Biker down: Murrays Bay, Auckland - what the heck happened??? (17 August)

**candor** · 17th August 2006, 23:10

The person who put him back on the bike won't be feeling good.

**fishb8nz** · 18th August 2006, 03:36

http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=64981
Whatever the reasons, it'a a sad and premature loss. RIP

**Pex Adams** · 18th August 2006, 08:04

It was another tragic night last night

RIP Bro.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3767944a11,00.html

**RantyDave** · 18th August 2006, 08:15

Poor guy. It looks like lesson for the day is: when falling off, spend ten minutes or so getting your shit back together before riding off.

RIP, mate.

Dave

**Lou Girardin** · 18th August 2006, 08:21

Originally Posted by Dynamytus50

That sucks, anyone know him?

Damn i hope he wasn't drunk

Why?
If he was drunk, it'll explain his actions. And I'll care less.

**frogfeaturesFZR** · 18th August 2006, 08:49

He was still a biker Lou .......RIP

**marty** · 18th August 2006, 09:07

Mr Nuttall said alcohol was suspected but police were waiting for blood tests to find out Mr Smith's blood-alcohol level.

hmmmm.

**bobsmith** · 18th August 2006, 09:11

Damn, browns bay is just too close to home... Glad it's not a name that rings a bell to me.... RIP

[edit] - blood alchol levels shoud only take a couple of hours from specimen collection to result... wonder what the result was...

**Zed** · 18th August 2006, 09:26

Always sad to hear. Interesting that the article mentions he fell off twice, first 250m up the same road and was helped back onto his bike by 2 bystanders, then he rode down the road and hit the car!

**Zukin** · 18th August 2006, 09:35

I assume it is the same as this one?
If its another one, then what the heck is going on up there?

**Ixion** · 18th August 2006, 09:41

Without passing any comment on the particular tragic circumstances (RIP brother) , it is worth mentioning that sometimes after a biff on the head you may think you feel fine, but will keep falling over (if on foot) or off (if on bike). Or collide with things.

Bashed the back of my head on a rock while riding a beach once years ago. Helmet went all squishy, but I felt fine. Except that in the few hundred easy yards getting off the beach I fell off 3 or 4 times, damn near fell off /ran off the road twice in the mile or so getting home, and then fell over and dropped the bike parking it when I did get there. And then fell over walking down the hallway. But I thought I felt fine! Just coordination and balance shot to hell.

So if you DO have an off (which God forbid) , don't just jump back on and steam off, if you've banged your bonce at all.

**Proud2BANZER** · 18th August 2006, 09:42

Originally Posted by Drunken Monkey

What a turkey...

Nice thing to say about another biker

Luke

**Bend-it** · 18th August 2006, 10:25

Originally Posted by Qkchk

I have seen that myself. When Qkkid came off his bike his wrist ended up looking like a s-bend but he was damn sure he was goin to get back on his bike and ride! 1 hour later the pain kicked in. Ever seen a man writhing in pain that he cant even walk? Not nice.

Originally Posted by SPman

Happened to me when I binned - I was hobbling around ok for a couple of hours - until I got back to Firefights - then had to have a wee lie down for a while...and was on crutches for 2 weeks!
Hopefully, we can find out something constructive from this poor guys tragedy....

Originally Posted by MikeyG

Mee too. Walking around for about 4 hours with a broken neck (not a biking accident).

Yeah me too, I fell off a 14 storey building and died, but got up and walked around for 2 years before realising it. Now I'm in denial...

Condolences to friends and family.