My buddy and I were out for a quick ride around the park around 8 last night. I was on my VTR, and he chose his cafe racer setup CB350 over the new triumph sprint. After a couple runs around the park, we pulled over to chill for a minute and ended up talking to two other riders who had stopped.
One guy on a '05 636 and his girl on an f3, and they were both relatively new...
We left to go ride and they came along. Took a pretty sporty pace, but keping it down enough that the CB could hang, so no real speed. After we came out of the twisty part, we pulled over to let them catch up and they never came. Turns out the guy locked up his rear and crashed into a parked car out wide from the turn. Busted his helmet up, but he was fine. From the severity of the damage, and seeing how fast this guy could corner, I'm guessing he only lost it around 25.
A dozen cops, a tow truck, and a TV van showed up within minutes.
The cop kept harrasing they guy, asking him if he was going "60 mph". We almost started laughing like "this man has NEVER seen a real corner at 60 in his life".
His bike was jacked up, but luckily he was wearing a helmet and was alright.
So anyway, my buddy felt pretty bad about letting them ride with us and us possibly having something to do with they guy wrecking his bike. If we had told them they shouldnt ride with us, we'd sound like some cocky fucks. And I'm not gonna go ride super slow all the time just cause other riders might try and keep up... (we weren't even going fast, but apparently is was too fast for zx6-r)
How do yall handle shit like this?
One guy on a '05 636 and his girl on an f3, and they were both relatively new...
We left to go ride and they came along. Took a pretty sporty pace, but keping it down enough that the CB could hang, so no real speed. After we came out of the twisty part, we pulled over to let them catch up and they never came. Turns out the guy locked up his rear and crashed into a parked car out wide from the turn. Busted his helmet up, but he was fine. From the severity of the damage, and seeing how fast this guy could corner, I'm guessing he only lost it around 25.
A dozen cops, a tow truck, and a TV van showed up within minutes.
The cop kept harrasing they guy, asking him if he was going "60 mph". We almost started laughing like "this man has NEVER seen a real corner at 60 in his life".
His bike was jacked up, but luckily he was wearing a helmet and was alright.
So anyway, my buddy felt pretty bad about letting them ride with us and us possibly having something to do with they guy wrecking his bike. If we had told them they shouldnt ride with us, we'd sound like some cocky fucks. And I'm not gonna go ride super slow all the time just cause other riders might try and keep up... (we weren't even going fast, but apparently is was too fast for zx6-r)
How do yall handle shit like this?