Fatal accident involving Back Fire/Razya on SH1. 20 Oct, 2007

[Kendog]

RIP Razya

skidMark, thank you for sharing your memories. The last bit was truly moving.

i remember driving away and looking at dan as i drove away sitting on the ground....see me gives me a grin and away we went and away he slipped away from the lights into the darkness....

and thats the last time i ever saw him.

that image is forever in my mind.

[Hawkeye]

RIP Fellow Rider .. May the wind in your face continue forever.

Condolences to the family and friends.

[raster]

RIP.....
Dan, didn't know you but knew of you.

skidMark, Bought tears to my eyes , thanks for some "moving pictures".

[justsomeguy]

Hey Dan,

Remember first riding with you on the Opononi ride, thanks for swapping bikes.

Then had fun seeing you learning to wheelie the Gixxer 6 hundy and going on a few Coro Loops.....remember the one when the KB God joined us?

Was nice waking up the neighbours that night with your slashcut.

"That's the bad thing about biking, keep at it long enough and you keep hearing of mates who keep having some grief", Paul, Mechanic, Botany Honda.

Peace mate

[Zapf]

If anyone of you guys know Dan well and would like to help provide consuling / support to Dan's family it will be much appreciated. As his parents, have no relatives and family in NZ to call upon.

Both me and Gremlin live in East Auckland and Dan's family is out west in Titangre (Langhom).

As we are not able to be there all the time and we live far far away, any help in providing a shoulder for the family to lean on would be greatly appreciated.

Please PM me if you are able.

Thanks
Zapf

Photo shows Dan at his 21st last month

[howdamnhard]

Our condolences to the family,you are in our thoughts and prayers.

[skidMark]

If anyone of you guys know Dan well and would like to help provide consuling / support to Dan's family it will be much appreciated. As his parents, have no relatives and family in NZ to call upon.

Both me and Gremlin live in East Auckland and Dan's family is out west in Titangre (Langhom).

As we are not able to be there all the time and we live far far away, any help in providing a shoulder for the family to lean on would be greatly appreciated.

Please PM me if you are able.

Thanks
Zapf

i know rudi (rudolph on kb) was going to catch up with his parents as he knew him very very well, had to tell him over the phone tonight when he rang me, that wasnt easy.

[Meanie]

RIP Mate
21 is too bloody young to die Condolences to his family and all who knew him

[boman]

My deepest sympathies to the family.

[Cr1MiNaL]

Humbling.... very humbling.... The worst part of ur journey is over brotha. May your soul RIP

[WelshWizard]

To All who have posted messages on condolence for Back Fire/Razya
Many thanks from my wife and myself, Dan was a fanatic bike rider, even though as a little child he hated the noise of my BSA or Norton, he followed both his mum and myself into a love of Motorcycles.

At the moment the police won't let us see Daniel, so we have to wait till the funeral directors get him and tidy him up. once done we will have details of the funeral to post up for any of his friends to come, please note if any want to come to his funeral you will be most welcome, BUT please all motorcycle riders please come by bike.

And if any of you want to help in any way please stir up about the cheese wires they are putting up as a barrier, in most countries these have been ban because of the danger to motorcycle riders, they say speed was a factor, sorry the road was straight and clear, he was a better rider than I am and that's after nearly 50 years riding bikes, and having myself had to step off bikes at 125MPH in the past, know that the speed they say he was doing was easily survivable. what killed him was the cheese wires, and the fact that the head stock appears to have fractured, for any of those who have seen the video you will see his forks are straight, and his rad is still intact, which does not marry with a front end impact with a barrier. I await confirmation as to why the head stock separated from the rest of the frame.
Daniel would want people to fight the cheap skate attitude of TNZ in fitting the cheese wire barrier instead of a safer system of barrier and I don't mean the half hearted corrugated barrier that are up as these still allow a motorcycles to slid under them into a post.

WW and Dragon
Daniels Dad and Mum

[ZeroIndex]

Condolences to the family involved... never easy losing a loved one.

[Xaria]

Our sympathy to the family

[Mrs Busa Pete]

To All who have posted messages on condolence for Gravel_rash /Back Fire/Razya
Many thanks from my wife and myself, Dan was a fanatic bike rider, even though as a little child he hated the noise of my BSA or Norton, he followed both his mum and myself into a love of Motorcycles.

At the moment the police won't let us see Daniel, so we have to wait till the funeral directors get him and tidy him up. once done we will have details of the funeral to post up for any of his friends to come, please note if any want to come to his funeral you will be most welcome, BUT please all motorcycle riders please come by bike.

And if any of you want to help in any way please stir up about the cheese wires they are putting up as a barrier, in most countries these have been ban because of the danger to motorcycle riders, they say speed was a factor, sorry the road was straight and clear, he was a better rider than I am and that's after nearly 50 years riding bikes, and having myself had to step off bikes at 125MPH in the past, know that the speed they say he was doing was easily survivable. what killed him was the cheese wires, and the fact that the head stock appears to have fractured, for any of those who have seen the video you will see his forks are straight, and his rad is still intact, which does not marry with a front end impact with a barrier. I await confirmation as to why the head stock separated from the rest of the frame.
Daniel would want people to fight the cheap skate attitude of TNZ in fitting the cheese wire barrier instead of a safer system of barrier and I don't mean the half hearted corrugated barrier that are up as these still allow a motorcycles to slid under them into a post.

WW and Dragon
Daniels Dad and Mum

Pete and I send our heart felt condolace to family and freinds of dan. We only meet dan a couple of times and he was always freindly and very polite he was a credit to you both I will pm my phone number to you and if i can be of any help please feel free to call me and we will be there.

If there is to be a bike procession for dan we would be honoured to be there.
Regards Wendy & Pete

[H00dz]

Arohanui Razya....

Although I did not know you personally I am deeply saddened to hear of your untimely passing.........

To his family.....I think that no words that I could give you will take away the pain you must feel .......can I say that as a father you have my deepest and heartfelt condolences at this time........



To the fraternity that is KB.... Please everyone be safe out there