[manowar1313]

And that's why you don't ride like an absolute jackass...

It really doesn't sound like it was the riders fault.

[STULER]

It really doesn't sound like it was the riders fault.

Note the words "high rate of speed" he probably came racing down the road and the truck didnt see him speeding toward him and he just went out in the road and bam!

[Scout]

It really doesn't sound like it was the riders fault.

Huh????

Obviously the bike was **hauling a$$.** It's not often I'll say this but...totally the riders fault. SUV just got unlucky this time.

[Duddy]

Surprised I'm the only one to say this but 2009 GSX?... R?

[NCamiolo]

Surprised I'm the only one to say this but 2009 GSX?... R?

Nah, the new "Katana", GSX650F, unless of course they got it wrong and it was a GSXR.

[Kreylyn]

Just for reference...

When I was a new rider barely 4 mo. under my belt... I target fixated on a car that started to pull out into the road, didn't see the car ahead of me by about 100 yards stop for traffic to make a left hand turn.

By the time I realized it was time to hit the brakes, it was too late and I impacted the tail of a compact honda at 45mph.

The bike stopped 10 feet away. The car was moved forward aproximately 2-3 feet. I flew up over the car (never touched it) and landed 15" in front of it in the grass, sitting up right. The driver barely felt the impact... in a small car!

Impact so bad it killed the driver and flipped the SUV (even a small one)!!! Seriously hauling..... as it was put.

You can NOT reasonably expect a driver of a vehicle to have the ability of knowing exactly what stupid speed your blasting down the road when they pull up and look left/right to cross traffic. Honestly, the left look was probably first, and at that point the bike was probably way off... look right and start to pull out *BLAM*... the bike was traveling way faster than normal and now everyone is in a world of hurt.

There are tracks for this guys...

jus sayn.

Krey

[Wild-Bill]

We lost a pilot like that a few years ago in Little Rock. Brand new R1, PD estimated speed of impact was 120 mph. Minivan pulled out in front of him and he hit just behind the driver. The minivan was not spun or flipped but the bike caved in the side door of the van. 120 mph on an R1 didn't throw the van. That's why I said the guy on the "GSX" must have been flying.

Take whatever moral you want from the story (I agree with Kreylin on this one) but know that this guy was going a whole lot faster than legal speeds. He was going a whole lot faster than I would even consider going on any public road in this area.

[SovereignDragon]

I have to agree that this one had to be the riders fault. Forget the fact that yes a Jimmy is about the smallest SUV out there. The fact is that he knocked it on it's side. A bike that only weighs a fraction of what this larger vehicle weighs knocked it on it's side. I really hate people that ride like that. It's the idiot squids like them that give all of us a bad name. When I first got my bike I did ride way to fast, but it's really not worth it. You get one chance in this life, why throw it away for a couple seconds of thrill when you can go to a controlled track and do it all day long.

[BabyBoosa]

I wonder how fast he was going....

[sonofnothing]

a young kid was running from police because he had a suspended license and the likes on his gsxr and he smashed into a car... he was killed and so was the driver of the car. both passengers were ejected from the car...

[NCamiolo]

UPDATE: Apparently the passenger died from this accident as well while pregnant. That brings the count to 4 dead. Also found out that the kid pulled onto the road and popped a wheelie which is why the truck didn't see a headlight and brought the wheelie down right as he hit the SUV, doing about 120MPH.

Side note....Saw an R1 completely mangled on my way home tonight on the same road less than 1/2 mile away from the other fatal accident. No idea if anyone is dead from this one yet.

[DakotaKat]

The lesson I take from these kind of reports: Bottom line is YOU are resposible for YOUR own safety. Just tragic for no reason...