Another biker passes on

**orographic** · 9th July 2009, 10:40

from stuff this morning :
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2578...south-Taranaki

While not intending to come off as inconsiderate, or as taking too much of a morbid interest, does anyone know more?

( I would quite like to stay alive, and an effective way to learn what not to do, is to study how other people have had things go bad)

**jrandom** · 9th July 2009, 10:45

Originally Posted by orographic

I would quite like to stay alive, and an effective way to learn what not to do, is to study how other people have had things go bad

He fell off. He died.

Try not to do that.

Thus ends today's lesson.

If you want to learn how to control your motorcycle so as not to fall off and/or die, Scorpios make great trackday bikes.

**junkmanjoe** · 9th July 2009, 10:45

not much to go on, who what why when and where...

did he crash, was he knocked off, heart attack..
a freind of mine died from a heart attack while riding, out of the blue..all over.
reasons for his death ???

**orographic** · 9th July 2009, 10:53

Originally Posted by junkmanjoe

not much to go on, who what why when and where...

Well, that was kinda the point of the thread, to be a place where, as details are forthcoming, they can be put, thus, in a style similar to how aviation accidents are dealt with, we can use this information to help make the next similar accident less likely
I must not have made that intent sufficiently clear

**jrandom** · 9th July 2009, 10:54

Originally Posted by orographic

Well, that was kinda the point of the thread, to be a place where, as details are forthcoming, they can be put, thus, in a style similar to how aviation accidents are dealt with, we can use this information to help make the next similar accident less likely

You're new here, aren't you.

**Hitcher** · 9th July 2009, 11:01

Originally Posted by orographic

While not intending to come off as inconsiderate, or as taking too much of a morbid interest, does anyone know more?

I know that all Kiwi Biker members agreed as a condition of their membership to abide by the site's rules. I know that many clicked through that step in their haste to start posting.

All rules, including those relating to "biker down" threads and ghoulish speculation regarding biker accidents generally, can be found in the Site Stuff forum.

**shafty** · 9th July 2009, 11:31

RIP Fellow Rider.

Plenty of ice round our way

**ynot slow** · 9th July 2009, 16:03

RIP,too close to home for this kb er,the road is prone to both black ice and ice by the bridge area and twisty bits.Nice road around the area,particularly Okaiawa,Kapuni area.