Selden Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Motorcyclist Dies On Ride Protesting Helmet Law In New York State troopers tell The Post-Standard of Syracuse that 55-year-old Philip A. Contos of Parish, N.Y., was driving a 1983 Harley Davidson with a group of bikers who were protesting helmet laws by not wearing helmets. Troopers say Contos hit his brakes and the motorcycle fishtailed. The bike spun out of control, and Contos toppled over the handlebars.... Dollars to dimes, he used the rear brake only. A stoppie seems extemely unlikely on a 1983 HD, but the accident description is entirely consistent with locking up the rear wheel, then releasing the brake. Link to comment
RodB Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Tragic accident, but one that truly defines the word: irony Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Already talked about in Motorcycle Talk "Kharma?" It was this kind of lack of rider expertise - to put it mildly - that was BMW's main argument for the fully linked brakes on the R1150RT and the K1200LT. For these guys the fully linked brakes were life savers - literally. Link to comment
GO1150RT Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Motorcyclist crashes in helmet law protest, dies NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bare-headed motorcyclist riding in protest of New York state's helmet law crashed, struck his head on the roadway and died from his injuries, state police said on Sunday. Philip Contos, 55, was riding among a large group of motorcyclists staging an organized protest ride in western New York near Syracuse against the state law requiring all motorcyclists to wear helmets. The Parish, New York, resident crashed on Saturday on Route 11 in Onondaga, New York, and was pronounced dead later at a local hospital, state Trooper Robert Jureller said. "The doctor felt that the death could have been prevented if he simply had been wearing a helmet," Jureller said. "He hit the brakes, lost control, was ejected and struck his head on the road. He suffered a skull fracture." Link to comment
upflying Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 double post http://bmwsporttouring.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=708906#Post708906 Link to comment
beemerman2k Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I'm locking this one since, as has already been pointed out, there's an ongoing discussion about this topic presently underway. Link to comment
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