Biker down?

[BigAl]

Rider wasn't practising for Monday's ride by any chance?

[Gremlin]

Anybody that appears on these forums regularly?

Any discussion of identity prior to public notice, or without permission of the family would be removed, as per KB site rules.

[Maha]

Soooo, if I were to start a thread entitled 'P is for Dickeads' (in relation to the two that died deep inside a mine shaft) would that be ok?...even though there may be a possibility that they had family/friends who are members here?

[Bassmatt]

Soooo, if I were to start a thread entitled 'P is for Dickeads' (in relation to the two that died deep inside a mine shaft) would that be ok?...even though there may be a possibility that they had family/friends who are members here?

I think " Golly, it's pretty dangerous making something which produces poisonous gasses using a petrol powered generator in a confined space with no real ventilation, don't you think?"
will be acceptable.
Possible Darwin Award winners?

[SMOKEU]

All this speculation when we don't even know what happened apart from media reports of questionable accuracy.

[Paul in NZ]

Soooo, if I were to start a thread entitled 'P is for Dickeads' (in relation to the two that died deep inside a mine shaft) would that be ok?...even though there may be a possibility that they had family/friends who are members here?

No but no matter how mad or bad they were - once they were someones little toussle headed darling...

In fact it was a friend or family member that guided police to the shaft after they were worried for them... (sigh - I rather suspect they knew what they were doing too)

Unfortunately - we all have friends or family that can do stupid stupid things and sometime all you can do is love them and hope they get through it without hurting anyone else. In my case I'd not be too upset if someone else called it like it is though.

[sidecar bob]

No but no matter how mad or bad they were - once they were someones little toussle headed darling...

In fact it was a friend or family member that guided police to the shaft after they were worried for them... (sigh - I rather suspect they knew what they were doing too)

Unfortunately - we all have friends or family that can do stupid stupid things and sometime all you can do is love them and hope they get through it without hurting anyone else. In my case I'd not be too upset if someone else called it like it is though.

If their family knew what they were doing & dobbed them in, they would have been dragged out in handcuffs rather than body bags.
Oh well, their choice, their consequences.

[Tigadee]

That's at least three MC crashes/deaths in the last 3-4 weeks... This is getting serious!

[Banditbandit]

At the appropriate time I'll be very interested in the armco collision details. For example, was the design of the "safety" barrier a contributing factor?

This happened with 4ks of my house - I am not sure exactly where, but it's the road I use to go to work on, and I rode it this morning ...

There are two obvious possibilities for the "sweeping right hander" both with armco barriers ... one is an easy corner at 100klicks ... I usually take it much faster ... the other is in a 70k area ... (but even at speeds of more than 100klicks it would not be a hard corner) it's pretty hard to see how the armco is a contributing factor in the crash .. but pretty easy to see that if you drop a bike and slide into a hard immovable object there is a good chance of getting killed ... especially without a helmet ...

Drunk would be my pick for the reason for the crash - and no helmet the reason he was killed ...

And no, I did not know the rider ... but yes, he was someone's family member ... even dickheads are loved by someone

[SMOKEU]

If their family knew what they were doing & dobbed them in, they would have been dragged out in handcuffs rather than body bags.
Oh well, their choice, their consequences.

Is being a nark all the rage these days?

[sidecar bob]

Is being a nark all the rage these days?

I wouldnt know, but It seems less popular than being dead.
If I knew someone that was manufacturing P I would be as likely to dob them in as they would be to sell it to someones tousle headed wee offspring.
If that makes me a nark, then bring it on.
You call it nark, I call it reporting crime.

[sidecar bob]

That's at least three MC crashes/deaths in the last 3-4 weeks... This is getting serious!

At least 15 deaths related to smoking in the same period.

[SMOKEU]

I wouldnt know, but It seems less popular than being dead.
If I knew someone that was manufacturing P I would be as likely to dob them in as they would be to sell it to someones tousle headed wee offspring.
If that makes me a nark, then bring it on.
You call it nark, I call it reporting crime.

You must have too much free time then.

[caspernz]

All this speculation when we don't even know what happened apart from media reports of questionable accuracy.

Regardless of what the media reported in this case...any chance they were in that tunnel baking brownies and making cups of tea?

[Banditbandit]

All this speculation when we don't even know what happened apart from media reports of questionable accuracy.

Yes, you are right. However, a picture on TV last night of a pertrol-driven generator in the tunnel is pretty damm suggestive - even if they were engaged in legal activities, running a petrol-driven generator in such a confined space was a very dumb idea.