the statistics are not flawed. when you talk about the baby boomer population, that general fact often overwhelms statistics.
so popularity and other soft measures should not be correlated to the stat. the stat just says the mass of population is just growing older. that is all. if you wanted something useful, you would isolate that fact, and counter it to make the stat more applicable.
I checked out his FB page and it's clear Anand ate, drank and slept motorcycles. It appears one of his bikes is a Repsol replica (not sure the real thing or just a home-made knockoff but it looked like it had a ton of aftermarket.) It's a sad deal when a dude loses his self restraint while the roads are in dangerous condition for bikes. I'm also peeved that his "friend" was so chicken shit to ditch the scene of his friend's tragedy. Pretty sure he will be turned in since no doubt they are in a circle of riders.
It was a real Repsol 1000RR.
I met Andy at first thursdays back in September and ended up hanging out with him almost all night. Real likeable guy who used to race bikes back in New York and came here to MN for work.
We only did a few group rides together but no one ever had any problems with him or his riding. Guess he just made a bad judgement call and unfortunately it cost him his life.
I am very interested to see about this helmet thing too. Some said he wasn't wearing a helmet, others said he was but it broke off, others said people on the scene took it off after he crashed... Sooo much misinformation going around from the news.
who really cares if he was wearing or not? odds are he lost it during the crash. isn't the real story of excessive speed, in bad conditions, from a veteran rider of bikes, that now forces his family to deal with his decisions?
(ninja edit........i retract this statement as i didn't read the comments above clearly. i agree it would be nice to know if helment technology could be improved or safety could be improved in some way to minimize the impact.....sorry.
i too feel for Andy's family. because there are no good answers for them. all answers are futile.
Couple of pictures while you are at it. Most of us are able to only change the oil and filter. Your deep dive into things are always interesting.....and admirable. Gene
harely was the big name in town. they rent all kinds of harleys and have a shuttle that takes you from the strip out there. doesn't help you on ADV but if you talk to them, they are cool enough to tell you who does.
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