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    A motorcyclist died - struck by lightning

    A motorcyclist died after he was struck by lightning while riding in rush hour traffic.

    http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/22/mot....ap/index.html

    Yikes...and I was scared of cars!!!
    Gary Granger
    Remember, we are the caretakers of mechanical art.
    2013 Suzuki DR650SE, 2009 Kawasaki Concours 1400, 2003 Aprilia RSV Mille Tuono
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  • #2
    Yeah, according to the Denver Post article the lighning left a 12"x8"x6" deep crater in the asphalt...

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    • #3
      crazy!!!

      I saw it on the local news here in Denver...it was crazy!!!

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      • #4
        Hi rusty

        see that this is your first post, welcome to XS land.

        should post a pic of you 79.



        mro

        btw
        can think of several ways to go, but getting hit by lighting ain't even in the top ten.

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        • #5
          I remember this happening to a guy in Las Vegas while I lived there also. He was riding with his girlfriend and got hit directly. She was pretty messed up from bad burns on her stomache and chest that had been against him, and from the resulting crash and road rash, but she survived.
          I think this is another case of... when your number is up... you're going one way or another.

          "St Peter.... Mr. Jackson was due here 5 minutes ago. What seems to be the hold-up?"

          "But your Highness... he's on a motorcycle and... "

          "I said GET HIM HERE NOW!!!"


          BOOM!!!


          Tod
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          • #6
            ...on the plus side, his auxillary lighting and coils worked better than ever...

            ~LoHo~
            "Time is the greatest teacher; unfortunately, it kills all of its students."

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            • #7
              wow, that is wrong. Funny but wrong!!! Ha ha.
              Travis Miller
              1978 E

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              • #8
                Pretty Bazarr

                Pretty bazarr, aint there no insulation factor with rubber tires? unless you were at a light with your foot down, awfull way to go...
                Bruce
                Bruce Doucette
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                • #9
                  Actually, he was riding through a thunderstorm. there was probably a wet road, or water vapor in the air. The bike has LESS resistance than a car, BECAUSE of the tires.
                  He would not have felt a thing. After the hit, he would have been fried internally within milliseconds. There are a LOT worse way's to go, and most would hurt a LOT more, as well.
                  Ray
                  Ray Matteis
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                  XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
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                  • #10
                    I often read about people thinking that the rubber tires protect from lightning. Air is the best insulator of all and the lightning just passed through MILES of that. Is an inch of rubber really going to matter?
                    1981 XS 1100 SH

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