A man has died following injuries sustained in a serious crash earlier this month in Ngaruawahia.
Emergency services were called to the crash, between a car and a motorcycle, on River Road about 7am on 1 October.
The rider was taken to Waikato Hospital with critical injuries, where he died last weekend.
“Police can confirm the deceased is 59-year-old Ngaruawahia man Craig Read. Our thoughts remain with his family and loved ones.”
The circumstances of the crash remain under investigation.
Image credit: Raviraj Singh Tomar
Brings back memories
I used to cruise everywhere at 90 mph religiously
Which I figured out years latter was through a subliminal planted by an advertising brochure
Where the speedo and tacho are straight up and down at 6000 rpm
Would do 90 MPH all day but didn’t like going over
A couple of close ones
https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/restored-1974-honda-cb750-has-everything-from-great-looks-to-historical-significance-201593_1.jpg
I used to like 250 km/h myself (the bike didn’t do much more than that). The cops wouldn’t chase you, but then they brought out speed cameras which were a bit of a bummer.
Later I got old and boring.
Reminds me of one of my first bikes
A 175 Honda twin
Had a tail light out cop chased me
Went over a footbridge
Problem reaction solution
https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-k1-history-images/
Nice bike with a few horsies
The Honda was 67 bhp but fitted it with Dunstall Decibels which with bigger main jets reputedly gave another 12bhp
Requiring a Reynold s chain conversion
Had a few bikes starting with Honda 100 (more than some critics had)
175
500 Four
750 Four
Norton Interstate 750
” 850
Triumph Bonneville 750
I down graded to a BMW R100R, but need to ride it more often.
I won’t list the bikes I’ve had, but it started with a Honda XL175 – know what you mean about footbridges, they’re a good thing to know about.
Richard Hammond Reveals His ENTIRE Bike Collection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qaUDrVAMnY