maryportfuncity 10,641 Posted May 19, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk...reland/27478727 British Superbike rider Simon Andrews has died following a crash at the Northwest 200 - pretty gutted about this one. Aye, the road racing season is barely underway and he's the second fatality. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted May 20, 2014 I saw the YouTube of it yesterday, but it is only when it was blown up as a gif you really see how bad it was. Fuckin idiots. The lot of them 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted May 20, 2014 I saw the YouTube of it yesterday, but it is only when it was blown up as a gif you really see how bad it was. Fuckin idiots. The lot of them Fuckin' hell. He almost showed up on air traffic control. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted May 20, 2014 He stuck his nose faithfully to the white line as if he was Robbie Fowler. Stupid stupid people go on motorbikes. Even stupider people go fast on them. edit ? Hyperlink on 2nd people to .ru site?? edit 2 gone now.? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted May 20, 2014 "Wendy, I can fly!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,641 Posted May 20, 2014 The TT and Northern Ireland are the only places you still see the really crude safety and the diddy jacketed guys stood next to basic guardrails. If you see photographs of motorbike races in the 1960s, those arrangements are everywhere. This accident, is, pretty grim. I found half a dozen watches back to back perfectly adequate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted May 20, 2014 He stuck his nose faithfully to the white line as if he was Robbie Fowler. Stupid stupid people go on motorbikes. Even stupider people go fast on them. That's a pretty massive generalisation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted May 20, 2014 He stuck his nose faithfully to the white line as if he was Robbie Fowler. Stupid stupid people go on motorbikes. Even stupider people go fast on them. That's a pretty massive generalisation. No it is not. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted May 20, 2014 He stuck his nose faithfully to the white line as if he was Robbie Fowler. Stupid stupid people go on motorbikes. Even stupider people go fast on them. That's a pretty massive generalisation. No it is not. I know many motorcyclists who are by far safer drivers than those who drive cars. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted May 20, 2014 I know many motorcyclists who are by far safer drivers than those who drive cars. Inundated with the cunts just now. Ugly long haired, broken nosed, covered in tats and stinking of petunia. And the blokes are worse. Cuntos see single track roads and let rip. Deserve everything they get, and it is a joy to see them cruise up in the mirrors and ''edge'' out. Single files in groups of 20 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted May 20, 2014 He stuck his nose faithfully to the white line as if he was Robbie Fowler. Stupid stupid people go on motorbikes. Even stupider people go fast on them. edit ? Hyperlink on 2nd people to .ru site?? edit 2 gone now.? Hyperlink back again. Not in the quote though. Edit again , was a compromised Chrome plug in at my end, sorted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted May 20, 2014 Stands to reason through, with only two tyres, if something goes wrong it's much more likely that it's going to hurt. Therefore I'm quite sure motorbikers have too many loose screws... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted May 20, 2014 "Wendy, I can fly!" I must say, the clip was unintentionally comic, like some sort of slapstick gag! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted May 20, 2014 Fuck me. Just looked at the TT stats............ Riders alone fatalities (not inc spectators, officials etc) in the last 30 years = 110. Folks, DL convention venue found. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,641 Posted May 20, 2014 Fuck me. Just looked at the TT stats............ Riders alone fatalities (not inc spectators, officials etc) in the last 30 years = 110. Folks, DL convention venue found. Less easy to locate but I once saw some equally grim stats on life changing road race injuries in the TT and Ulster road races. Doubtless the makers of wheelchairs and zimmer frames are well represented in the hospitality areas at those events. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted May 20, 2014 Funny how we were sitting there, fairly reverentially mourning Brabham and now we're making fun of this fucker. It begs the question, would Ayrton Senna be as revered as he is among F1 fans if he had died in such a clearly visibly comical manner (which obviously, I know is harder to do sitting in a car than flying off a bike). I think the answer is quite possibly no. I mean imagine if..... (don't read this if you don't want an extremely silly theory about Ayrton Senna floating around in your head and prefer to remain entirely reverential of him and the events of that day in 1994): His head had been somehow knocked off by some debris or by the force of the impact, while still inside its helmet, and flew into the middle of the track, and was hit by a rival car going at full-whack (200MPH in an F1 car) and it came loose out of the helmet and flew 1000 feet through the air live on camera, completely out of the bounds of the race track and landed right in the middle of a huge prawn salad that the Mayor of Imola was about to tuck into while sitting at the table outside a nice restaurant live on some silly Sunday afternoon show on another Italian TV channel. I think the answer then would be an even bigger no. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,957 Posted May 21, 2014 It's more a music topic post but Jim Nabors is best known for his annual rendition of Back Home Again In Indiana at the Brickyard. This year he won't be there again in person since he is due some heart operation. Instead they will be showing a special tape recording and I guess it may well be his final fairwell, so the speedway have it in the can ready to be rolled out from here on in case he does not make it back in person ever again. Nabors to retire his Indy 500 act. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted May 22, 2014 Hot Tip: Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first female F1 driver is, according to sources, "not at all well". No link, you will have to take insider knowledge for whatever it is worth and whatever "not well" specifically means Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted May 22, 2014 'ows Schumacher? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,641 Posted May 22, 2014 Hot Tip: Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first female F1 driver is, according to sources, "not at all well". No link, you will have to take insider knowledge for whatever it is worth and whatever "not well" specifically means Cheers OoO, and whilst we're on the subject of venerable speed merchants, how's the irrepressable Norman Dewis? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,641 Posted May 23, 2014 Kimi Raikkonnen nearly got himself twatted by a Red Bull in Monaco Link: http://cars.aol.co.u.../?ncid=webmail2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted May 23, 2014 Kimi Raikkonnen nearly got himself twatted by a Red Bull in Monaco Link: http://cars.aol.co.u.../?ncid=webmail2 Surely it's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt or worse in that barmy Monaco pitlane with them all bunched together like that. Not surprised to see it's Kimi Raikkonen either, it's like he's been struck with a chronic case of narcolepsy ever since he won his world title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,641 Posted May 23, 2014 Kimi Raikkonnen nearly got himself twatted by a Red Bull in Monaco Link: http://cars.aol.co.u.../?ncid=webmail2 Surely it's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt or worse in that barmy Monaco pitlane with them all bunched together like that. Not surprised to see it's Kimi Raikkonen either, it's like he's been struck with a chronic case of narcolepsy ever since he won his world title. If his lawyers post here then I would stress this is an opinion, not a diagnosis, but surely that truculent robot - who isn't narcoleptic and drove the tyres of a half-decent car at Renault - is somewhere within the autism spectrum. That frank confession to a journalist that he'd missed a briefing because he was "having a shit" being solid evidence for my case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted May 23, 2014 Kimi Raikkonnen nearly got himself twatted by a Red Bull in Monaco Link: http://cars.aol.co.u.../?ncid=webmail2 Surely it's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt or worse in that barmy Monaco pitlane with them all bunched together like that. Not surprised to see it's Kimi Raikkonen either, it's like he's been struck with a chronic case of narcolepsy ever since he won his world title. If his lawyers post here then I would stress this is an opinion, not a diagnosis, but surely that truculent robot - who isn't narcoleptic and drove the tyres of a half-decent car at Renault - is somewhere within the autism spectrum. That frank confession to a journalist that he'd missed a briefing because he was "having a shit" being solid evidence for my case. Wow. Yeah I'd honestly never thought of it that way. He used to be my favourite F1 driver back in the days when I followed it and I knew like many others how "odd" and different he was, but that never occurred to me for a second. Maybe he just genuinely doesn't give a shit? I honestly don't give a shit whether most people are or aren't autistic anyway, unless they're like, y'know... Rain Man, then it's impossible not to think about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted May 25, 2014 Hot Tip: Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first female F1 driver is, according to sources, "not at all well". No link, you will have to take insider knowledge for whatever it is worth and whatever "not well" specifically means Cheers OoO, and whilst we're on the subject of venerable speed merchants, how's the irrepressable Norman Dewis? Incredibly well. Just flown to the US again and looked very well last time I saw him in March. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
