Sorry to report !! Another biker down

[Jacde]

It's so very sad yet another one, its all that seems to be here on the forum lately.

I know we are all so vulnerable on our bikes, and I'm not casting judgement in this really sad incident at all as I have no idea what happened, but I was out on Sunday, I dont ride slowly and a learner on a 125 shot past me on the bends going towards Bradford on Avon. I know we dont always see danger when we are younger and I'm no saint either but I remember thinking at the time that he'd be lucky if he doesnt have a crash riding like that. He'd have had stood no chance if a car was coming and there was certainly an element of luck that his little bike made it round the bends like it did. I guess we all need to think about speed etc and try and be as careful as possible.

You assume that the person because they have L plates is young and is a learner?? There have been a lot of riders on this forum who have ridden for a long time on L plates who are neither youths nor are they in any shape or form 'learners'
At 23 the rider who is referred to above could well have had 7 years biking experience, that's 4 years more than me. Losing control isn't necessarily down to inexperience as I'm sure you are aware due to your vast biking experience and knowlegde. Your first line was all that was needed on this thread.

[QB1]

You assume that the person because they have L plates is young and is a learner?? There have been a lot of riders on this forum who have ridden for a long time on L plates who are neither youths nor are they in any shape or form 'learners'
At 23 the rider who is referred to above could well have had 7 years biking experience, that's 4 years more than me. Losing control isn't necessarily down to inexperience as I'm sure you are aware due to your vast biking experience and knowlegde. Your first line was all that was needed on this thread.

They rode that close that believe me I could see they were ''young'' and being on L plates means they haven't passed a test hence the person was a learner.

As I said I wasnt judging this very sad accident and loss and I really don't want to be disrespectful by turning this thread into any form of debate.

What I was trying to say is that just perhaps we could all learn from yet another truly sad loss and all take it steady and go carefully regardless of whether we are young old, learners or been riding for years.