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Erik and I were heading down Scenic Drive in Titirangi and saw a horrific sight. A red sports bike lying on it's side against the mountain side...... horrible in the gutter......
There was a fire engine and all the usual coppers ......anyone have more news?
Couldn't see the rider or any others...... but there was no ambulance so perhaps no one was hurt.....
Times like these make me appreciate the Rescue Helicopter....... bonafide heroes those guys
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Red bike? Scenic Drive.... hmm that has me worried....
What time was this?
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Shit, hope it is not one of ours.
Well it's not me. Bike's the wrong colour (quickly runs out just to make sure). No Roxannae is still safely in bed.
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I did see an ambo racing pass the BP where I split with you guys.Originally Posted by justsomeguy
Erik and I were heading down Scenic Drive in Titirangi and saw a horrific sight. A red sports bike lying on it's side against the mountain side...... horrible in the gutter......
There was a fire engine and all the usual coppers ......anyone have more news?
Couldn't see the rider or any others...... but there was no ambulance so perhaps no one was hurt.....
Times like these make me appreciate the Rescue Helicopter....... bonafide heroes those guys
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This was around 6:30ish pm.
No Zapf this happened more than hour afterwards and probably a 100 kays from where you left.
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Hey erik what bike was that? I thought it was a suzuki may have been an older model Yamaha 600cc YZF something
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Shit that doesnt sound to good. bein it was against a hillside is the other side a cliff if so probably luck the corner wasnt the opposite way
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We went through there at about 6:15pm. I think there were two firetrucks and a cop car, they stopped the traffic for a while and wouldn't let us past, I'm not sure why. I didn't realise it was a bike until after we had started moving past again, otherwise I would have tried asking what had happened.
It was hard to tell what happened just from what I saw. It was on a corner a few corners up the road (ie, towards Piha) from the Arataki Information Centre. Going back towards titirangi, the road dips down into a left hand corner, and then continues uphill in a long right hand corner. The bike was on the right side of the road in the ditch/side of the bank. It was facing the wrong way for the side it was on and looked like it was fairly well wedged into the ditch/weeds.
I couldn't see what type of bike it was.
There was a car on the side of the road and there was a guy and a chick on the side of the road by the bike, iirc the guy might've been comforting her or something.
I didn't see anyone in bike gear or notice any bike gear on the ground. It could be the biker had already been taken away in an ambulance.
Hopefully whoever it was wasn't hurt too badly.
It was a fairly sobering end to a good day of riding.
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Yup....... the Helicopter boys would have been called had he fallen the other way. There was a bit of a bush to stop things......but not a lot
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Well, I thought it might've been a vtr1000 or something similar, but I didn't see it well so could be completely wrong.
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Stay safe out there guys!
unless you can prove it.
Everything crossed that the rider is safe and well.
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No Gav, wrong part of town...
However, once again, proof, that we need to take care out there! Be aware...
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Nope, this was in west auckland.
[edit: oops, Joni bet me to it.]
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