26 motorcycle crash

[Suze]

I'm posting this because I know a lot of smarties also ride. This afternoon, south of Portland on I-5 a club of bikers collided with an SUV.

26 Brother Speed motorcycles crash on I-5; traffic backs up for miles - OregonLive.com

Terrible tragedy.

[Kermit]

Originally Posted by Suze

I'm posting this because I know a lot of smarties also ride. This afternoon, south of Portland on I-5 a club of bikers collided with an SUV.

26 Brother Speed motorcycles crash on I-5; traffic backs up for miles - OregonLive.com

Terrible tragedy.

"BROTHER SPEED M/C is a club that is serious about brotherhood, respect, riding fast and building choppers," the club writes on its Oregon Web site.

There were 3 bikes traveling in front of me going home the other day. Cutting WAY close in front of cars & weaving in and out of traffic. Cruisers, not sport, no helmet either. I was just waiting for them to clip a car - didn't happen. On top of that they were side-by-side in one lane, heavy traffic.

When I used to ride, rode my entire life and only quit 3 years ago, I would only ride side-by-side in NO traffic and only for brief interactions with whomever I was riding with.

This goes to show riding close knit like that is a recipe for disaster. A shame it happened.

[Neonspinnazz]

Well the bicycle world has it worse I guess.

YouTube - Cycling Race Fail

YouTube - Cycling Race Fail

It's terrible that some bikers tend to think that they own the world. Because eventually truth will always slap them in the face

[jwight]

Just another instance of natural selection at work, IMHO.

[Rich M]

J, I hope your comment refers to m/c riders and not the bikers.
Rich M, bicycle rider, motor cycle rider, former GM buyer and GM bond holder.

[forestacademy]

Originally Posted by Neonspinnazz

Well the bicycle world has it worse I guess.


It's terrible that some bikers tend to think that they own the world. Because eventually truth will always slap them in the face

I don't understand what you mean. They were in a race in a group just like any group NASCAR accident.

And bikers in a race have helmets and are only going a fraction of the speeds Motorcycles are going

[BigWarpGuy]

Perhaps it would be handy to have that article when some one says they would rather be on a motorcycle than in a Fortwo?