MotorCycling Victims

Remembering Those Killed in the Past


Anant Godbole, Ph.D,  1997
Hannibal Main Post Office, Missouri
He died of shock 6 days after being side-swiped by a Honda Goldwing convoy.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Peter, Rolf, and Gunner Lanahan, 1990
Access Bridge, Snake River, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
An 1100cc Kawasaki falling off a bridge smashed into their canoe.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bruce "Wild Wolf" Schermer, 1965
11 miles South of Kansas City, Missouri.
A tornado caught up his Yamaha 100 in a boomerang gust and blew it into him.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Paul, Nick, and Linda Hemmingway, 2003
Vacationing in Obihiro, Japan
A small rock avalanche buried their rented Honda touring bike.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mike and Jordan Cook, 1999
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A Suzuki GS850 balanced on a circus high wire fell into the audience.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mansoeurs Bath House, 1981
Clarkston, Michigan
A Leaking Moto Guzzi gas tank caused a huge explosion and fire.
 
 
 
 

Didi, Mimi, and Cici, 1981
Clarkston, Michigan
The beloved proprietors of Mansoeurs Bath House.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thomas Hulce, 1999
Lake Colorado, N.W. Nevada
His 11 year old girlfriend accidentally tipped over a parked 1995 Yamaha V-MAX on him.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Clarice Whelan, 1998
Eugene, Oregon.
A customized sidecar broke off and flew over the Grand Deed Falls.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bill "Slingshot" Vonnegut, 2001
Trondheim, Norway.
Attacked by radio-active reindeer while riding his Husqvarna dirt bike.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Frankie Joseph Switch, Rest His Soul In Heaven, The Angels Be At His Side.

Shawn T Kelly, 2000
New York, New York.
Jet fuel in his V65 Magna sent him flying into Canada.
Customs agents had no choice but to lock and load.
His family got the spent bazooka shell as a memorial.
 
 

May We Never Forget Them

 

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