Technician for HD kills himself on a busa joyride

Grimace · 07-21-2009, 06:54 PM

https://www.torontosun.com/news/toron...1/7493166.html

HD tech decides to take a ride on a customers busa, cracks the throttle, and kills himself running into the side of a building.

Bad decisions equal bad results.

CaligoneTx · 07-21-2009, 07:00 PM

May be the wrong link...

but Im sorry to hear about the unfortunate loss...

Grimace · 07-21-2009, 07:05 PM

the link is bad, working on fixing it

tiatool · 07-21-2009, 07:06 PM

RIP the tech and the link.

Grimace · 07-21-2009, 07:08 PM

https://www.msgroup.org/forums/mtt/to...?TOPIC_ID=5122

It was actually here in houston

DanteLee · 07-21-2009, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dgrimes

https://www.msgroup.org/forums/mtt/to...?TOPIC_ID=5122

It was actually here in houston

rip............

Grimace · 07-21-2009, 07:12 PM

am surprised there was not a thread on it already. There probably is one, making me look like a jackass. Oh well, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it is probably a ......

AJFLo · 07-21-2009, 07:12 PM

Wow!!! Thats unreal!! RIP to the Tech!

Squoddybody · 07-21-2009, 07:44 PM

RIP

07-21-2009, 07:52 PM

umm.. that post if from 2007 not 2009

Bomb0314 · 07-21-2009, 07:52 PM

RIP

gunshotwound · 07-21-2009, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thewrx

umm.. that post if from 2007 not 2009

I know, right. Still sad and dumb. RIP two years later.

texlurch · 07-21-2009, 07:57 PM

yes, that happened like forever ago. And it wasn't a "tech"; more like a kid sweeping floors that had been told repeatedly not to get on customer bikes.

Navajib · 07-21-2009, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by texlurch

yes, that happened like forever ago. And it wasn't a "tech"; more like a kid sweeping floors that had been told repeatedly not to get on customer bikes.

Ha. Rip.

Grimace · 07-21-2009, 08:16 PM

Well I look really stupid for bringing up old , but I didn't mean too, and it still sucks for the guy that died. Maybe this is a moment to remember something that could have been avoided and possibly save someone's life in the process. It is a well known fact that history that is not studied is bound to be repeated. Still not trying to make up for the fact that I got my info wrong though.

Grimace · 08:28 PM

By the way, I am glad that i am wrong that someone died recently. I wish every rip ended in some poor sap explaining how they got it wrong. It would be way worth it.

PowerSurgeD · 07-21-2009, 08:39 PM

i didnt read it all but this was at stubbs and it happened the a few days before the open house stunt show we did, he was testing it and im sure he hit this gazibo(sp) that was used for the bike wash

Grimace · 07-21-2009, 08:44 PM

TO ALL THOSE THAT DON'T READ ALL MY POSTS PLEASE READ THIS. I HAVE ADHD AND MISS THINGS OCCASIONALLY, LIKE DATES AND SUCH. I DID NOT HAVE ANY ILL INTENTIONS WHILE STARTING THIS THREAD, i ALREADY KNOW THAT I LOOK LIKE A DUMBASS AND YES I AM YELLING. GET OVER IT. I AM SORRY.

PowerSurgeD · 07-21-2009, 08:45 PM

no ones mad fool calm down!!! just click the red triangle on your first post and ask for it to be closed

Spectre5922 · 07-21-2009, 08:47 PM

I heard about this right after it happened two years ago. It WAS a technician. He was trying to show off on the Busa, nailed the throttle and realized too late that he was heading for the metal stage WAYYY too fast, but with the gravel driveway, he had no way of stopping. If I am not wrong, he hit the stage at over 60 miles an hour and was killed instantly. RIP for his family. THAT is why noobs shouldn't try to learn on liter-plus sized bikes! If he had kept his azz on those slow Hardleys, he would probably still be alive today.

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07-21-2009, 08:47 PM	#20
Spectre5922 Grumpy old fart Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dickinson Feedback Rating: (2) Posts: 1,372 Experience: 10+ years Bike(s): '92 GSXR 750	I heard about this right after it happened two years ago. It WAS a technician. He was trying to show off on the Busa, nailed the throttle and realized too late that he was heading for the metal stage WAYYY too fast, but with the gravel driveway, he had no way of stopping. If I am not wrong, he hit the stage at over 60 miles an hour and was killed instantly. RIP for his family. THAT is why noobs shouldn't try to learn on liter-plus sized bikes! If he had kept his azz on those slow Hardleys, he would probably still be alive today.
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