The Motorbikerist Thread

[Marv]

Back in Euro land, this news just hit my phone.

No more motorcycle TF days.

https://www.bridgetogantry.com/end-of-a ... s-from-tf/

Well, Fk.

Dunno what to think of it really.

I've no desire myself to ride round it quickly on a sports bike, but i'd do a sedate lap on the 500x round it, annoying everyone by being to slow.

Which maybe isn't the point of the place, but it's a shame for the riders who did go there regularly and enjoyed putting in the laps.

[mik]

[Barry]

Not what I'd want to share in the bike thread but I was at the BSB round at Oulton today.. huge pile up right at the start of the Supersport race, 11 bikes. Just seen the update on the situation:

https://www.crash.net/bsb/news/1069385/ ... port-crash

[mik]

Just seen the update on the situation:

Jeez - sounds horrific. RIP

[DeskJockey]

That's horrendous.

[jamcg]

Jesus, that really is horrendous.

[speedingfine]

Not a good weekend for motorsport. A mate at work is an autograsser and told me about this this morning. Horrible stuff.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.c ... k-13362537

[Jimmy Choo]

Just seen the update on the situation:

Jeez - sounds horrific. RIP

A fairly brutal reminder that while motorsport is tremendous fun, it's also dangerous. RIP to Richardson and Jenner, Speedy recovery to Tunstall.

[jamcg]

Not a good weekend for motorsport. A mate at work is an autograsser and told me about this this morning. Horrible stuff.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.c ... k-13362537

Saw that on Facebook. Horrible stuff and drives home how dangerous racing is. Far too many facepalms in the comments like “why was a 13 year old driving etc” from people who have read a terrible worded tabloid (mirror I think?) headline. As if parents, family and friends don’t have enough to deal with.

RIP.

[mik]

Police Investigation

Seems a bit unusual - or is it just standard protocol where there are fatalities?

[Barry]

Police Investigation

Seems a bit unusual - or is it just standard protocol where there are fatalities?

I suspect it's normal practice tbh, any death needs explaining etc. Lessons to be learned and all that.

[jamcg]

It’ll be to check for malpractice and negligence, basically to check that it is genuinely a freak accident and there’s no one to point blame at

[mik]

This appears to be a (larger capacity) scooter type thing rather than a motorbike, but still pretty brazen. From the still shot they just look like a pair of kids.

[Barry]

Same difference these days, there's big scooters and auto bikes, either way they make very efficient getaway vehicles

London is rife with it, just as most cities.

[Marv]

I'm glad this never happened to me when I was travelling through cities in Colombia (Yes, the Reel Mik has posted is maybe Brazil?). I thought phone thieves would do that kind of thing when you're stationary, not moving...quite brazen, as you say!