04-26-2009, 06:52
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Watch Out !!!
 For those of you who drive cars on a routine basis, please take an extra second of two to watch out for motorcycles while you are driving. And for those of us who ride, ride within your limits and try to keep the "stunts" off the main street.
We just lost a guy from 3rd SFG and his wife on Sat when they were struck by a car.
Yes, it's the start of the riding season, but in the span of two months here at Bragg, there's been a increase in the number of accidents with a semi alarming trend. There's been at least 3 hit and runs (within the last 30 days) where a car hit the motorcycle and then took off running.
If you don't remember your hand and arm signals from when you first started riding your bicycle, they are the same for motorcycles.
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04-26-2009, 07:37
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Here Here !!!!
Thanks for posting this Stras.
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04-26-2009, 12:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stras
For those of you who drive cars on a routine basis, please take an extra second of two to watch out for motorcycles while you are driving. And for those of us who ride, ride within your limits and try to keep the "stunts" off the main street.
We just lost a guy from 3rd SFG and his wife on Sat when they were struck by a car.
Yes, it's the start of the riding season, but in the span of two months here at Bragg, there's been a increase in the number of accidents with a semi alarming trend. There's been at least 3 hit and runs (within the last 30 days) where a car hit the motorcycle and then took off running.
If you don't remember your hand and arm signals from when you first started riding your bicycle, they are the same for motorcycles.
v/r
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Excellent post Stras, but do you really think that car  people will really give a s**t about guys on bikes. I've found out differently when I was riding. I don't ride anymore,maybe that's God sent................. 
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04-26-2009, 12:39
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Excellent post Stras, but do you really think that car people will really give a s**t about guys on bikes. I've found out differently when I was riding. I don't ride anymore,maybe that's God sent.................
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IMHO, young or especially older, Guys on Bikes rock hardcore!!! 
Am sad to hear that there have been recent hit-and-runs. If I ever come across one such vehicle driver, GRRRRRRRRRR!
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04-26-2009, 12:44
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Thanks, Stras.
If you ride, and I occasionally do, keep an eye out like you are in a convoy in the Box. Anticipate stupid and/or aggressive moves by cage drivers.
Get a legal helmet, DOT certified, and Snell, if you can afford it. Yes, the skid lid looks cooler. Your real friends don't care.
Riding at night or in inclement weather means less warning and lowered control. Stay alert.
Keep the stunts off the street. Yes, I have seen people do wheelies, burnouts, nose stands, etc. Looks like fun, till something goes wrong. If you are on the street, it could get innocent people hurt.
And don't forget, if you rode to the party, and have a few too many, your significant other or CoC would rather come pick you up from there, than at the funeral home. I would guess that over half of the bike accidents are after dark, in the wee hours, and involve alcohol.
I just wish that the courts would punish people who negligently hit bikers like they do other homicide perps.
Ride safe.
TR
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04-26-2009, 18:57
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Originally Posted by greenberetTFS
Excellent post Stras, but do you really think that car people will really give a s**t about guys on bikes. I've found out differently when I was riding. I don't ride anymore,maybe that's God sent.................
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04-28-2009, 04:47
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RIP MSG Booth & Wife
The story was in today's paper.
RIP MSG Booth & Dawn
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=324835
Prayers for the two sons.
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04-28-2009, 05:39
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Pete,
This is all she will get................... 
Furnier, who was not injured, was cited with two counts of misdemeanor death by vehicle and one of making an unsafe movement................  RIP, Warrior and wife. God bless you both........
GB TFS
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SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
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SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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04-28-2009, 05:52
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I used to ride a Yamaha 360 Enduro - until getting run off the road twice near dusk on two lane back roads - came to realize that riding a motorcycle meant you'd be the first one to the scene of any accident you were involved in. MOO.
I was driving around 70 mph on the George Bush Parkway a few weeks back when some guy on a 'crotch rocket' came alongside and proceded to do a wheelie at that speed for about the next mile and a half - really stupid.
Sorry to see anyone get hurt like MSG Booth and his wife, and orphan those kids. Damn shame.
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04-28-2009, 11:05
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Rest in Peace, MSG Booth and Dawn Booth. Thank you for your service, Warrior!
I ride (though I don't have my own bike anymore) and am always concious of riders around me. Often times, I will stay behind them to give them a buffer from the tailgaters!!! I have had too many close calls from those cagers who feel the need to sit on a bikers tail!
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04-28-2009, 11:15
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Tragic!
I gave up riding years ago when I finally realized I couldn't control the actions of idiots on the road and didn't want my kid to grow up without a father. Combat is one thing. Getting nailed by a blue hair in a Buick is another.
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04-28-2009, 16:26
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I do not ride a bike. I damn sure stay far behind them.
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04-28-2009, 16:34
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RIP, and terribly sorry for everyone's loss. It is just senseless. The use of cell phones today is also a contributing factor, whether folks want to admit it or not.
I am very wary of bikers, and give them lots of room whenever possible. Some of my best friends ride motorcycles. I would never get on one now, knowing the idiots that are out there in la-la land in this area. I drive past folks and look over to see drool running down their faces, I swear!
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04-28-2009, 18:50
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I sold my Suzuski GS-750 the day my son turned 16. Never regretted that move. I loved rinding - but my gosh - that kid - just a matter of time when he would have asked for it - or snuck it out when I said no. He is now married with two childern of his own - no bike.
I don't have one either - but I still wish I did.
not totally on point - but I would not ride any bike in Eastern Europe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aasSulcZ4R0
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04-28-2009, 19:29
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Sh-T happens.
Some times we're just lucky, sometimes we're not. RIP Guys.
I was forced off Yadkin road one night by racing cars coming toward me. My 850 Norton commando and I went about 40 ft over a bank...the Norton died, I didn't
That was my last road bike. Blitzzz
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