Biker down in Haast (7 January)

**Ixion** · 7th January 2007, 12:38

Police launch search for missing motorcyclist

NZPA | Sunday, 7 January 2007

Police have mounted a search and rescue operation looking for a motorcyclist who went missing on a group ride between Haast and Milford yesterday.

The motorcyclist was riding a silver 250cc motorcycle and was last seen at the Haast service station.
Police search and rescue are using a helicopter and ground staff to search the route taken by the group.
Police are asking the public to contact them if they see anything that may indicate that a motorcycle has left the road or they see a silver 250cc motorcycle in the area.

I guess other bikers are most likely to spot a motorcyclist. Would have helped if they'd given a model. Odd that the others in the group couldn't find him, though of course he may simply have gotten lost or tootled off on his own, as one does.

**scumdog** · 7th January 2007, 12:43

It's a ferkin' looong piece of often rugged road to start looking for a motorbike over a bank somewhere....one would have thought the group they were riding with would have been able to narrow the likely area a bit more than THAT.

**riffer** · 7th January 2007, 12:46

Gawd. Fingers crossed for lost motorcyclist.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 7th January 2007, 12:49

Originally Posted by scumdog

It's a ferkin' looong piece of often rugged road to start looking for a motorbike over a bank somewhere....one would have thought the group they were riding with would have been able to narrow the likely area a bit more than THAT.

I would have thought so too... a TEC (Unless it he was it) In group rides you have to keep an eye on all your whole group. And if you leave the group for fark sake tell some one...

**Brett** · 7th January 2007, 13:28

Crap, if they need to mount a search for someone who may have crashed in an area like that, then i dont like their chances, although i obviously hope they are just bunking down at a mates unaware of this whole thing...

**sAsLEX** · 7th January 2007, 13:35

Originally Posted by Brett

Crap, if they need to mount a search for someone who may have crashed in an area like that, then i dont like their chances, although i obviously hope they are just bunking down at a mates unaware of this whole thing...

What about those two oldies stuck in a gorge for a couple of days on the west coast?

I would be hiding if I was him, the cops will be after him trying to charge him with something!

**ajturbo** · 7th January 2007, 13:48

there was a young man found in the buller gourge...17 YEARS after he crashed... still on his bike...
lets hope the biker just went home!!!

i would hate to try and find ANYONE down there...

**kneescraper** · 7th January 2007, 13:57

Was the notice posted on the same day he went missing or have they been looking for him for a couple days now? He must have been lagging behind, last seen at the servo? did they not wait for him or something...

I hope they find the guy alive.....

there was a young man found in the buller gourge...17 YEARS after he crashed... still on his bike...
lets hope the biker just went home!!!

Really, how was he still on his bike if he had gone off the road down a big bank into the gourge? Sounds like an interesting story.

**ajturbo** · 7th January 2007, 14:16

Originally Posted by kneescraper

Really, how was he still on his bike if he had gone off the road down a big bank into the gourge? Sounds like an interesting story.

he didn't go DOWN the bank.... he went off INTO the bushes....
the cops reconed that he must have fallen asleep......
if he had gone DOWN the bank they wouldn't have EVER found him.....

**sunhuntin** · 7th January 2007, 14:39

Originally Posted by kneescraper

Was the notice posted on the same day he went missing or have they been looking for him for a couple days now? He must have been lagging behind, last seen at the servo? did they not wait for him or something...

I hope they find the guy alive.....

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silver 250...i cant think of any silver 250, except maybe hyosung? and yeh, they cant have waited for him. did they not have a tail end charley? no excuse for losing a member of a group ride like that!

**Disco Dan** · 7th January 2007, 14:46

Woah... thats creepy...

Hope they find him...

And when they do, im putting my compass in the mail to him.... he needs it more than me...

**kro** · 7th January 2007, 14:58

Silver 250?. He was riding in a group of bikes, and that's the best description we get?. These were obviously hobby motorcyclists, if that's the best description they can offer.

I hope the guy/gal is OK, as people have said, that's a bugger of a place to come unglued.

**Clivoris** · 7th January 2007, 15:04

Radio just said that they have found his body. Apparently failed to take a corner, left the road and bike plus rider landed in dense scrub. RIP.

**sunhuntin** · 7th January 2007, 15:05

Originally Posted by kro

Silver 250?. He was riding in a group of bikes, and that's the best description we get?. These were obviously hobby motorcyclists, if that's the best description they can offer.

I hope the guy/gal is OK, as people have said, that's a bugger of a place to come unglued.

its a wonder we even got a 250. i know i cant tell bike sizing unless it has it on the body somewhere. it might not even be a 250...they likely saw an l plate and guessed. spose if hes down a ditch somewhere, then silver 250 will help more than 2006 suzuki bandit or whatever.