thirdgenlxi
3/2/2008 6:54:16 PM
I know a few people from this forum attended this event, but there were also a few others from here that weren't able to go. So I figured I'd post the pics up here too
Well yesterday (saturday) was a rather somber day up here for many. A little background info on the reason behind this ride.... this guy Bryan, 21 years old, was murdered this past monday, shot in the back (intentionally) as he rode his new Ninja 250 past this psycho guys house. I don't want to get into all the details of what happened or who was wrong or right... not the place here to do it, and what's done is done. But here's the news article for all the info. This kid had just joined our local sportbike forum on Feb 14th
http://wsbradio.com/news/022708carmurder.html One of the people on the forum was friends with Bryans mother, so we checked with them and made sure it was alright if we put together a ride to the funeral home to show our support at the memorial service. She agreed that was a great idea, so that's what we did! Ended up having a fantastic turnout. We had right around 160 bikes total, plus the people in cars and those that rode 2 up, we ended up pushing probably close to 200 people showing up from our group. The family was very greatful for all the support. Many tears were shed by both the family and from our group.... it was a bit overwhelming for all of us.
Anyways, on with the pics
We all met up in the AM
Quick safety and ride conduct meeting, and a group prayer before heading out
Our escorts for part of the way there
More GSP escorts
Video of all of us pulling out from the BP station. This wasn't all of us (he didn't start the vid until after some pulled out already)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0NOQYtZMN4 Somebody estimated we were a 2.5 mile stretch on the highway. I was right in the middle and even when up on a hill, I couldn't even see the front, and there was still a long string of bikes behind me
Video as we were pulling in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNdvb_qbUKg 
Partial group shot.... we couldn't fit everybody in one pic
Emotions ran strong, both with the family and with us. The guy facing th
kodiak1122
3/2/2008 7:23:55 PM
Wow, I read about this story on 1000rr.net.
Didn't realise this story hit so close to home for some of us.
Thanks for sharing with us.
R.I.P. for a fellow rider.
vpsophmore
3/2/2008 7:42:05 PM
RIP...sorry I couldn't be there
matt_m427
3/2/2008 8:51:28 PM
What all happened? RIP Bryan
thirdgenlxi
3/2/2008 9:27:31 PM
FITZ
3/2/2008 10:37:42 PM
Wow very erie looking at the crime site RIP brother
crashkhanman
3/3/2008 4:54:30 AM
RIP Bryan! .. I'm glad to see that there's people still in this world that care, and I see it almost everyday on this forum!!!
matt_m427
3/3/2008 6:06:51 AM
Wow... That's fu--ing murder. He was riding a EX250 too. I heard about this on the news. They made it sound like this guy was riding at like 150mph and trying to run the stupid girls off the road. What a load of sh*t! I'm pissed, that bastard who shot him should die!
