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Author Message   Midnightrider Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 03:30 pm:        http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351600,00.html Anyone we know?   Greenlantern Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 03:51 pm:        Here is another. That's some drought! http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/apr/17/motorcycl e-wreck-dragon-ignites-fire-smokies/   Iamike Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 11:06 pm:        I wonder if the guy that crashed will be charged for the fire effort? I have read how a lot of mountain rescues are being charged to the person needing the rescue.   Chellem Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 11:10 pm:        That sucks. At least the guy was OK - whoever he was. Said he "walked away" from the crash. I can't believe a little crash could have that much impact! The folks interviewed don't seem that concerned though - they seemed quite sure they'd get it under control. Just one more reason now for people to be all against motorcycles on the Dragon. *sigh* ->ChelleM   Mr_gto Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 11:13 pm:        Where were all the cops????? They carry fire extiguishers they could have put it out before it got too big. O yeah they were probably writing some dumb ass ticket for a license plate being a little off center.   Reepicheep Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 08:41 am:        Rumor has it that the cops are being reasonable there with tickets these days. IMHO, thats a win / win. No point in harassing well behaved motorcyclists, but on the other hand the first time I was at the gap (in the old days) I didn't have much fun seeing people on high end sport bikes dragging a knee through a blind corner at 50 mph. Being a great rider doesn't help you see through a blind corner, and at that lean angle, when things go all pear shaped when you see whats around said blind corner, you are going to end up sliding across my lane at some high rate of speed... Anyway, one of the articles pointed out that the problem was that the place the bike crashed was difficult to get access to to get water on. If you have been in the area, thats pretty plausible... some of those hills / woods / cliffs could easily swallow a motorcycle and it could be a LOT of work to get down to where it's at.   Damnut Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 10:58 am:        Pictures from Killboy   Naustin Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 11:24 am:        oops.   New12r Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 11:38 am:        Must have been an R6...   Natexlh1000 Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 11:50 am:        What kind of bike is it? Anyone recognize the shape of the tank?   Reepicheep Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 12:54 pm:        Hrmph. I take it back then. Hardly an inaccessible location.   U4euh Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 12:55 pm:        UH, what tank?   Glitch Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 01:34 pm:        Could have been an 07 R6.   Reepicheep Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 03:19 pm:        Ghostrider! Killboy says it was a Gixxer...   Corporatemonkey Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2008 - 04:59 am:        I bet the clown's insurance company right now is trying to figure how not to pay for this. Ouch

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