Motorcycle rider killed in hit and run

[JT]

All,
I did not ever meet the guy but it is very upsetting to see this happen so close to home.... so within 10 miles of where I live. A fellow rider was killed in a hit and run. Driver was arrested soon thereafter. witnesses followed him until the cops arrested him.

http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Hit-and-run-crash-shuts-down-Chester-Ave-between-Brundage-and-2nd-164543116.html?tab=video&c=y

Be careful out there.... everyone has been calling me worried that It could happen to me.... and they are dam right it could.... but my response is...

You cannot live your life in fear, because at that point you are not living.

 

[MNGreg]

Sad to hear about this happening. Not to be *selfish but being so close to where you live, glad that it wasnt you or one of our other members though!

 

[JT]

Yea man it definatly makes you think twice.... but we all knew about this risk comming and and choose to accept it. A good reminder her or there to scare the Sh%* out of you and keep you streight is not neccisarly a bad thing.

R.I.P. Adolfo Canchan.

 

[Detrich]

Sigh. RIP fellow rider...
Stay safe everyone.

 

[oyamyers]

Wow. You never know when you won't make it home. RIP

 

[BKP]

RIP, Adolpho...

 

[dart1963]

such a young person to be taken, feel so sorry for his friends and family...


and for the POS driver to run... glad they caught him (and so glad people saw and followed him).

 

[JT]

I went on the group ride the the crash site where the vigil was held. Heard the father speak with his family in tears around him... That was hard to hear, and I didn't even know the guy... But all of us take the same risks and have loved ones so it makes you think for sure...

Take it easy out there be safe.


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[FastFreddy]

It's so sad and tragic when riders get taken out like this.

Some days you just know to slow down and keep giving way all day long, listen to that voice.

I nearly pulled out in front of a speeding taxi yesterday. Hopefully we keep living and don't end up where we shouldn't.

 

[CrazyCawi]

some updates from my other forum:

So the other night we had another motorcycle fatality in Bakersfield. By the looks of it, it was one of our newer members to zx6r.com - ZeeExx6Arruh

I felt you all would want to know. It hasn't been confirmed that this was the same person but there aren't a lot of green '07 zx6r's in this town owned by a 22 year old so myself and MoM are speculating that it was. The age of the rider and the type of bike as well as the people I see coming in here regularly seem to show that it very well could be one of our own.

Apparently a car pulled out in front of him and he hit the right rear side of the SUV. It also appears that he was traveling at a pretty high rate of speed. The street he was on is a 40mph zone. The driver of the SUV left the scene to "get his shoes and come back". Now that might be BS or it could be true... but he still left the scene and was picked up later at his house. The driver of the SUV had been drinking but wasn't over the legal limit. He was also on a suspended license.

Now... all of this aside. And as unfortunate of an event that this is... I feel it's necessary to look at both sides of this situation. Yes... the driver had been drinking and shouldn't have been driving. But our fellow ZX6R.com member was a somewhat inexperienced rider going well over the speed limit.

I do not have a problem with motorcycle clubs. To each their own. But in this town it seems like people join these clubs to gain some kind of respect of other riders. Many of the "presidents" of these clubs aren't all that good of riders themselves. I feel that if more riders tried learning the benefits of how to ride and ride safely in city streets many of these events wouldn't happen.

We have many fatal motorcycle crashes in this area over the summer. It's nothing new. But for the most part they were caused by riders doing things they shouldn't have been doing on city streets.

These are just my opinions... and as opinionated as I am, and as odd of posts this member put up about "racing an R1" or whatnot... we've still lost another rider. My heart goes out to not only the riders family and friends, but to the driver of the SUV who never saw him coming.

Here's a link or two to the story.

Driver Arrested In Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash - Bakersfield News Story - KERO Bakersfield

Fellow bikers ride in memory of colleague killed in hit-and-run ax | Local & Regional News | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and Sports

That said.... PLEASE keep your speeds down on city streets. Help give people a different view of sport bikers. :no:

Arreyque was arrested for felony hit and run, driving with a suspended license and vehicular manslaughter. In a jailhouse interview with Eyewitness News, Arryeque said he realized it was wrong to leave the crash scene.

"I didn't see him, and he hit the back of my car, and that's it, and I left because I got afraid, I got scared," said Arreyque.

 

[CrazyCawi]

 

[JT]

Power grove couldn't have said it better. I went to jr high with him and I know various people who lost a friend, not only that he was a fellow biker so I've done what I can to show respect and help the family as well...

That said I've been biting my tongue and not bringing to light the fact the he got his first bike 3 months ago and after seeing various news reporting it figured out quickly that he hit the side of the suv and as pointed out if he was going anywhere 40mph he should have been able to maneuver out or even if he was. Cut off too quick I don't believe it would have been a fatality.

At the candle light vigil his farther quoted his sun taking about how he loved the adrenaline rush.

It's all sad nun the less.

RIP Fellow rider


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[MustGoFaster]

That's really sad that it happened to a kid so young. The inexperience factor really plays a large role in riding, even with some of the gifted naturals.

There have been more than a few times I wish I had just gone with a straight-up 600 or even a liter, but I find it's really important to take smaller steps with things like that, especially bikes. I started off riding a few seasons in Chicago on a 27 year-old Honda VT500. Needless to say, it wasn't super quick, but it was fun enough. Now I'm on the FZ6R, and I gotta say, it's plenty quick. Sure, I'll probably start to outgrow it in a year or two, but I'm *really* glad I didn't take the plunge into something crazier right off the bat.

My heart goes out to his family and friends. Ride In Peace, brudda.