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Why was the biker doing 85 on a city street??
Yeah, the idiot pulled out in front but it's the biker's duty to pay attention and keep speed within limits, in order to avoid things like that....
Now, if he'd a been wearin' a full-face helmet, I'm SURE he'd be jess fine...
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Wow, that is pretty gruesome!
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Back in the early '70s I saw a picture almost identical to that one of a Triumph (I think) Bonneville back wheel sticking out the side of an older VW after hitting it broadside. The rest of the bike was smushed inside the car. Both driver and rider were killed.
I didn't understand a word you said, but whatever it was I'm right there with you.
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While i ride, there is still something to be said about going 85 on a street. Would the car have seen a regular car or truck and recognized it comint that fast? That is pretty much the definition of "coming out of nowhere"
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Yep. Not trying to place any blame here but when I pull up to a stop sign, I'm looking for vehicles coming from either direction, moving approx. the speed limit. A driver closing faster than usual screws up his reaction time and mine.
That said, when I still rode on 2 wheels, I knew that "I had to drive for everyone on the road, not just myself", as I used to say.
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How did the bike get to 85 mph in that room?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Mike,
Some of the bikes out today a very fast-mine will do 100 mph in first gear.
Easy to get from say 35 to 85 in a block or two?
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I'm guessing that pics are British and from the mention that the car "pulled out of a side street", the speed limit was more than likely 60mph on lets call them open roads, or 40mph / 30mph in other areas, so the bike was probably doing somewhere between "well" over the speed limit to "stupidly" over it... The 3d pic shows the steering wheel on the left unless the photo was flipped. Do you have many left handers there? I don't see a license plate on any of them. They probably removed the bike's plate before putting it on display.
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Ah some more candidates for the Darwin Award of the year for gene pool cleaning.
According to the article somebody posted on here the bike was traveling at 155 MPH when it hit the car.
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Mike,
Some of the bikes out today a very fast-mine will do 100 mph in first gear.
Easy to get from say 35 to 85 in a block or two? I don't doubt that Tim, but I was wondering about enough space to get to 85 in that hotel lobby on carpet! 
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Mike,
Some of the bikes out today a very fast-mine will do 100 mph in first gear.
Easy to get from say 35 to 85 in a block or two? I don't doubt that Tim, but I was wondering about enough space to get to 85 in that hotel lobby on carpet!  I thought I was missing something there, Mike!
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my family is used to my attempts at "funny"!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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my family is used to my attempts at "funny"! Sounds a little bit like my family-my sense of humor is kinda warped-as they are at pains to remind me! 
"For joy of knowing what may not be known we take the golden road to Samarkand."
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This was an email sent to me from friends in Dallas. I asked them where it came from and was told "friends sent it." Typical. I thought it was here in the USA, until someone noted the differences. It's a universal message though.
I couldn't figure out how to post it, so Jeff posted it for me.
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As a matter of fact, I have. Only thing that dingdong had that could be called safety gear were sunglasses.
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