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    Don't ask for whom the bell tolls...



    Alvarez Pinela, a guy from where I work, was killed while riding to work on Saturday. Apparently he was trying to avoid debris on the roadway when he lost control. Sole provider for a large family.

    Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
    Ed

    To measure is to know.

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    #2
    Dang :/ You never know what your fate will hold.

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      #3
      Life is so precarious and precious.
      May he rest in peace.
      You think your skill and experience is your shield.
      I do wonder sometimes.
      97 R1100R
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        #4
        Sheesh Ed, sorry to hear it. In my small group from our church out of the seven couples who attend, three have had family involved in fatal motorcycle accidents in just a couple of years. They look at my wife and I a little weird sometimes, like we're sitting on a ticking bomb or something. There are many ways to go but this one seems to grab more attention in certain circles. Do you get "the eye" from co workers now?

        I sometimes think of that quote from William Wallace that "Every man dies, not every man really lives" and am thankful that I have experienced life on a bike, in the wind/ sun/ rain/ cold, soaking up creation's beauty as if it was put there just for me. Of course there's no comparison between a great Scottsman like Wallace, and a knucklehead motorcyclist like me, just thankful to live is all.
        Roger

        Current rides
        1983 GS 850G
        2003 FJR 1300A
        Gone but not forgotten 1985 Rebel 250, 1991 XT225, 2004 KLR650, 1981 GS850G, 1982 GS1100GL, 2002 DL1000, 2005 KLR650, 2003 KLX400

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          #5
          Ed, I'm sorry to hear...

          As goofy as it may sound, I feel a bit of loss whenever a cyclist I did not know loses their life riding.
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            #6
            Was he an experienced rider, Ed? What sort of motorcycle?
            "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
            ~Herman Melville

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            1982 CB900f

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              #7
              I didn't know the gentleman well but he was experienced and he rode a Honda cruiser. If you read the report there was debris on the road. This must have been at about 5 AM so it was dark and visibility wasn't good.
              Ed

              To measure is to know.

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                #8
                I did read the article and was curious about the questions I asked simply to make a bit more sense of the incident. Sending condolences to his family.
                "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
                ~Herman Melville

                2016 1200 Superlow
                1982 CB900f

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                  #9
                  Sad to hear. I'm glad I don't need to ride mine to work as it's only a "pleasure cruiser."


                  1982 GS1100 G converted by Motorcyclist magazine in 1986 to be a tribute to the Wes Cooley replica. 1982 Honda 900F. 1997 Yamaha VMax.
                  Also owned: 1973 Kawasaki Z1 900, 1972 Honda 750 K, 1976 Yamaha XS 650, 1980 Kawasaki KZ 1000 MKII, 1978 Kawasaki SR 650. Current cage is a 2001 Mustang Bullitt in Dark Highland Green. Bought new in Sept. 2001.

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                    #10
                    I'm with you, Deuce. I ride mostly on weekends, out of town.
                    "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
                    ~Herman Melville

                    2016 1200 Superlow
                    1982 CB900f

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