Old riding bud left me a vm lastnight "Dude some kid in shorts and no helmet almost wrecked his bike doing a burnout, he's going to crash tonight!"
Called me at lunch today to say they saw the kid's bike embedded into a car minutes after leaving me that message and he was laying motionless against the curb. Said people were there helping and he could hear the sirens in the distance so he didn't hang around.
Said the kid was getting wasted at the bar prior, khaki shorts, t-shirt, sunglasses on his head, no gear. He ran a stop-sign at speed and nailed a car.
Said he didn't even look 25. Bike still had dealer tags.
ANY amount of alcohol on ANY bike is a bad bad idea. You don't have as much experience or muscle memory on a bike as you do in a car and your senses are for more important. Young guy + shots + sportbike - gear = russian roulette
Stay safe, hope the kid is going to be okay.
Called me at lunch today to say they saw the kid's bike embedded into a car minutes after leaving me that message and he was laying motionless against the curb. Said people were there helping and he could hear the sirens in the distance so he didn't hang around.
Said the kid was getting wasted at the bar prior, khaki shorts, t-shirt, sunglasses on his head, no gear. He ran a stop-sign at speed and nailed a car.
Said he didn't even look 25. Bike still had dealer tags.
ANY amount of alcohol on ANY bike is a bad bad idea. You don't have as much experience or muscle memory on a bike as you do in a car and your senses are for more important. Young guy + shots + sportbike - gear = russian roulette
Stay safe, hope the kid is going to be okay.
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