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Approximately one-quarter of these motorcycle accidents were single vehicle accidents involving the motorcycle colliding with the roadway or some fixed object in the environment. Vehicle failure accounted for less than 3% of these motorcycle accidents, and most of those were single vehicle accidents where control was lost due to a puncture flat.
Motorcycle construction is the engineering, manufacturing, and assembly of components and systems for a motorcycle which results in the performance, cost, and aesthetics desired by the designer. With some exceptions, construction of modern mass-produced motorcycles has standardised on a steel or aluminium frame , telescopic forks holding the ...
Wayne Michael Gardner AM [1] (born 11 October 1959) is an Australian former professional motorcycle and touring car racer. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1986 to 1992, most prominently as a member of the Honda factory racing team where he became the first Australian to win motorcycling's premier class in 1987. [2]
The accident is currently under investigation. This article originally appeared on St. Cloud Times: St. Cloud motorcycle accident kills 19-year-old Show comments
The accident happened shortly before 9:45 p.m. Purcell said the sheriff’s office is still working on reconstruction of the accident, but doesn’t expect charges to be filed.
The motorcycle stood itself up and continued along the motorway, periodically scraping the median barrier, thereby keeping balance. It was found in Bercy, 9 km (5.6 mi) from the location of the collision. The riderless motorcycle was witnessed and filmed by passing drivers. [232] June 25 – Pakistan – Bahawalpur explosion. A tanker truck ...
Three blocks from where fellow Allman Brothers Band member Duane Allman had his fatal motorcycle crash [3] Don Rich: July 17, 1974: 32 Musician (Buck Owens and the Buckaroos) Bob Gassoff: May 27, 1977: 24 Canadian Ice hockey player Near Gray Summit, Missouri: Stanley de Silva: April 12, 1980: 23 Sri Lankan Cricketer Balapitiya, Sri Lanka: John ...
A 2007 motorcycle crash scene investigation in San Francisco. Professor Hurt, with a team of investigators (all of whom were motorcyclists themselves) [3] examined motorcycle accident scenes in the City of Los Angeles, day and night, during the twenty-four-month period of 1976–77. They did on-scene investigations of over 900 accidents and ...