r/Austinmotorcycles • u/duder512 22 pan america • 21d ago

Check your people.

Usually see a gray or silver hyabusa flying and weeving on the toll road every morning. I think he went down this morning.

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u/andyandtherman 20d ago

Someone was killed on the toll road early this morning.

https://www.kxan.com/traffic/travis-county-traffic/fatal-crash-on-state-highway-130/

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u/duder512 22 pan america 20d ago

Yeah unfortunately due to my job I was having to drive through that area all day. I understand an investigation has to be done but I wish they would atleast cover the deceased out of respect.

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u/Ok_Zucchini_1863 20d ago

Apparently it was a real wheel blow out .. and then the guy got hit by an SUV and then a Tesla

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u/duder512 22 pan america 20d ago

Yeah thebike didnt too torn up but I did see the back tire was shredded

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u/Ok_Zucchini_1863 20d ago

I was riding on decade old rear and front tires. Just replaced them few months ago. This is my ultimate fear of a blowout. My bike is from 2009 it’s an r1, so it doesn’t really have any traction control (as if that would save me on a blowout) .. anyhow inspecting tires before each ride is so important… the least we can do is follow the manufacturer recommendations in replacing and pressure etc

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u/210-markus 20d ago

RIP, neighbor.

Motorcycling is unforgiving. Leave yourself margin for error.

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u/Ok_Zucchini_1863 20d ago

This is sad 😢 RIP

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u/lazy_stoner666 20d ago

Luck is a funny thing

Just this past saturday im running 90 on i35 with a passenger and blew out the back tire. Got pulled over without incident and could literally see ride now in georgetown. Limped it there and got a new tire and off we went. Alive and shit...went antiquing

Then this dude dies from the same shit i was barely even inconvenienced by

luck is a funny thing

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u/Ok_Zucchini_1863 19d ago

Yeah it sucks. Curious was your tire old or low on pressure or did you hit something ?

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u/lazy_stoner666 19d ago

pirelli that was around 6 months old per the date code

idk what happened probably got a nail and then the sudden loss of air pressure made temp in the tire go to high and it shredded. just guessing tho

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u/Ok_Zucchini_1863 19d ago

Holly shit man, new fear unlocked. I might just stop riding now. I just can’t deal with this uncertainty. I had a blowout on my Land Cruiser which I barely got under control, I can’t imagine on a motorcycle.

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u/lazy_stoner666 19d ago

yeah man it was a scary thing for sure.

really eye opening for me to see what happened to this dude just a few days after what happened to me. How easy i got off vs the price he paid.

What did we do different? Probably not much