[steve86]

Very sad. Plunged hundreds of feet into a blind ravine in the dark.

[knarf]

" ... traveled to a remote corner of the desert with their girlfriends, ... "

And that's the last of the gf's the article mentions.

Test for recent sexual activity, test to see if DNA matches the two dead guys.

Just sayin'

[MarineBrat]

The night swallows up headlights out there. Great for astronomy, but not for night riding.

I’ll never forget the first time I was going to ride my souped up rice rocket motorcycle down the 395/14 at night through there. For some stupid reason I had pictured myself being able to open it up because there’d be nothing for miles. But once I got going I realized that you can’t see anything out there at night... high-beam schmigh-beam. I crawled along at about 50 mph.

[EagleUSA]

Many years ago, I used to hunt in that area. It was not a place where they should have been riding on a dark night. Full moon, clear sky - maybe.

Rest in peace.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Three guys in the lake house next to ours decided to take a midnight ride in their speedboat and went under a dock cable at forty miles an hour.

They were beheaded.

I didn't think of turning it into some kind of conspiracy.

Maybe I missed something?

[trisham]

They were so young. How sad.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

As far as abandoned mines and mine shafts go, they are often near invisible deathtraps.

Many old shafts were just covered with boards, that with a good layer of dust, and maybe even a plant or two growing in the dust are indistinguishable from ordinary ground, even though stepping on the now rotten boards means you die. If you are alone, they might not find your body for years.

And that’s just death from falling. Commonly, poisonous gas is in old mines, so that even if you survive the drop, you suffocate in seconds.

[Newtoidaho]

There are plenty of ways to kill yourself on an ATV during the middle of the day and 100% sober.

Dead of night, probably drunk, in the desert. Predictable outcome.

[winodog]

I have been camping with 4 wheelers and dirt bikes many times. The past 15 years have changed it into a huge party. They bring flat beds out there and set up bands.
(I dunno about were they were but most places are the same).

It is not unusual for drunks men to take one last ride (no pun intended) at 2 or 3 in the morning.

I am sure thats what happened, they got to racing and drove off a cliff. Bummer