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An R1 is a serious machine. I would never trust one in the hands of a 16 year old or anyone without experience on bikes. Certainty not to perform tricks with. Those things have spectacular power to weight ratios and have more HP than a lot of cars.
16 years old on a brand new R1.
I’ll just bet his parents are rethinking their wise purchase.
RIP young man.
Why, why, WHY would you allow your 16 year old kid to buy a motorcycle that has the power to weight ratio of an F-1 car? I just don’t get it. That thing is probably capable of hitting 180mph.
I feel for the parents and its terrible, but good grief.
OMG! Who in the world would buy their 16 year old a crotch rocket of any kind let alone an R1?
I feel really bad for the family but they obviously have much more money than brains and now must contend with the death of their son.
I had dirt bikes in my early teens but my parents would not let me have a road bike and I did not own one until I joined the Air Force and was on my own.
Even then I respected my machine and did not try stupid tricks.
16 year old + R1 = dead
Very tragic.At my HS,from 10th to 12th grade 3 kids/students died in motorcycle accidents.I desperately wanted a dirt bike-my Dad was adamently opposed-”not while your living under my roof!”.I didn’t appreciate it at the time......
These idiots pass me on the freeway all the time doing over a hundred, some standing on thier seats, some doing wheelees, some just weaving in an out real fast. They have wrecks and die almost weekly here. I see it as a self cleaning gene pool.
darwin award
It’s a shame stupidity has to kill another young person.
The stupidity of the kid can be forgiven, as it is to be expected. The stupidity of the parents is unforgivable. I guess they’ll spend the rest of their lives learning that fact.
Lot’s of posts here asking what kind of parents would let their 16 year old own a bike like this. Probably the kind that will release a pathetic statement saying how ‘he died doing something he loved’.
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Prayers go out. Tough way for a 16-year-old to learn a hard lesson. A shattered leg would have done wonders for his maturity. Very sad when a young man doesn’t get a 2nd chance to learn a lesson but pays the ultimate price for a bit of foolishness. I feel very sorry for his family.
I used to live not far from there....and worked at RVSD Community Hospital.
I’m thinking this gene pool is where we get our warrior class from. How many die before they can defend us?
We don’t know anything about his experience but it’s not uncommon for people to want more bike than they can handle. That’s a whole lotta bike. Prayers for the family.
My friend had a Honda 125 to get to school and back. As soon as he turned 17 his mom bought him a 750. He thought he could do anything with that power increase. What he did was try to pass a car on the right, who ended up turning right, and was thrown head first into the curb.
Like this poor kid, too much bike and nowhere near enough maturity.
One reaps what they sow.......
A couple weeks ago I was driving down a 4 lane (west bound 4 lanes and east bound 4 lanes)doing about 50 mph when I hear a roar behind me and look in my rear view mirror at some jackass who had just popped a wheelie on his crotch rocket. He held that wheelie at over 50 MPH for about 75 yards till he passed me then dropped down and sped off. I was really, really tempted to pull into the lane on my left when I saw him take off. It would have been all over for him...........
That'll serve as his casket.
R1 MSRP = $11,699
Nice gift from daddy, I wonder what the kid’s funeral cost him?