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06-03-06, 12:56 PM

sad news indeed

Good advice Pete

06-03-06, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Warthog

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Originally Posted by Rossi_wannabe

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.

06-03-06, 01:09 PM

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 · 06-03-06, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Sythree

The road surface is excellent but there are unfenced drops over the edge

The thought of that sent shivers down my legs... scary stuff...

06-03-06, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip

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Originally Posted by Sythree

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

06-03-06, 04:11 PM

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

06-03-06, 04:28 PM

sorry to read about these tragic deaths peter

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

06-03-06, 07:04 PM

Sorry to hear about your friends Peter.

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06-03-06, 12:56 PM	#21
Tara Guest Posts: n/a	sad news indeed Good advice Pete

06-03-06, 01:09 PM	#23
Ed Guest Posts: n/a	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.

06-03-06, 04:11 PM	#26
Peter Henry Guest Posts: n/a	Hell all the armco sections do is catapult you up in the air even higher on your way to the bottom of a ravine!

06-03-06, 04:28 PM	#27
keithd Guest Posts: n/a	sorry to read about these tragic deaths peter 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

06-03-06, 07:04 PM	#28
H62 Guest Posts: n/a	Sorry to hear about your friends Peter.