Kevin Ash- RIP

[Birzzles]

God. What a horrible shock. A very familiar writer from loads of motorcycle reviews and columns. A truely terrible loss.

[potsie]

bass gt3 said:

Potsie,

Where are you located? We tend to meet up at the Total on the corner of Witkoppen and Malibongwe if you ever fancy joining the brekky run.

Steve

Live close to your meet spot as it happens. Blair Atholl, near Lanseria. Bike past the Total every day on my 100km round trip commute. Can you PM me the details of the brekkie run meet? Not sure when I'll be able to join, but love to have the option. Thank you

[charmingman]

I did a piece on Kevin for Bikerglory, he was incredibly positive and helpful from the start. Bg is investigative orientated and Kevin knew that mainstream bike journalism was at heart very conservative (which over the years provided an uncritical environment for smooth operators). Put it this way. Kevin got it.

I've been in touch with contacts in SA. Kevin crashed off road, got up and was hit by the following rider. This probably isn't the time or place to get into a debate about the new GS's abilities off road but it does highlight the fact that this class of machine is essentially a sports tourer in adventure drag: no 21 inch front wheel, over 200 kilos and so on. BMW withdrew all the launch bikes for technical examination as one would expect and again, as one would expect, are not commenting. There will of course be an inquest. We're all vulnerable, irrespective of age or experience, and that is the bottom line. Kevin: http://www.bikerglory.com/?p=2898