VERY BAD NEWS

[pjp623]

:yikes: That's terrible,doubley so since it was a Spyder. It just goes to show that no matter what you drive, you always need to be on your game!

 

[Firefly]

Those articles don't do a very good job of keeping the stories straight, or giving proper info. Now they say in the accident the week before that the woman who died was a passenger on a MC --- but don't mention the driver of the bike at all.

Very unfortunate all the way around. Hopefully he will pull through this.

I would highly doubt a DPS failure had a part in this. Most MC accidents are due to operator error, or a cager error and not a mechanical failure.

Please keep us posted on this. Maybe BRP needs to re-think how they do demo rydes.

 

[DynamoBT]

Two separate crashes on the same exact stretch of road. The first was during an organized ride being held in honor of a police officer who died while riding his motorcycle a year earlier. Drunk driver hit the motorcycle in the ride. Passenger (wife of the rider) died. Husband was hurt but able to go to the drunk driver's court appearance a few days later.

Spyder was a week to the day later. Single male ryder. He crossed the yellow line into opposing traffic. I suspect an over reaction to the sensitive steering. He wasn't 200 yards from DaSilva's dealership. Hadn't been on the Spyder 5 minutes.

 

[SpyderGirl]

Sorry to hear about this.

My husband suggested that maybe the rider was a MC rider and a novice to the Spyder... and maybe he tried to counter-steer instead as he approached a turn. Who knows...

 

[retired1]

Accident

Not good, whatever the cause or the reason. Here's hoping he pulls through!

 

[tatt2r]

Not good, whatever the cause or the reason. Here's hoping he pulls through!

exactly ......

 

[effgjamis]

OMG....:yikes: :yikes:

I pray that he will recover fully.

 

[jimclarkf1]

needs are prayers

Life is so fast,,,need PRAYER all the time

 

[IWN2RYD]

Our Prayers go to this ryder and his family...

 

[Smylinacha]

I sure hope he's gonna be ok! ray:

 

[Saluda]

Our prayers, hate to read about these.

 

[groundeffect]

Sorry to hear about this ryder, thoughts and condolences to their families and friends.

 

[BajaRon]

I watched a guy get on a Demo Spyder at Alcoa Good Times in East Tennessee and ride it right into a parked trailer.

He grabbed some throttle and turned right into it.

It wasn't the Spyder's fault at all. 100% operator error.

The degree of sadness in a situation does not mean we need to blame the machine. Odds are very great that operator error was the cause.

 

[fastfraser]

Hope he pulls through and no permanent injuries .Also hope that there was no issues with the RT.

 

[stgilmer]

exactly ......

Very Sad, don't you have helmet law up there?? Couldn't help but notice all the riders in the video not wearing one.

 

[DynamoBT]

Nope, no helmet law. We're the "Live Free or Die" state. or as some say, the "Live Free and Die" state.

 

[effgjamis]

I watched a guy get on a Demo Spyder at Alcoa Good Times in East Tennessee and ride it right into a parked trailer.

He grabbed some throttle and turned right into it.

It wasn't the Spyder's fault at all. 100% operator error.

The degree of sadness in a situation does not mean we need to blame the machine. Odds are very great that operator error was the cause.

If I am not mistaken he was a reporter for one of the newspapers.. That story did not get printed..


But my finding a ditch did? :roflblack: :roflblack:

 

[dltang]

Very Sad, don't you have helmet law up there?? Couldn't help but notice all the riders in the video not wearing one.

Not really sure as I don't have all the details, but by the looks of the photos posted, I don't know that a helmet would have made a difference. Hard telling though without seeing the rider and his injuries.

 

[stgilmer]

Not really sure as I don't have all the details, but by the looks of the photos posted, I don't know that a helmet would have made a difference. Hard telling though without seeing the rider and his injuries.

Totally agree, by the looks of the scene it probably wouldn't have made any difference. I just got confused after seeing the news video and they weren't wearing one. Law or not I wouldn't go without it.

 

[BajaRon]

If I am not mistaken he was a reporter for one of the newspapers.. That story did not get printed..


But my finding a ditch did? :roflblack: :roflblack:

We only print the IMPORTANT stuff Forrest!