Motorcycle accident takes a young kid

[Gamble]

This happened on Labor Day. Pretty sad.

Round Lake Beach Man Dead In Weekend Motorcycle Crash: Sheriff

Officials said the Daniel McPherson, 21, attempted to change lanes when he lost control and swerved into a ditch.

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[FirstWorldProblems]

Shit's sad, and way too common. As long as my kid lives with me the only sportbike riding he'll be doing is on the track. Until you're an expert there, you have no business on the street.

Any unskilled noob can buy a bike capable of hitting 160+ for dirt cheap, recipe for disaster. My parents let me buy a sportbike when I was 19 & living with them, and in retrospect they really shouldn't have. Turned out OK though, I sold it 4 months later when I got arrested on it

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Sad event. Sounds like an unfortunate accident.

Looking at the photo it looks like a cruiser or standard with bullet nose fairing. Could have been doing 30mph, hit the soft shoulder, then lost control and just landed wrong. It doesn't take much.

I saw someone lose it at 20mph and hit a guardrail, no helmet. Was deceased before they stopped rolling down the embankment.

 

[Shawn1112]

Oh wow, no shit! Name sounded real familiar looked him up and its who I thought it was. I've seen that kid wrestle a few times.
RIP

 

[Ron Vogel]

I didn’t get my first sportbike until I was 27, and was only marginally responsible enough at that age to own it