So my friend/coworker, Andrew, has a Hayabusa. Well, I guess he let a friend ride it Saturday (for anyone not in the northeast, it rained pretty f**kin hard saturday early in the afternoon)... the guy ended up getting chased by the cops and ran... the police gave up the pursuit right outside of town, but the guy kept running (probably didn't even realize the cops weren't behind him anymore)... well, coming up on a hill, he failed to negotiate the slight left-hand turn at speed, went off the road about 450 feet, put the bike through a house; he ended up getting thrown from the bike and hitting another house in the area. He was only wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene.

I didn't know the guy personally, but I feel for him. R.I.P. Leonard.

I can't imagine how Andrew is feeling right now.

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Damn.

No criticisms, he paid the ultimate price.

RIP

 

Paid the ulitmate price **Editted per Kids words below**

Sorry to hear. RIP.

 

Wow, that's gotta make your friend sick. RIP

 

Well put KID.

RIP

 

i feel bad for him and his family, still shouldn't have run. RIP!

 

Given the fact that the guy died, it seems obvious, and not worth stating in a grievance thread, that his choices were poor.

Let the guy rest, eh?

 

Too late it is, to counsel, or to pray.......
Only remember him, who's gone away.....
Better that you forget and smile
Than remember, and be sad.
RIP

 

455 Feet? He must have been going 130+. It is sad to read these things, but I really have to wonder how many people really have the temperment for busas and new liter bikes. It just seems like to me a 31 year old man should be in some control of his inner child.

 

I just heard this today, but I guess the police were estimating his speed to be around 160 when he crashed... he slid 455 feet and then put a hole through a stone wall. I drove past the scene yesterday, it's a stone house with a large blue tarp over where the bike hit. I'll snap some pics of the house tomorrow on my way home from work.