David Bain was a motorcyclist

[Steam]

This story shamelessly cut and pasted from Stuff.co.nz

David Bain still owes Dunedin businessman Jules Radich $2000, but the former motorcycle shop owner is prepared to treat it as a donation.

Six weeks before five members of the Bain family were shot in their Every Street house in June 1994, David Bain took a second-hand 600cc Kawasaki motorcycle from Uptown Motorcycles for a test spin and crashed it. He was unhurt.

Radich, 52, who then owned the Dunedin motorcycle firm, was left with an insurance excess bill of $2000 which he tried to recover from Bain.

By then Bain had been arrested for the killings. He wrote to Radich from Dunedin Prison saying he fully intended to pay the bill but, as he was incarcerated, "I do need time".

"I hope this does not inconvenience you too much, but I ask for some patience in this matter," Bain wrote.

Radich, now a mall manager after selling his business three years ago, did not expect to be paid. "I just wrote it off in my head. I'm happy to leave it as a donation to a worthy cause."

However, if Bain got a large compensation package Radich would accept payment.

Bain had crashed the bike after hitting a gutter while over-correcting to avoid an oncoming vehicle.

"He was quite an unusual chap in that he was very calm and considered. Unusually calm for a young chap. I considered him straight and honest. He gave no excuses and said he would pay. Then six weeks later he was locked up for 16 years."

Bain's convictions for the murder of his family were quashed last week and he was freed on bail this week.

[The Pastor]

well he can't be all bad then eh? No bad guys ride motorbikes.

[Maha]

He only took one for a test ride, doesn't say he ever owned a bike just damaged one, he certainly hasn't owned one for the last 13 years so maybe hes just a pseudo biker?

[Toaster]

No bad guys ride motorbikes.

Hey that's not true - I am a horrible bastard.

[JimO]

He only took one for a test ride, doesn't say he ever owned a bike just damaged one, he certainly hasn't owned one for the last 13 years so maybe hes just a pseudo biker?

he must have had his full, or he wouldnt be going anywhere on a 600 especially if Uptown owned it

[Kflasher]

well he can't be all bad then eh? No bad guys ride motorbikes.

Gee shucks are you talking about me again...

[The Pastor]

Hey that's not true - I am a horrible bastard.

Your mother reckons your a real sweetie.

[Scouse]

well he can't be all bad then eh? No bad guys ride motorbikes.

Except for you
But anyway If he can allegedly murder a perfectly good 600, what is stopping him from allegedly murdering the rest of his family?

[oldrider]

He got sixteen years for the people he should have got another sixteen for the bike! John.

[Virago]

He got sixteen years for the people he should have got another sixteen for the bike! John.

Aahh, don't be so hasty John - perhaps his father crashed the bike....

[smoky]

Aahh, don't be so hasty John - perhaps his father crashed the bike....

I can confirm he did indeed have his full, and has had a couple of bikes in his past - and that he has always been a mature calm person.

[oldrider]

I can confirm he did indeed have his full, and has had a couple of bikes in his past - and that he has always been a mature calm person.

Who? David or his father? though I guess you mean David! John.

[Virago]

Before David's father crashed the bike, he turned on the computer and typed "You were the only one who deserves to ride"....

[JimO]

david didnt murder the famile it was the old man and the "murdering jerseys" were supplied by the cops how many people would think he was innocent if they hadnt seen him with the jerseys on