| Author | Message | ||
     Electraglider_1997 |
 http://timesfreepress.com/news/2008/may/03/man-die s-motorcycle-crash-suck-creek-mountain/ | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Suck. Chattanooga Bueller? | ||
| Dynasport |
Hate to hear it. We had a police officer die on his Harley this past weekend. Puts my little accident in perspective. | ||
| Chadhargis |
Name doesn't ring a bell, but there aren't many Buellers out there. Godspeed. | ||
| Nevrenuf |
after i left the area i think there's maybe 5 that i can think of. sorry to see that happen. never had a chance to ride the suck creek road but rotzaruk loves it over there and is always talking about it. | ||
| 4_pete_sake |
Used to live in Chattanooga, very popular ride and often has section were people opened up a little too much. Police generally patrolled it pretty heavily. The corners are tight and are poorly signed and it did generally drop off over the guardrail. It is a shame for anyone to go that way and especially at that age. My thoughts to his family and friends! | ||
| Barker |
 I cant say I know the name. The locals talk about how many have died on the road. Has a bit of a reputation. There are handful of crosses/shrines on the road. Suck creek is still one of my favorite rides. Reminds me of wolf pen gap with alot more traffic. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Barker, is that the run you and I did last november? If so, I can see why it claims so many. | ||
| Barker |
Yep, we rode suck creek in November. Dropped us out near downtown nooga. Google map http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=5134 680456213996674,35.189450,-85.486060&saddr=TN-27+% 4035.189450,+-85.486060&daddr=35.1039,-85.333729&m ra=mi&mrsp=1,0&sz=13&sll=35.098002,-85.340767&sspn =0.066713,0.11673&ie=UTF8&ll=35.185875,-85.481873& spn=0.066641,0.11673&z=13 | ||
| Hooper |
Made me think, when they mentioned the brand of motorcycle in the article: Here in the Washington, DC area, the local radio station that provides regular traffic reports (WTOP) always mentions when an accident involves a motorcycle. Am I overthinking this, or is that a subtle form of "judgment". I just get the vibe of "Oh yeah, another motorcyclist crashed - they're crazy to ride those things." Knowing that the accident involves a motorcycle doesn't seem to add to the usefulness of the traffic report - just to the potential for gruesome imagery. Kind of like when the local TV news reports on a bad accident: "The crash involved a pickup truck and a Mercedes-Benz." Horrors! A luxury car was damaged! | ||
| Gugnheim |
How about the end where the last line mentions he had a helmet on. For Pete's sake he fell 150ft...helmet was the last of his issues. |
