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    Quote Originally Posted by EJKDDORAI View Post
    WTF?? How can he kill himself on a HARLEY? Thats the first Harley fatal accident I've ever heard!
    why is this so hard for you to believe?

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    Why have I got this Green Day song running in my head after reading this Feel for his family though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EJKDDORAI View Post
    WTF?? How can he kill himself on a HARLEY? Thats the first Harley fatal accident I've ever heard!
    ha ha ha ha ha
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    Quote Originally Posted by EJKDDORAI View Post
    WTF?? How can he kill himself on a HARLEY? Thats the first Harley fatal accident I've ever heard!
    Apparently there have been a number of deaths on the earlier Harleys (so I have been told). There was a design fault, when at low speed, which caused the steering to over turn and reverse the direction. A mate of mine had a serious accident (died twice but got brought back) in the South of France, with no memory of the accident. He put it down to pilot error and said design fault. Three years later, the Catholic girlfriend of the idiot driving the van that nearly killed him (twice) went to confess to the Police. Apparently her disqualified boyfriend hit the Harley up the back whilst it was stopped at a T junction at the end of a one way street. In a panic at not wanting to be caught, the driver drove straight over my mate's chest resulting in a puctured lung and crushed shoulder. The rear wheel missed his head by about 10cm. The confessing girlfriend was convinced that the biker would have been killed, which is why she had to confess. She went to jail for 18 months and the ex-boyfriend got 6 years.

    My mate was quite angry by this revelation and said that he would rather have never discovered the truth. He was content with the pilot error explanation.

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    A few years back there was a chick who was killed in the Sandridge parking lot.

    Slammed into a wall.


    It's easily done. Accidently blip the throttle or drop the clutch and the bike jumps forward, rider is thrown backward and the throttle is twisted even further as he/she tries to hang on resulting in more speed with the rider hanging on even tighter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EJKDDORAI View Post
    WTF?? How can he kill himself on a HARLEY? Thats the first Harley fatal accident I've ever heard!
    I don't mind you having a go at Harley's but the sarcasm on this subject is not called for.

    There was a Harley rider killed in the Lewis not so long ago. He was either going or coming back from a rally

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    A agree. A Harley Rider is just as vulnerable as the rest of us... I feel sorry for this guy and his family..

    Whether Scott Watson is going to be freed anytime soon... well that's a whole other debate!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blossom View Post
    OMG... there are no words... I mean seriously how fast can you go in a parking lot to lose control of a bike and kill yourself??? ok so there are some words...
    Approx 7kmh can be fatal without a helmet. Makes one think...............

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    Quote Originally Posted by tri boy View Post
    Approx 7kmh can be fatal without a helmet. Makes one think...............
    Better not walk too fast, then...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jiminy View Post
    Better not walk too fast, then...
    A flatemate of mine in Sydney tripped, fell forward while carrying two cartons of beer.
    Forehead hit the ground first, and he never woke up again.
    (he was pretty drunk apparently)

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    Quote Originally Posted by EJKDDORAI View Post
    WTF?? How can he kill himself on a HARLEY? Thats the first Harley fatal accident I've ever heard!
    My brother died in a Harley bin when I was 14. My other brother survived but has been an invalid ever since. Cage was at fault. I am not a Harley junkie but "ouch".
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    Um he wasnt wearing a helmet even at 20-30kph hitting a parked car your toast.

    We are more fragile than ya think, one bump to the noggin and shes all over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by skidMark View Post
    Um he wasnt wearing a helmet even at 20-30kph hitting a parked car your toast.

    We are more fragile than ya think, one bump to the noggin and shes all over.
    Yep, banged mine today doing some DIY. Had to go and lay down for 30 mins. Now have abump like having a chuffin golf ball on my head.

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    Ok... sorry that was a bad joke...


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