Motorcycle safety instructor hospitalized after crash

columbian.com ^ | Tuesday, September 05, 2006 | DAVID KERN

[martin_fierro]

Andrew Henry, still in critical condition Monday.

[martin_fierro]

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[beltfed308]

Lesbians against Bush! Good one!

[Cagey]

Another crash news story from today......

"Chopper Builder Involved In Fatal Crash"

http://www.local6.com/news/9791096/detail.html

[HOTTIEBOY]

Before anyone starts chiming in on how dangerous motorcycles are, let me tell you all something.


I haven't posted on FR for three weeks because I have been injured and I just now got up and around.

How did I get injured you ask? I cut off two toes because I decided to mow the lawn. I tripped and, well, my foot went under.

Yes they are dangerous, but so is everything else....

[BraveMan]

200+ horsepower:


Sounds like he went for a wild ride.


My guess is he overcooked it on the on-ramp. I hope he makes it.

[BraveMan]

Billy Lane plowed into a motorcyclist with his pickup while passing two other Vehicles!!? THAT is the definition of irony!

[martin_fierro]

Before anyone starts chiming in on how dangerous motorcycles are, let me tell you all something.

I lost four fingers FReeping.

You don't wanna know.

[killjoy]

The Honda CBR1000 is a powerful sport motorcycle, capable of reaching speeds near 200 mph

No. 2001 CBR1000? Hell no.

[demsux]

Thanks for the ping...

Rode the Missouri winery roads, in St. Charles, MO, yesterday...best day of the year so far for riding...79 degrees with blue skies and puffy clouds.

[Starwolf]

Or hit deisel fuel or other road surface issue. That has caused more than one MC accident

[Starwolf]

There was another this weekend. A gentleman I knew both online and IRL died in a MC accident this weekend in southern Utah. Classic geezer making a left turn in front of him. It was on a curve, he never had a chance.

Paul hit the rear quarter panel of the Suburban. Despite being in full gear (full face helmet, gloves, armored riding suit) he died instantly due to a broken neck. Witnesses said the driver who killed him disoriented and not sure what had happened.

Wed AM a group of riders are taking his ashes from Moab up to his home in Colorado. I tried to get off work to be on that run, but it just was not possible.

A while back Paul posted the following on his photo site, quite fitting for him as well: http://rides.webshots.com/photo/376580946/1376602949057211910apmkKe

Those of us who are serious riders know the risks. Somehow that does not make it easier in times like this.

[Cagey]

I'm sorry to hear that, Starwolf.

[BraveMan]

My condolences for the loss of your friend.

Regarding the instructor in this article, I wish I could buy in to your theory of some road hazard being the cause of the accident. As I sit in this chair nursing an aggravated injury of my 3rd & 4th lumbar vertebrae garnered from a high speed get-off some 25 years ago, I am sharply reminded why I no longer ride the rockets.

I apologize for my cynicism. I come by it honestly.

[StarCMC]

From my hubby:

Interesting. Strangely, I'm pretty sure (okay, positive) there is no such thing as a 2001 CBR1000. If memory serves, Honda's liter-bike was either a CBR900 or CBR929 that year. The CBR1000 entered the scene in 2004 or 2005. No biggie, but I just wonder why that sort of detail would be incorrect, since they 'mostly' got the model correct.

Also, in the inaccuracy department, the logarithmic nature of aerodynamics prohibit all but HEAVILY modified sportbikes to reach 200 mph. Mazazines have built up current liter-bikes with turbos and nitrous injection and still failed to reach 200. The wind resistance above 150, 160 or 170 mph becomes logarithmically higher, such that even 1000cc race replicas with 180+ horsepower don't reach 200 mph. From personal experience, on one of the most powerful such bikes available, 2006 R1LE, with the front straight at Heartland Park Topeka, we were typically reaching 160 - 165 before the braking zone... tucked in as tightly as possible, and it still feels like Hulk Hogan has you in a headlock, and is pulling you backwards. Needless to say, sitting up into that wind *at* the braking point dramatically increases braking forces. (like a leaf thrown out of a moving car) Soooo, "200 mph" is quite a stretch to the story.

[BraveMan]

The CBR 1000RR was available in Europe and Canada in 2001, though not in the U.S., so technically your hubby is correct. It is not uncommon for an aficionado to cross the border into Canada to obtain a sought-after model not available in the U.S. Below is a picture of a UK version:



The 200+ horsepower figure I quoted was lifted from a magazine article. That also seems to be a stretch though.

The 200 MPH top speed stated in the article is pure writer embellishment. Apparently 150+ MPH isn't titillating enough for the author.

[StarCMC]

Ah-ha! Hubby was one of the Americans who ordered the first available FJR's sight unseen, so I am well aware of that type of mental illness! LOL!!!

And yeah -- I know about how those mags exaggerate speeds. Hubby gets irritated by that stuff because then other people who don't know jack go around quoting it as if it were fact. I had sent him the article just to get his reaction. What amazes me is that when someone is killed on a sportbike and the authorities say it was "excessive speed" it's automatically assumed that they had the bike completely wound up. Ecessive speed could be 10 mph over the speed limit.

[Cogadh na Sith]

I cut off two toes because I decided to mow the lawn. I tripped and, well, my foot went under

Well, you'll never play the piano....

That CBX on your profile looks great.

I ride a 2005 FJR ABS!

[Richard Kimball]

Sorry about your injury. BTW, you're NOT my huckleberry. Hope you're up and riding soon.

[SFC Chromey]

This bike does not have 200HP. The FACTORY American Honda racebike based on this cranks out 215HP!

BTW, all reports I have seen indicate the 2006 model to have about 160HP. Yeah, it's still a lot. Regardless, I remember when factory street-based racebikes were at 165HP. Them were the days. ;)