Wow, that sucks. I hate it that such a highly spoken of guy went down. Especially after all that time & money were invested into such a beatiful machine. Not trying to beat the guy up, but you can get a bit too comfortable after riding for some time. Scraping pegs in a T-shirt & jeans are what a lot to newbs go out and do. By reading it appears that he had a passenger on at the time? If so, then wow. My .02.