My friend just died

[zunkus]

He bought a secondhand R6 which was in good nick. He accidently dropped it in his garage whilst moving it out of the way to get his father's car out. The throttle side clip-on snapped in two. He bought a replacement from ebay. I help him remove the throttle assembly, end weight, switch and grip from the old to refit on the purchased one. His father told me he'll spray some new paint on the purchased item as it had some scratches from having its rubber removed. Chris asked my brother to ride pillion so he could fix his bike later, it was a nice sunny day pity to loose time in a garage. So went out Saturday and spent the day having fun riding all around this tiny island we live in. Yesterday I went out for a ride with some friends and saw his bike at a shopping mall. I looked around for him but couldn't find him. It was 2pm and we had plans to meet my parents at 3pm so my wife told me to go home as we hadn't eaten yet. I got a call at 3pm. He died at 2:15pm just a block away from home. I can't believe this. He was a very good bloke, a careful rider and very intelligent. He was an AirMalta commercial airplane pilot.
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News cutting:
Man dies after bike crash
A motorcyclist died tragically yesterday after smashing into a tree in Rabat yesterday afternoon.
In a statement, the police said that the accident took place at about 2:15pm when the 31-year-old lost control of the vehicle and slammed into a tree.
A paramedic crew rushed to the scene and rushed him to St Luke’s hospital where he lost his life some time later.
Duty magistrate Giovanni Grixti appointed a number of experts to assist in an onsite inquiry. The police are also investigating.

[keithd]

holy jeez, thats awful news. :(

R.I.P.

[plowsie]

Sorry to hear that mate!
:(
R.I.P

[RobWireless]

Sorry to hear the bad news. It must be devastating for his family and friends.

Rest in peace.

[Amanda M]

Terrible news :( My thoughts are with his family and friends. RIP :(

[Ed]

Aw Z that's terrible news, just awful.

[Cloggsy]

Nightmare :(

RIP

[Jelster]

That's bad.... Condolences to his family, you must be feeling pretty sick too.

Unfortunately it's one of the risks we take for enjoying this great pastime of ours.

[Slapstick]

I'm terribly sorry for you loss bro, and sympathies go out to your friends family :(:(:(

Mel

[Tara]

Thats awful news my thoughts are with you and your friends family

[Dave The Rave]

Sorry to hear this m8.

[Fizzy Fish]

v sorry to hear the news, our thoughts are with you & his friends/family

[Filipe M.]

R I P. :(

[quikstu]

Never, EVER nice to hear this sort of news.

Was nearly me last May, although I was extremely fortunate.

Makes you stop & think for a minute.

My thoughts go out to the folk he left behind esp if wife &/or kids involved.

[fizzwheel]

:(:cry:

[trickywoos]

That's awful, sorry to hear the news. RIP.

[Law]

Rest in peace :(

[Viper]

Goodbye and God bless, RIP:cry:

My thoughs are with you and his family.

[Kinvig]

Jeez, Sorry to hear that.

[kwak zzr]

whats already been said, sorry to hear of your loss.

[ArtyLady]

Im so sorry to hear this tragic news.:(

[grh1904]

:-( :-( :-( Sorry to hear of your loss, it always pains me to hear of a fellow biker going off to ride that big race track in the sky.

[Beenz]

Terrible news this. RIP :cry:

[Ceri JC]

Oh damn. Very sorry to hear this mate. :(

[Bluewolf]

.

[zunkus]

Reading all this from all of you at sv650.org brings tears to my eyes. Its incredible that you can share our grief when we've never seen each other physically. Thanks guys! I'll be attending my friend's funeral tomorrow at 2pm. May there be a heaven Chris, you'll surely be in it if there is.
Hope to see you next AR07 so I could shake the hands of you all. You're so great.

[DoubleD]

Sorry to hear about this :sad:
R.I.P

[Apophes]

Soz to hear about your mate R.I.P. :(

[CoolGirl]

So very sorry to hear. Our thoughts are with you and his friends and family

[the_runt69]

Sorry to hear of your loss mate, condolences to his family

H

[21QUEST]

:sad:

RIP Chris


Ben

[Stu]

May he rest in Peace.
We'll be thinking about you tomorrow afternoon.

[Tomcat]

Oh my god I am so sorry to hear this, it makes my hairs stand on end, and my eyes fill with tears. Will certainly think of you tomorrow, take care x

[Treacle]

**** lost for words mate. Really sorry to hear this. My thoughts you and his family.

[xlewdx]

My heart felt sympathy Zunkus.
R.I.P.
God Bless

[Alpinestarhero]

Dude, I am very sorry to hear this. Its never nice to have a freind die, especialy like this when you know they dont put themselves in direct danger

Motorcycling is dangerous folks, lets all be safe.

Matt

[hovis]

very sad news.:( sorry to hear it

[seedy100]

There is nothing anyone can really say Zunkus.

Comiserations to you and to his famaily, my thoughts will be with you all for the funeral

RIP.

[Tiger 55]

Please pass on our commiserations tomorrow, this is terrible news.

RIP

[Spiderman]

I'm sorry for you man. I cant imagine how you must feel. That sucks big time.
Please pass on my condolences to his family also

Zig

[darylB]

terrible news, just awful, condolences to all his family.

Daryl.

[Quiff Wichard]

as above

all thoughts with you...

and the "if only " aspect too.. dotn let it eat u away- nothing u could do .

RIP

[anna]

Z... so sorry to hear of your loss our thoughts will be with you tomorrow.

We all know the risks but it is the love of riding that we take them for and I hope that you and his family and friends are able to find some comfort in the fact that he was doing something he loved.

RIP

[wyrdness]

I've only just read this shocking news, but my thoughts are with you and his family.

[zunkus]

Thanks again. All you guys have been very supportive. This has been a huge blow especially for my brother who sort of showed off a little when riding with him so he feels that somehow he's part of the blame. Surely it's not as Chris died purely from some freak circumstances. The tree he smashed into was only 4 metres away from the 90 degree corner he just turned. I'm sure he was riding slow as the bike suffered mostly fairing damaged and the forks are not even bent. It seems the bike threw him off and he hit the tree himself. God knows what happened. I just passed the site on my way to work this morning and I could not stop crying.

[Viper]

Hang in there Zankus.
Time is a great healer and although you will never forget the hurt it will ease. Dont hold anything in let it all go, it will help.
The entire membership of the forum sends our prayers for you, your brother and yours friends family.
Take it steady and God bless

[Beaniebike]

What tragic news. My thoughts are with you.

[zunkus]

My friends did a charity run last Saturday and ended up near the tree were Chris took his last breaths in this world. Sadly I got to know late about the run and was already at work by then. It was hard to take leave as we've got to fill a working compliment due to safety issues were I work which rendered short notice leave impossible. I would have liked to go. At least Simon, my brother could and said the event was very moving. Even the weather sort of was helping to give the whole experience the 'right' mood. Sometimes its impossible not to think that there is something bigger than ourselves out there that orchestrates things.

His dad showed up at the scene and talked to everyone there. He was very nice to all and did not blame anyone. He asked those who were with him at the time if his son had maybe done some drinking, but as we all normally do around here he only drank two capucchinos that day and had some rolls. They then said some prayer by the tree and all made their best efforts to leave as silent as their bikes would allow.

[Tomcat]

you don't have to be there to be giving someone thought.

I am glad people were able to show respects (I am sure if you friend could here the quiet roar of bikes at his spot he would smile)

Take care bud, and hang in there, please keep writing to us lot if it helps. Sometimes you can write things better then you can say them, especially to strangers (kind of ;) )

We lost a friend 2 years ago on his bike locally.... we ride past his spot reqularly, it never gets easy, but it does somehow have a peacefulness, and a connection with him, more so then his grave if that makes any sense.

Good luck mate

[Mogs]

I seem to have missed this terrible news until now, my thoughts are with you, Zunkus, and your friends family. Your friend IS in a better place, as are all our fallen colleagues.

[Captain Nemo]

sorry for your loss dude,

bad bad news

[richard_1069]

Sorry to hear about your tragic loss, My thoughts are with you and his family and friends.

[El Saxo]

So sorry to hear this Z, RIP :(

[Well Oiled]

Sorry for your loss, and condolences to his family. Vary sad.

[zunkus]

Tomcat wrote: We lost a friend 2 years ago on his bike locally.... we ride past his spot reqularly, it never gets easy, but it does somehow have a peacefulness, and a connection with him, more so then his grave if that makes any sense.

I can totally relate to this Tomcat. This is exactly what I'm feeling passing from the spot. 'peacefulness, connection'. Your words are like a picture of my feelings exactly.

[ruff_ryder]

sorry to hear about this!.. cant really say alot more thans been sed..things like this really get to me.. ride safe evryone

[jayjay]

Sorry for your loss Z, may he rest in peace.