[dfwgator]

Not much of an expert, was he?

[Tijeras_Slim]

ping

[reagan_fanatic]

How sad and ironic. You don't have much reaction time when an animal runs out in front of you on a bike. You just hold on and hope for the best.

Prayers going out to his family.

[Texas Eagle]

O, Irony
Thou doth hast such
a wicked sense of humour.

[martin_fierro]

Not much you can do when a deer has your number.

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Rest in Peace.

[American Quilter]

Poor man. So far it doesn't appear that he was doing anything stupid, like riding without a helmet or under the influence. Not much you can do when a dear jumps out in front of you.

[b4its2late]

Unfortunately, a collision between a deer and a motorcycle usually ends up this way.

[ClearCase_guy]

I've never made my living at it, but I consider myself somthing of a Motorcycle Safety Expert.

I tell people: "Don't get on that crazy thing! A deer could come out of the woods! Bam! You're dead! Better you should drive an SUV! Damage, sure, but you're gonna be alive."

I'm considering charging for this. Such a level of expertise is not so widely available.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

I was riding my bike (road bike-no motor) going about 20 MPH in rural Georgia when about 30 feet ahead of me a herd of about a dozen deer ran across the street in front of me. I wonder if they had decided to cross the road when I was just then going by if they would have killed me in some kind of stampede?

[TravisBickle]

File this in the "Those Who Can - Do; Those Who can't - Teach." category.

[seawolf101]

[sitetest]

Rest in peace.

[MarineBrat]

After 20 years and over 200,000 miles of riding in Los Angeles traffic, I hung up my GSXR1100 after being smacked around at 70 mph on the Ventura Fwy.

I had always told people who worried about me that "they couldn't hit me if they tried!"

Then one day some idiot lady wasn't trying....

I moved to the country and no longer need a motorcycle to commute sanely, but at the same time, dang, I miss it some days! I miss Sundays cruising to The Rock Store, or carving up Palos Verdes, or cruising the Angeles Crest Highway. But after the aaaacksident it was never as fun as it was for those 20 years. It really ruined it for me. I figure I got off lucky.

My advice for new riders...? Wear GOOD (read: thick winter style) leather gloves, a good helmet, and a good leather jacket. If you only wear bluejeans, expect to have scabbed up knees, and pray that the seat of your pants hold 'cause you don't want road rash there.

And consider this my best advice..... ALWAYS wear the same gloves, even on a hot day if you choose to not wear the jacket, wear the same gloves. This is for two reasons.... #1, your hands are critical to controlling your pitch/roll/yaw while you're skidding along at 70 mph, so think of the gloves as a kind of "oven mitt" for accident survival. And #2, your clutch, front brake and throttle control MUST BE perfect and perfectly consistent. Different gloves will throw off your ability to make those three controls work autonomically.

[Supernatural]

Sad.

When your number is up, your number is up.

[truth_seeker]

"His mother, Violet Grodsky, also 85, said her son began riding motorcycles while attending Ohio University, where he graduated with an English degree in 1968. "

Article states he was 55 years of age; therefore born 1950-51. And he graduated from college at age 17-18?

A reporter didn't do a thorough job. Neither did an editor.

Too bad about his passing. I have friends among the motorcycle crowd, and they are good people.

[Tribune7]

prayer bump

[xarmydog]

I was there and saw the aftermath.The investigation is still going on as there was a van that also had to be towed from the scene.It is still unclear if he hit the deer and was run over by the van.You could not tell the deer from the motorcycle driver,as the scene was so bad.Body parts were everywhere.If you did not see the motorcycle,you would not have known there was a human riding it.A very horrible scene.One thing he should have been aware of,is the deer come to the side of the road at night to feed,and,for the heat given off from the road.It is a long stretch of road from Marathon to FT.Stockton and at night,in any type of vehicle,you do not drive 70 because you can.I feel for his family.I don't know for a fact if he was doing 70,but the road is so long,it would be tempting.Most of the bikers I know,are aware of this deer,rabbit,feral hogs,and other critters and slow down at night.Deer whistles on your vehicle only make you feel safer.I have no faith in them whatsoever.As I said ,God bless his family.