Steve Moto Morini 3 1/2 R.I.P.

[SS427 Camaro]

Steve’s funeral was last week. Sadly he succumbed to injuries received when a Tesla turned in front of him whilst on his much loved Morini 3 1/2 in Essex.
He wore an open face crash helmet & goggles. I won’t go into the details, however if he had been wearing a decent full face helmet he would likely be here today.
You may think you look cool in an open face lid & goggles, but think again…..

[smifffymoto]

A very sad end to what sounds like a preventable outcome.

I don’t really know why open face helmets haven’t been made illegal,there must have been a mountain of research done on their effectiveness versus a full face helmet.

[black-k1]

Very sad to hear for all involved.

Motorcycling can be dangerous and we must all take the appropriate amount of care. However, we must all be careful of judging others choices lest our own choices be judged. The safest motorcycle is one you are unable to ride at all!

[Mr Dendrite]

Very sad to hear. It’s been a bad summer so far in East Anglia. Three motorcyclists were killed last week in Cambridgeshire in separate incidents. Not a lot of details but one involved a car driver on drugs and the other two seem to be “smidsy”

[SS427 Camaro]

smifffymoto said:

A very sad end to what sounds like a preventable outcome.

I don t really know why open face helmets haven t been made illegal,there must have been a mountain of research done on their effectiveness versus a full face helmet.

I feel the same, the thought of sliding down the road on my face just has no appeal

[SS427 Camaro]

Mr Dendrite said:

Very sad to hear. It s been a bad summer so far in East Anglia. Three motorcyclists were killed last week in Cambridgeshire in separate incidents. Not a lot of details but one involved a car driver on drugs and the other two seem to be smidsy

Dreadful news.

[Rushjob]

Can't even let the soil start to settle on the poor guys grave before you get in there slagging off how he chose to live his life and enjoy his motorcycling.

What on earth makes you think that this is the time or the place for such comment

RIP Steve, I hope none of your friends or family are unfortunate enough to read this thread.

[ThreadKiller]

I agree.

[smifffymoto]

Rushjob said:

Can't even let the soil start to settle on the poor guys grave before you get in there slagging off how he chose to live his life and enjoy his motorcycling.

What on earth makes you think that this is the time or the place for such comment

RIP Steve, I hope none of your friends or family are unfortunate enough to read this thread.

Nobody is slagging off or pointing fingers at anybody.
If you read that in too it,that's up to.

[Dick Seaman]

It's really rather straightforward to read that into it. The OP was sad for a bit, then blamed the deceased for choosing fashion over function. You doubled down by using the word preventable.

I think black-k1 summed it up best.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

RIP I like many often ride lid up on my flip helmet. Of course lid goes down at a certain point but those sudden events sometimes offer no warning. Think I'll keep it down unless it's 30c+

A rider died on the A82 near Glencoe also this week involving a camper van (edit camper van driver arrested for road traffic offence. No doubt death by dangerous)

Edited by Hugo Stiglitz on Saturday 28th June 12:19

[swanseaboydan]

That’s awful news.
I’ve been wearing an open face for 35 years and have had 2 relatively minor accidents. For me city riding with an open face I felt was safer as the visibility and awareness was that much better.

[slopes]

I used to always wear full face and once i started using a mountian bike to go downhill faster than someone my age has any right to go, i used a full face for that too.

[SS427 Camaro]

slopes said:

I used to always wear full face and once i started using a mountian bike to go downhill faster than someone my age has any right to go, i used a full face for that too.

I swapped to a full face on my MTB bike as well. A pro cyclist pal went down on his forehead, wearing a peanut cycle lid, he looked like Frankensteins monster when he came out of hospital,

[SS427 Camaro]

Hugo Stiglitz said:

RIP I like many often ride lid up on my flip helmet. Of course lid goes down at a certain point but those sudden events sometimes offer no warning. Think I'll keep it down unless it's 30c+

A rider died on the A82 near Glencoe also this week involving a camper van (edit camper van driver arrested for road traffic offence. No doubt death by dangerous)

Edited by Hugo Stiglitz on Saturday 28th June 12:19

Sad news.