Driving a motorbike @ 120mph on a **** road without having years of experience is one of the dumbest things you can do. When you are 30 or older, and have had years of experience this would have never happened due to the fact you'd know the road is not capable of supporting a bike going 120. You go as fast as the conditions allow, not as fast as your vehicle will allow. Accidents will happen, but this is no accident. It's stupidity. And at 18 I hardly place the blame on the parents. He should have known better.

 

But I'm willing to go out on a limb here and say that this kid couldn't have afforded this bike. Therefore, the choice of bike was up to the parents. On top of that, I'm sure the insurance was in their name. Both should be enough to make them say "no way!" Instead, they probably got the kid whatever he wanted without paying any attention. I know the kid was the one who wrecked the bike, but you can't wreck a bike that you don't have, right? Parents should have done their homework and made a better choice.

 

I agree with goodman. Parents were stupid as hell to buy him that.

And speaking about flip flops on bikes. I just saw that the other day in NJ on Route 1. If you are from Jersey, or have driven on 1, you know being in a car is dangerous enough and you are damn near suicidal to ride a bike on it.

Dude was wearing a full helmet, shorts, work boots and a sleeveless shirt, his GF was on the back wearing a full helmet, thin strapped tank top, short shorts and flip flops and the guy was driving like a complete douche on a road that is more then dangerous to people in CARS. He was weaving in and out of traffic and I almost aced his *** like three times and the guy had the nerve to turn around and yell at me for beeping at him after cutting me off WHILE I was already in the process of stopping behind the guy in front of me.

I looked at my GF and said, THIS is the biker you read about who dies while riding.