Ben Roethlisburger hurt in MC crash

LPC2104 · June 12, 2006, 10:02:29 AM

I live in PA so this stuff travels really fast. Apparently, a car turn left in front of him and he hit it, hit the windshield with his head, then hit the ground. I don't believe he was wearing a helmet and in trauma care so I've heard. Bad news, and wear the lid people.

Crash

vtlion · June 12, 2006, 10:20:09 AM

gar.... dumbass

jbeaber · June 12, 2006, 10:22:45 AM

I have no pity for him. He has gone on and on about how he won't wear a helmet. I am fine with that as long as he forfeits any rights to complain or sue about injuries. Just plain stupid, especially for a professional athlete who plays a full contact sport. Dumb... How much money did the Browns player lose for being an equally stupid dumb ass?

LPC2104 · June 12, 2006, 10:24:30 AM

I've now heard it's not life threatening and he got smacked on the head twice, bleeding all over and missing a ton of teeth. Really disoriented and the witness that was helping him didn't recognize who it was he was so covered in blood.

Yeah, helmets dont do anything.

ajgs500 · June 12, 2006, 10:31:48 AM

Now maybe the Colts will have a chance!!!!

Jake D · June 12, 2006, 11:14:29 AM

As long as Manning continues to step on his meat in big games, the Colts don't have a chance.

They just said on the radio that Big Ben is in surgery. Hope he is okay. We don't need any more heat on the motorcycling community.

Not wearing a helmet is dumb.

oramac · June 12, 2006, 11:24:49 AM

Quote from: ajgs500 on June 12, 2006, 10:31:48 AM
Now maybe the Colts will have a chance!!!!

+1 ... I mean, AJ, that was insensitive!!

jbeaber · June 12, 2006, 11:45:01 AM

Anyone ID them make and model fo the bike?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/06/12/bc.fbn.apnewsalert.ap/1.html
I'm surprised, I expected a cruiser....

jbeaber · June 12, 2006, 11:51:19 AM

and found
http://www.gwfweb.com/cycles/tlr/tlr00101.jpg

LPC2104 · June 12, 2006, 12:04:48 PM

From PennLive:

Roethlisberger's 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa, which is named after a Japanese bird of prey, was totaled. The front wheel was broken in half. The handle bars were broken. The left pedal was shattered. The 170-horsepower bike, which weighs 500 pounds fully loaded, was targeted by law enforcement agencies worldwide after its 1998 debut because it could reach a top speed of 189 mph.

Suzuki Motorcycles of North America gave Roethlisberger the bike as part of a promotional deal in exchange for him appearing at several Suzuki dealerships in the area, including Andrews Cycle in Salem, Ohio where he picked up the motorcycle last summer. Andrews' sales staff declined comment.

The motorcycle is popular among first-time buyers, said Steve Stiller, a salesman at Northgate Motorcycles in Cranberry, Butler County.

My favorite is the last sentence.

roguegeek · June 12, 2006, 12:27:42 PM

Quote from: LPC2104 on June 12, 2006, 12:04:48 PM
From PennLive:

Roethlisberger's 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa, which is named after a Japanese bird of prey, was totaled. The front wheel was broken in half. The handle bars were broken. The left pedal was shattered. The 170-horsepower bike, which weighs 500 pounds fully loaded, was targeted by law enforcement agencies worldwide after its 1998 debut because it could reach a top speed of 189 mph.

Suzuki Motorcycles of North America gave Roethlisberger the bike as part of a promotional deal in exchange for him appearing at several Suzuki dealerships in the area, including Andrews Cycle in Salem, Ohio where he picked up the motorcycle last summer. Andrews' sales staff declined comment.

The motorcycle is popular among first-time buyers, said Steve Stiller, a salesman at Northgate Motorcycles in Cranberry, Butler County.

Do you have a link to that article?

roguegeek · June 12, 2006, 12:29:36 PM

This is going to bring some very bad publicity to motorcycling as a whole.

Mandres · June 12, 2006, 12:31:07 PM

Quote from: LPC2104 on June 12, 2006, 12:04:48 PM
From PennLive:

Suzuki Motorcycles of North America gave Roethlisberger the bike as part of a promotional deal in exchange for him appearing at several Suzuki dealerships in the area, including Andrews Cycle in Salem, Ohio where he picked up the motorcycle last summer. Andrews' sales staff declined comment.

The motorcycle is popular among first-time buyers, said Steve Stiller, a salesman at Northgate Motorcycles in Cranberry, Butler County.

roguegeek · June 12, 2006, 12:34:35 PM

An A for effort, but no. A link to the article online. Do you have it?

LPC2104 · June 12, 2006, 12:39:51 PM

Quote from: roguegeek on June 12, 2006, 12:27:42 PM
Quote from: LPC2104 on June 12, 2006, 12:04:48 PM
From PennLive:

Roethlisberger's 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa, which is named after a Japanese bird of prey, was totaled. The front wheel was broken in half. The handle bars were broken. The left pedal was shattered. The 170-horsepower bike, which weighs 500 pounds fully loaded, was targeted by law enforcement agencies worldwide after its 1998 debut because it could reach a top speed of 189 mph.

Suzuki Motorcycles of North America gave Roethlisberger the bike as part of a promotional deal in exchange for him appearing at several Suzuki dealerships in the area, including Andrews Cycle in Salem, Ohio where he picked up the motorcycle last summer. Andrews' sales staff declined comment.

The motorcycle is popular among first-time buyers, said Steve Stiller, a salesman at Northgate Motorcycles in Cranberry, Butler County.
Do you have a link to that article?

Nope. The entire article is cut and posted on PSU's rivals network. He didn't link it, and I copied a part of his so I don't have a link.

I just re-read the thread I found it and some guy that has a harley is telling student that helmets are pretty much worthless and that starting out on a 800cc bike isn't too bad. I don't know how these guys think this, especially after what happened to Big Ben. It gets my blood boiling.

roguegeek · June 12, 2006, 12:47:13 PM

Another pic of the 'Busa.

Codger · June 12, 2006, 02:14:35 PM

Let's see. I wouldn't want to smack into another players head at 20mph without a helmet, but concrete at 20*3 or 3^2 I'll probably be OK.
An idiot.
One of the few people that should truly understand the concept of a helmet.

brett · June 12, 2006, 03:14:26 PM

Quote from: LPC2104 on June 12, 2006, 12:04:48 PM
The motorcycle is popular among first-time buyers, said Steve Stiller, a salesman at Northgate Motorcycles in Cranberry, Butler County.

Woiw. Just wow. That bears repeating. Here's a link to an AP story with the pic of the busted Busa. Luckily he is ok, but screw him for all the bad press this is gonna get. I just hope this gets spun into a "not wearing helmets is for morons" story.

Edit: ESPN just re-aired an interview they did with him last year. More than a few times he said he wasn't at as much risk because he didn't ride a sportbike. Heh, I wonder what he calls the Busa?

jordanearl · June 12, 2006, 04:18:52 PM

ya think he wud wanna sell those yoshi cans???

pnaberhaus · June 12, 2006, 05:10:04 PM

Pittsburgh's new football team will heretofor be named......the SQUIDS

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