the bike. No problem hitting 120+ on I-75 at 2:30 am. It was a great vehicle to go into Detroit for concerts, games, etc. because you could park pretty much anywhere and beat the crowds. Bill sold it a couple of years after our daughter was born.

We both took the motorcycle safety class. I was going to get his hand-me-down Yamaha Radian 600, but ended up having a son instead. The class was very helpful and I use what I learned there while I'm driving in a car and riding on the back of a bike (dress for the crash, not the ride).

Bob used to ride. I'd consider getting a bike in the future.