Re: Well, this is scary and heartbreaking... Dead S-Triple

[Rincewind]

Sucks for that guy, except that his injuries were minor and he was properly insured.

Just last weekend I was nearly assaulted by two turkey vultures.  

[Sport-Touring]

[bomber]

Yikes -- there  but for fortune . . . . . .those birds are heavy and could ruin anyone's ride . . . . .

Glad the rider's OK . . . .

[sagerat]

I almost got taken out by a great horned owl while on a nighttime ride in the Ural.  Threw almost my entire body into the sidecar and got to see a pair of talons go by so close they filled my entire faceshield.

Glad the rider wasn't heart.  Maybe he's pioneered a new Triumph model:  the Speed Trident.

[mxvet57]

I think his front tire is leaking.

[Rattlehead]

A guy who lived just a few houses down from me when I was growing up got taken right off of his bike by a 200lb deer as it lept across the road. It didn't even upset the bike, it just rode on down the road without him until it eventually crashed itself.

Sometimes i think those darn critters are gunning for us.  

[Justin]

That sucks  

I did my first and only endo breaking for a rafter of turkeys   - around the same size as a turkey vulture. Would not want to hit either.

[Liquidsilver]

I missed a turkey buzzard last Sunday, but just a few feet.   They're slow, but it's hard to know how to swerve with zero warning... I tucked behind the windscreen... like that would help much.    

[MidLifeMike]

I've never seen a motorcycle portrayed as something so tranquil and in tune with nature. Thank you for the photo.

[chilipeppernorm]

Glad this guy is not badly injured. Would submerging in a river count as a "total" for insurance purposes?

[Kootenanny]

That sucks.  Glad the guys wasn't hurt.  I had my first experience with turkey vultures last summer on my bike trip to NorCal...wouldn't want to impact one!

I've never seen a motorcycle portrayed as something so tranquil and in tune with nature. Thank you for the photo.

Yeah, and all the pretty colours on the water

[Rincewind]

It really harmonizes the plight of the Triple with the lifesong of Nature. I think it captures the essence of this nearly immortal struggle.

Mother Nature clearly wants a Speed Triple of Her own.  

[Rincewind]

That was pretty touching, Bubbles.

[X1Glider]

Would submerging in a river count as a "total" for insurance purposes?

Most likely totalled.  But I'm sure he could buy it back with a "salvage" title.

[Justin]

Most likely totalled.  But I'm sure he could buy it back with a "salvage" title.

but, would the laws of maritime salvage apply there? If I went by and saw the bike and salvaged it from the creek, then it would be mine?

[jfurf]

He lost a stroke when he ended up in the water hazard.

[sagerat]

Given it happened in Cali, he'll be luck if he's not cited for illegal discharge of hazardous environmental materials into a river or stream.  

[Max Wedge]

I was going for a whole beatnik, coffee house poet, black beret & skinny jeans wearing vibe.  

Nailed it.

[Liquidsilver]

Given it happened in Cali, he'll be luck if he's not cited for illegal discharge of hazardous environmental materials into a river or stream.  

 
Ya, I'd get it out of the water as soon as I got the picture... for fear of the enviro-nazis.

[Hardware]

The Lady of the Lake,
Her arm clad in the purest, shimmering samite,
Held aloft Excaliber from the bossom of the water...

[Croak]

"A great day comrades, we sail into history!" -- Marko Ramius