ah sheet, rider down on lawrence hargrave drv

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:17 am

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bik ... 70863.html

Shyte, i wonder how this came about...
He was also a *LONG* way from home. and given it happened at 7:15pm, he wasnt on his way home from the sbk's..

*sigh*

Glen · Post by **Glen** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:09 am

Thats shite.

On another note did you read the rest of the story "Woman accidentally runs over husband" :shock:

Yeah right :wink:

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:14 am

As i said to hatter over msn, "i wonder how his insurance premium was going..."

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:10 am

Do we have to have these depressing "Biker down" threads every time that someone has an accident?

I mean, I am pretty sure we are all aware of our mortality.... and I surely sympathise with the family of the person who died.... but.... I dont wanna read about it every time...

unless its a member of this forum ofcourse...

James · Post by **James** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:18 am

Theres a simple answer to that Stereo - dont read the thread!

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:20 am

I read them to make sure its not someone from this club...

Deserteagle · Post by **Deserteagle** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:18 pm

Oh not good news at all, condolences to family and friends.

Yes that side article about woman running over her husband was a bit :shock:

Shifty · Post by **Shifty** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:30 pm

I actually find it is good to have a constant reminder of the dangers we face, keeps you on your toes.

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:14 pm

Stereo wrote:I read them to make sure its not someone from this club...

That's why i put it up, to make sure it *wasn't* a member from here.
I had absolutely no intent to put a bit of "doom & gloom" in the place at all.

mohawk miss · Post by **mohawk miss** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:47 pm

GRO had a week long net discussion about the rider killed doing a wheelie on Windsor rd a couple of weeks ago, mainly because the media got hold of some comments the guy's dad made, twisted them(not surprisng); suddenly Paul Idiot Gibson (Staysafe committee) gets involved and starts calling for high powered bikes to be banned or limited to racetracks (1000cc's and over).

Every time bike v's car the perception of the general population is that the bike rider was doing something stupid. We know its usually the car driver (unless its was the clown on the yellow ducati on the Firies ride....grrr :evil:

).

Sympathy to that guys family.

MadHatter · Post by **MadHatter** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:38 pm

Yes, enough of the rider down threads.
Do you read the NSW police website? Theres someone killed in a traffic accident every day, every second day its a motorcyclist.
Sucks, I know.

smek · Post by **smek** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:56 pm

I'm with stereo. we don't need these threads.

and if it was someone from the club, they wouldn't have been replying to let you know it was them would they.

Lainie · Post by **Lainie** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:59 pm

Stereo wrote:Do we have to have these depressing "Biker down" threads every time that someone has an accident?

I mean, I am pretty sure we are all aware of our mortality.... and I surely sympathise with the family of the person who died.... but.... I dont wanna read about it every time...

unless its a member of this forum ofcourse...

I have to agree with Stereo here, unless it's a member it's bad enough I get a constant reminder every time I am at the cemetary I've lost two brother in laws to bikes and this really just makes riding that little harder.

chameleon · Post by **chameleon** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:18 pm

I'm with smek and stereo and lainie. Didn't we have this discussion a week or two ago when all those dead riders were being posted up? if I don't know them i don't care... Actually I usually just "don't care" :lol:

So post em if ya like, but it always seems to turn into a debate about "posting them up" and has very little to do with whoever it was that crashed.
If it was a member here I would probably feel something, and would want to know. But if that's the case I'm sure someone would "Know" and post it promptly. :wink:

ZX10R King · Post by **ZX10R King** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:56 pm

<aybe the administrators of the site could start a Rider Down section. That way if we don;t want to rread about it we won't go into that section. If ya still go in and read about it, then we will "RELEASE THE HOUNDS" or Neka on to ya......