RIP - Motorcyclist struck and killed in DC

[The Mad King Pepe']

Early this morning, before 5AM a biker was hit and killed by a tractor-trailer. Wash Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/motorcyclist-struck-and-killed-in-dc/2011/08/02/gIQAduaFpI_blog.html

[TitanMonsterS4R]

Early this morning, before 5AM a biker was hit and killed by a tractor-trailer. Wash Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/motorcyclist-struck-and-killed-in-dc/2011/08/02/gIQAduaFpI_blog.html

Just makes me very sad!

[Meerkat]

And a baby was born in the ensuing traffic snarl. Bike was some kind of dual sport looking thing with knobby tires.

[Autohag]

Looks like a Yamaha Trail or MX bike to me. No headlamp and 100% dirt tires. News reports are inconsistent, though.

Sadly, I have a few guesses about the rest of this story...

- http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Fatal-Accident-on-Florida-Avenue-126568703.html
- http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/dirt-bike-rider-killed-in-accident-080211
- http://wusa9.com/news/article/161142/44/Cyclist-Struck-Killed-On-Florida-Avenue-

[ducatiz]

Sucks for the rider, but he clearly was not supposed to be there...  No lights?  5AM in the morning?

stolen bike?

[zooom]

looks like a TTR to me....thin fork legs...maybe a TTR125L ??....

probably doing the typical illegal boppin around on a dirtbike in the streets (riding around ,disregarding lights and doing wheelies and other goofyness) doin their thing like what happens in other parts of the city and Baltimore and the Police can't really pursue...so they just turn a blind eye and pick up the pieces after the fact when crap like this happens...

yes I am assuming the worst, but not without historical basis....

stolen bike?

probably....

[Slide Panda]

probably doing the typical illegal boppin around on a dirtbike in the streets (riding around ,disregarding lights and doing wheelies and other goofyness) doin their thing like what happens in other parts of the city and Baltimore and the Police can't really pursue...

Yeah, lots of folks riding around Balto on street illegal dirt bikes and quads for a while. Looks like it's coming a bit more to DC

If they were emulating the Baltimore fashion, shall we say, they had zero gear on.

[696DCRider]

Yeah, you mean these guys:
wildout wheelie boyz documentary rough cut trailer

[Slide Panda]

Yes. BTW - NSFW audio on that clip, or just about any clip about the balto dirt bikes

[696DCRider]

Oops, my bad.

Yes. BTW - NSFW audio on that clip, or just about any clip about the balto dirt bikes

[bikepilot]

It does look like a TTR and I think 125 or 125L.  I've been lead to believe that small dirt bikes (usually stolen) like these are quite popular with drug runners.  Hard to imagine that a normal person decided to go dirt biking downtown and was unable to avoid a collision with a tractor trailer at 5am - definitely not your typical venue for a typical TTR rider (which is normally a very small adult or a kid looking to do some sedate trail riding in the woods - its not a fast bike).

[zooom]

It does look like a TTR and I think 125 or 125L.   

front disk brake says to me it is at least a 125L

  I've been lead to believe that small dirt bikes (usually stolen) like these are quite popular with drug runners.   

DING!...for running resupply and shifting inventory/money around on the fly...

[ducatiz]

Yeah, you mean these guys:
wildout wheelie boyz documentary rough cut trailer

at 3:00 it's an inner-city MSF class..

[TitanMonsterS4R]

front disk brake says to me it is at least a 125L

DING!...for running resupply and shifting inventory/money around on the fly...

you have been watching too much of The Wire.....

[zooom]

you have been watching too much of The Wire.....

nope...I know and used to pal around with a couple Baltimore City cops, and so I know it from reality.