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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 06:30 PM
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Just on the Dallas news 6P/M..
a rider with a brand new HD crashed ,and he and his female Passenger were killed ..something about excessive speed and a concrete something ..
Bad news
 
Old Apr 28, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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Sad, just sad.
 
Old Apr 28, 2012 | 08:12 PM
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Really sad. I just read the article. 1 AM on highway 67 in Cedar Hill. This is the 2nd reported fatality in the area this week - both solo "lost control, hit divider" incidents.

Please guys.... please don't out ride your abilities. And please consider wearing a helmet - not against personal freedoms... just so sad to see fellow riders leave us before their time.
 
Old Apr 28, 2012 | 08:19 PM
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Hate to hear of fatal accidents. **** happens every day. Cancer, traffic accidents, heart attacks. Live life every ay. Our days are truly numbered.

Everybody dies. Not everybody lives.
 
Old Apr 28, 2012 | 08:27 PM
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There's been far too much of this sort of thing lately. I hate to hear of it.
 
Old Apr 28, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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Sad, but... this is what happens when you do stupid ****. Seriously, I know 3 guys who crashed & died in the last 4 years. 2 were a father & son killed a year apart. All 3 rode like total ******** - full throttle all the time & just doing dumbest stuff. The son was killed when he crashed his metric into another metric doing some "tribute stunt" in front of the funeral home at his friend's funeral - who... wait for it, wait for it... died doing stupid **** in traffic on his metric, the week before!

I know I'll probably hear **** for being insensitive or whatever, but come on. It's hard for me to feel sorry for "victims" who, because of their riding style, were always just statistics waiting to happen anyway. The people I do feel sorry for are the loved ones left behind.
 
Old Apr 28, 2012 | 11:20 PM
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"When God ordains a man to die he directs them to that place an time" A quote from Frank Herbert's Dune. Some things can be prevented but when its your time its your time.
 
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No matter what the circumstances.....It sucks.......God Bless all riders and those who are are not with us anymore
 
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when its your time its your time.

Not entirely true. You do have SOME control over it, if your lifestyle caused it.
 
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It's always "your time" when you die! Who else's time would it be? I'm with Dickey... Nobody's getting out of here alive, but we can extend our time if we choose to.
 



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