How could you think that this could be an irrelevant post? A rider down affects us all...we have a kinship as riders. I am so sorry to hear about your friend.Nineteen, he didn't even get a chance to live yet.You will need time to feel better. Understand you have the support and prayers of many.

 

man i hate hearing about people dieing, ESP doing a wheelie at the stunt spot, i corkscrewed a 12 today and got tossed, i cant imagine wreckin one at 70, was it blunt force trauma that killed him or what

 

My condolences to you, slip_, and Mikey's family and friends. May the rest of your club make it through the year without any more losses. RIP...

~Steph

 

Yeah, I think massive head trauma got him. Basically, it was at about 9pm. Dark out. It's this little mile long strip where a scrap yard is. He went to the dead end to pee, and came back, popped it in 1st, shifted to 2nd. The other kid was on the opposite end saying bye to someone, and he went to pop a wheelie, got up to maybe 60 mph.They couldn't see each other at all. And they collided. My friend Mikey, always has a habit of half assing his helmet. He puts the strap on, but it's loose so he could always slide it up on his head and answer his phone. But apparently, his helmet flung off. My one friend said there was some vomit in the helmet, so his helmet was on during impact I think. But looking at him at the funeral, his head looked all swollen and kind of smashed.

At the scene of the accident, the other kid lost his one leg, and his other leg was laying on his chest I guess. I'm not really sure actually. And my friend Mikey was barely living, they were giving him CPR and shocking him back to life. But couldn't really keep him steady. And after I guess 30-40 minutes of trying, they put the blanket on him.

There were peices of bike from the point of impact in like a 50 foot radius. Like every little peice of their bikes exploded. And you can see where the gas spewed all over neighboring rocks and trees, and everything was drenched with oil and gas. It was rediculous how hard they ran into each other. So to any other stunters, just be careful, **** does happen even if it's in parking lots. And I realize this is kind of a freak accident, but you never know when you'll be involved in one. Just take care guys.

Thanks for all the kind words, oh and just to let you know, I'm not actually a part of the Hators, I just ride with some of them. I'm part of my friends crew he calls us the "Risky Ryduz" lol.

Thank you everyone, if there are anymore details you'd like to know let me know. I'll clear things up if need be.

 

Wow dude.... I'm so sorry to hear of this May he R.I.P. Belive me I know how hard it is to lose a friend (or 4), it'll just take time. It's always sad to hear of anyone going out this way, especially when it's 2 riders, but everyone has their time, and if it's your time.... it's your time. Now he's in a much better place, watching over you and I and everyone else

My prayers are with you and the families involved to get through these ruff times. Godspeed to your buddies....

 

Also glad to see the funeral went well.... looks like there were alot of people that cared about him for sure

 

very sorry to hear about ur friend.

RIP Mikey Barnes

BTW, Thats an Awesome Funeral.
Very nice tribute.

Looks like his mom has a very good spirit.

 

Yeah his Mom was very full of spirit just like he was, and understood what he loved doing was dangerous. But backed him no matter what.

Thanks again for all your support everyone.

 

RIP condolences to you and all of his family

 

RIP. Godspeed to his family and friends.