That book Shades of Grey has been getting a lot of attention, even guys like it 

They were doing wheelies which caught the cops attention. The reason they were treated like this is they refused to pull over. Listen to the audio, the cops had been following them with lights and sirens on, the riders even acknowledged the cops but kept going even increasing speed. I think that's when things really started going downhill. And we still don't know if they had warrants or something else to make matters worse.

Besides this pullover there were multiple accidents on that ride. A couple bikes collided when one rear-ended another aomewhere around 212. And apparently some girl on a cruiser went down. It was stated that she appeared to be riding outside her ability.

Then there was this one.... the guy's helmet flew off his head even, I don't know how he is doing but here's a video from another forum of the scene.

Kick off ride crash site

There has been a lot of threads and discussions all over the oher forums and FB about this ride. I wasn't there but I'm hearing the same things over and over by many riders. The group was large and they had problems keeping everyone together on busy roads (go figure) and someone posted who was in the back that riders were going 120-130mph to keep up with the group at some points (he said he even was up to 160 at one point himself). The group kept getting seperated due to traffic and sounds like a fair amount of riders just left the ride due to being seperated and not wanting to ride like idiots to keep up. I'm sure there were some positives as well but that's not what everyone wants to talk about. Anyways, that's the word on the streets, or well the internet 

Quote from: pkpk on June 02, 2012, 07:54:22 PM

4 BIKES 8 PEOPLE TRAVELING WB HWY 14 ENTRANCE RAMP TO HWY 169 SB. TRAFFIC SLOWING AT BOTTOM OF THE RAMP. ALL 4 DRIVERS LOST CONTROL AND TIPPED BIKES OVER ATTEMPTING TO AVOID COLLISION.

what 4 bikes ?? all laid it down avoiding slowing traffic ?? wow, ...

No kidding! All four of them had no other choice but to lay the bikes down? Something is very wrong with that picture. Without knowing what actually happened I'm guessing that thier first mistake was they were all following way to close.

The fact he said "I couldn't stop behind him" makes me believe he was following too close. So his only option, in his mind, was to go around. But he didn't know the truck was turning because the truck driver was being irresponsible and unsafe driving at night and without signals. I still believe as well the majority of liability lies with the bike rider but that truck driver is partly to blame too. Both drivers made bad decisions and unfortunately ended up badly for the passenger.

BTW, even though blinkers or brake lights were not working, I think the majority of the liability rests on the following vehicle (the rider in this case).

I agree, as you pointed out he did not have situational awareness and attempted to make an illegal pass on top of that. Ultimately its up to him to maneuver safely on the road . However isn't it the law that turn signals and brake lights be working? If the rider of the motorcycle had been able to see the truck signaling his turn then he probably wouldn't have tried to make that pass. Of course it wouldn't be the first time someone turned without signaling. I also agree that once the truck started slowing down that the rider on the bike should've been more aware, that should've been a clue something was up.

Well I was able to hit 100, going off the speedometer. If I can figure out a way to mount my gps on the bike where I can see it while tucked and won't loose it i'll try the same spot sometime and see what it reads for comparison.

Any others?

How about those people who think they're God's gift to motorcycling 

Unfortunately this underscores the image hit we suffer.  Instead of "Motorcyclist hits child, then flees", it should have read, "Douchebag hits child....."  The really bad thing here is, since the guy spoke with a Jamaican accent, he is probably on a plane back there already.

I just heard about it on fox 9 news. It was some 25yr old guy on a sportbike, speeding down a side street and hit a 4 yr old who is now in critical condition. Guys name was Ernest Jonas and he lived in St Paul and was said to be seen driving "radically" and "popping wheelies" and had been asked to slow down while in the neighborhood. So when he hit that little kid they knew who it was, just had to find him. What a sack of shit! And giving sportbike riders a bad name!