On a serious note....

[Peter Henry]

I have not been riding my bike too much lately partly due to being a wimp when it comes to cold weather these days and not wanting to wrack the km's up as my bike is very close to going in for a big service.

Today after meeting some clients I thought that I would take a drive up to the bike café on the Ronda Road to see who was around. It was nice to see some familiar faces but not nice at all to learn what I did.

In the past 10 days 3 guys I know have been killed on that road when riding their bikes! I was stunned.

One is a Spanish guy that has raced semi professionally for a number of years.

Another is a Dutch guy that always rides up on Saturdays with a group of friends and was always very friendly.

Another is an English guy who had only been over here for 2 months. He was out for a spin with another friend trailing him and next minute bang he is down and unfortunately dead!

There is no punchline folks,just maybe a suggestion that no matter how long you have ridden, how experienced you feel that you are and no matter how familiar you are with any particular road....accidents and falls do happen.

We the motorcyclist are a very fragile item and not designed for heavy impacts. Maybe think more frequently about trying to leave a little in reserve....just in case.


Stay safe. :?

[Anonymous]

Bummer. Reading things like this i occasionally question if im taking the right decision in getting into motorcycles.

Sorry to hear of your friends deaths.

RIP.

[jonboy]

Good advice Peter, so sorry to hear the bad news.


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[Jelster]

Sorry to hear about your friends Peter, and these things do tend to be like buses ( a few come along one after another). The sentiment of the post is very good though.

'Tis true however, that no matter how good you are, we're all made out of flesh, blood and bone, and we break quite easily.

"Take it easy out there...."

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[Iansv]

Nice post pete, sorry about your friends

Good advice at this time of year tho when people are thinking of getting the bikes out after the winter

[Biker Biggles]

Take it easy everyone and think hard about that "bit in reserve"as you really don't know when you might need it.

[Anonymous]

Well said Peter. It's sad that it needs such a bad series of events to remind us, but your post should be appended to every thread that rattles on about "How do I get my knee down?" or "How do I get my restrictors out?".

[22]

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[Well Oiled]

Very sorry for the loss of your friends. On a positive note a few posts like these serve as a very poignant reminder to those of us who like to push the limits too frequently, and may just prevent a fatality.

Keith

[cjb]

so sorry to hear this .As a young rider I got away with quite abit of hooning around(thank God) but we are all mortal my thoughts are with you Peter give any regarads to te relations there.

[GC-SV]

Sorry to hear the bad news Peter.

My thoughts are with you and the friends and families of the lost.

I wil keep your advice in mind.

[JakeRS]

We're fragile for sure...

Sorry to hear the bad news. Always saddening to hear of people dying but even more so when its close to the heart like this.

Ride safe people, don't ride faster than your angels can fly...

[DeanoN]

Good advice, Peter.

RIP Dudes.

[Quiff Wichard]

pete- soz mate-
any of them any of them I met when I was over there??

not the guy in the shorts??? on the gixxer?

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http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/Copyofholiday109.jpg

and THIS is ronda road and peter Henry!! ..properly clothed..

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/holiday151.jpg

he is OVER taking there- not undertaking !!

[Red ones]

Sorry to hear about your friends.

[Peter Henry]

Red...The weather can be pretty temperate down here on the coast in Marbella.However the good biking roads lead inland and upwards in to the mountains and believe me just a few kilometres inland, you have climbed so much that the temps plummet!

Dave/Quiff...No not the guy in the shorts or anyone you met mate.

[madmal]

sorry to hear about these guys.

[fizzwheel]

Never nice to read about this kind of thing

RIP

[Skip]

Very sad to hear - ride safe out there peeps.... :(

[Warthog]

Bummer. Reading things like this i occasionally question if im taking the right decision in getting into motorcycles.

I am having exactly these kind of thoughts. My girlfriend and everyone is always moaning about how unsafe bikes are, but I love them and say you can get killed in many other ways like crossing the road on foot. But recently (I suppose thanks to joining this forum) I have heard of many bike deaths all very quickly and its very unsettling. I think I am a safe rider, but I can't really compare me to anyone else. My Dad has had a bike for most of his life, and not had any serious accidents. Are there many people like him? Can you own a bike your whole life and not be crippled or killed?

I have no other form of transport, so I have to ride in this weather, but I take it very easy. All my mates were terrible reckless young drivers until they each had a crash, then they became safer. I decided to just do the safe driving bit without the crash to wake you up.

[Tara]

:cry: sad news indeed

Good advice Pete

[Well Oiled]

Bummer. Reading things like this i occasionally question if im taking the right decision in getting into motorcycles.

All my mates were terrible reckless young drivers until they each had a crash, then they became safer. I decided to just do the safe driving bit without the crash to wake you up.

I was the same as you as a teenager. Got ribbed for not pushing the envelope enough. One of my mates who did the ribbing ended up wrapped around a lamp post and was DOA at the hospital. Now I am a forty-something with 3 kids, including a son who has an SV and an 8 year old daughter who's the apple of my eye, so I have many reasons to take extra care.

[Ed]

This is sad indeed.

Having ridden that road with Peter I can say that it is damn difficult and not for the faint-hearted (ie me). The road surface is excellent but there are unfenced drops over the edge - scary - and car drivers tend to go too fast.

[Skip]

The road surface is excellent but there are unfenced drops over the edge
The thought of that sent shivers down my legs... scary stuff...

[Ed]

The road surface is excellent but there are unfenced drops over the edge
The thought of that sent shivers down my legs... scary stuff...

...and in places the drop is several hundred metres :shock:

[Peter Henry]

Hell all the armco sections do is catapult you up in the air even higher on your way to the bottom of a ravine! :? :shock:

[keithd]

sorry to read about these tragic deaths peter :cry:

spring is fast approaching guys, the temptation to wind the throttle open a bit more after months of tiptoeing around will be there, so just take care and think twice before you do so.

keith

[H62]

Sorry to hear about your friends Peter.