If you ride a MOTORCYCLE, Please READ This........RIP
 

Last night a very close friend of mine was killed while riding his motorcycle home from work. A car pulled out in front of him and he died at the scene. He was 22 years old. We just went on a trip to Boston 2 weeks ago to visit his brother and I was supposed to be golfing with him tomorrow. His family is devistated and his brother is still in shock.

REMEMBER - YOU ARE ALMOST INVISIBLE WHEN RIDING A MOTORCYCLE -

RIP ANDREW :(

Sorry about your friend, but do you think you are telling us something we don't already know?

The fact is, we are not invisible, it is the cage drivers that just don't pay attention.

jeez :helpme:helpme
he was just saying to fellow bikers to be careful; im sure we all know that motorcycles are dangerous ;)
too bad about your friend man RIP

I am sorry about your lost.

one thing i can tell you is that your boy passed happy...i always said if i died on my bike..i died happy. all of us that ride, do it for the passion..its a feeling that cant be described, even though we hurt our loved ones when we go..its still something we will never stop doing it..some of us make it, and others dont. sorry for your loss homie!

I completely understand - he had the passion even though his parents begged him to give it up.

Sorry to hear about your friend, he will be in my prayers

Sorry for your friend .that's sad :( car drivers don't take seriously the riders

lost a childhood friend last year to a motorcycle accident

sorry about your loss

I'll bet you $50 the guy wasn't wearing any safety gear.

I am sorry about your lost... It's so terrible

Sorry, but that is as narrow minded as a car driver saying that bikers don't pay attention.

Bikers shouldn't weave in and out of traffic the way they do... or ride RIGHT up to the back side of a car hoping to grab a few split seconds to over take so much...

And drivers should always keep their eyes open.

As a car driver I'm VERY aware of bikers. My friend was a biker and died ... on the road. Because his bike slipped. Not because of another car.

I think both should be careful ...

instead of either 'side' blaming the other.

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Every time i ride i wonder if it will be my last but i still go . there's just something about it.

very sad and sorry to hear, Best wishes to the family have to cope with their loss.

my parents asked me to give it up the first time i wrecked on a stand up wheelie..my girl cries everytime i go for a ride, he cousin past away less than a year ago and he was all she had...not sure if you met my boy cattivo at internext..he was wearing a body brace from his bike accident 2 months ago..his back and foot are broken...i guess we do it for the adrenaline rush...i deeply feel for your boys family

I could make all kinds of assumptions, but that is all they would be.

Most car vs bike wrecks are due to the "I didn't see him" defense. So, STFU.

Sorry to hear of your loss, I have lost friends due to motorcycle accidents as well. More reason for me never to buy one.

Sorry to hear that, but you are 100% right, you need to ride like you are invisible, do not trust on eye to eye contact as most car drivers are looking right thur you.

They are just not worth riding every day. I told him when he got it "if you crash you either die or roll a wheelchair for the rest of your life."

Wrong on both counts. I have crashed and I am alive and not in a wheelchair

Sorry about your loss

RIP

Sorry for your loss!

sorry to hear that. I have had two close friends die in the past couple of years on a motorcycle. One had been riding for years and the other had one week on it. I rode for years and wont ride again. Just wouldnt be right or smart. To many bad drivers on the road.

tipping over your bike while sitting on it does not count as a crash. Hitting a car square in the side while traveling 50 mph is a crash.

How about at 60? You don't know shit.

I'm so sorry bro, hang in there.

The main reason I never ride on the streets..dirt biking only..my condolences

damn, RIP for him

thanks for your input - it's helping me to cope by increasing my anger. I'll let his mother know what a pussy he was for dying and not walking away.

I wrecked on the interstate going 70. It hurt.
But I'm ok and still ride all the time.


Sorry for your loss bud

I have been riding for about 20 years. Sorry about your loss. Very sad news. We hear it over and over, and 99% of the time, its not the riders but someone that doesn't see us. But we choose to ride because we enjoy it. It is very Dangerous.

Very sorry about your loss, my condolences to you and the family.

Why don't you be honest with her and tell her he died doing what he liked? My family already knows this if I die that way.

Sorry for your loss

Sorry to hear about your friend. :( Im buying a new bike in the spring. Havent had one since 97 or so. I miss it, but I wont be as careless as I used to be back when I was younger now that I have a family of 5 to think about.

May he ride hard and free forever

sorry for your loss, It hurts

RIP


Iv been riding since i was 13, im now 40, and once you get the bug it stays forever, Its a hard to stop, Iv been in back patch clubs, a courier, touring, and been to loads of real good club bashes, and i love every minute of riding,and the bike scene, I only got my car licence a year ago so it was the only way i could get around, but since i have been driving a car, it is very true that you are not as aware of what is going on around you compared to when you are on a bike, I think this is because you know you are more vunrable when you are on a bike, Then again i have seen some of my mates riding like they are out to kill themselves, (I too have done very stupid things on bikes,so in my eyes both car drivers and bike riders do stupid things and cause accidents, There are many more hazards on the road when you are riding a bike (dead or wet leaves, drain covers on bends,diesel spills and on a nice cold night even white lines become slippery, and unfortuantly a lot of car drivers who have never ridding a bike on the roads dont realise this...so just look out for that bike comming up behind you and give them space

regards

RIP sad story

Doesn't matter what you drive, every time you hit the road you can go splat. Bike vs car or car vs truck or truck vs semi. There is pretty much always something that can mash you if you aren't paying attention or just have seriously bad luck.

Ok, and I bet 50% of those are bikers riding like fucking cocks. Fact is Baddog, just because you ride doesn't mean every fucking biker that dies on the bike is in the right. You just pulled a 'statistic' out of your ass.

I'm sure you ride safely ... but a LOT of bikers do NOT.

Same way a lot of car drivers do NOT.

Read my entire post and you'll see that I split the blame both ways. Unlike you. Don't be so one sided.

This worries me specially when I'm riding a bike. No matter how careful you are things like these just happen... Sorry to hear about friend...

yep its the foodchain of automobiles

sadly bikes are at the bottom