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		Discovery Channel's "Indian Larry" dies from injuries he suffered during motorcycle stunt in North Carolina (charlotte.com)		302
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phreakinowski		2004-08-30 02:26:03 PM

Sad, but it was only a matter of time for someone who's favorite past time was standing up on his seat and balancing while riding down the freeway.

...and not surprisingly, it was that very stunt the killed him.

darwinsmonkey		2004-08-30 02:39:43 PM

Darwin smiles.

docwizz		2004-08-30 02:40:08 PM

i blame firewater

4NSpy		2004-08-30 02:40:45 PM

Not wearing a helmet?

frank2		2004-08-30 02:40:48 PM

That's too bad he seemed like a real good guy.

BrewMaster		2004-08-30 02:41:07 PM

Have a heart, that guy was easily the best chopper designer. He kicks Jessie James' ass.

RIP

extremebacon		2004-08-30 02:41:11 PM

Would you mind if we balance this glass of milk
Where your visiting friend accidentally was killed?

Gaylord Focker		2004-08-30 02:41:21 PM

Which is worse, standing on a motorcycle, or standing in the bed of a truck while your drunk friend drives???

/poll?
//still sad though....

BrockWillowcrest		2004-08-30 02:41:27 PM

That sucks. I met Indian Larry at a bike show once ... he was a cool dude. Definitely marched to the beat of a different drummer. RIP.

The Grundler		2004-08-30 02:41:42 PM

A bike building pioneer. Better than the Tuttles or any other crap out there.

SockMonkeyHolocaust		2004-08-30 02:41:51 PM

He died doing what he wanted. Ok, he didn't die doing it, but at the time he was doing what he wanted and then he died.

He was not wearing a helmet.
Sounds like he wouldn't have lived anyway.

ScoCK		2004-08-30 02:41:55 PM

Now if we can just get the wheelie ridin' crotch-rocketeers to so the same thing the highways would be much safer.

Sympathies to his family, et al.

El-Spectre		2004-08-30 02:42:00 PM

I'll second the 'sad, but hardly surprising' vote... anyone who made it this long while doing shiat like laying down (feet first) on a bike at 60MPH was lucky.

JoshTheTech		2004-08-30 02:43:00 PM

If you ride you have to wear a helmet, at least he might have had a chance.

DScott		2004-08-30 02:43:17 PM

Amazing chopper builder.

RIP.

Thespecialistkc		2004-08-30 02:44:28 PM

RIP.
An artist of metal and pioneer has left us.
Sad, but not surprising.

El-Spectre		2004-08-30 02:45:00 PM

Um... y'all... he fell off of a bike WHICH HE WAS STANDING ON, at speed. The helmet wasn't gonna help too much.

orrinbloquy		2004-08-30 02:45:16 PM

/one, please

AgeOfReason		2004-08-30 02:45:17 PM

It is too bad that he tossed his life away on such a silly thing as this stunt. To each their own though.

So please if you are stupid enough to not wear a helmet when riding your motorcycle the rest of us ask that you be kind enough to sign your driver's license organ donor section, and then it is a win-win.

Nice_Shoes_Wanna_Fock		2004-08-30 02:45:18 PM

I second JoshTheTech's statement...I ride a mountain bike and would never do so without a helmet. I can't imagine getting on a motorcycle, let alone doing stunts on one, without a helmet on.

rh75		2004-08-30 02:45:19 PM

Leisure Suit Larry unavailable for comment.

Big_Bad_Dad		2004-08-30 02:46:06 PM

The inner ear, while veryprecise, is quite delicate and is adversely effected by even the smallest variation.

romanmike_27		2004-08-30 02:46:08 PM

Ride on brother

MrEnigma		2004-08-30 02:46:35 PM

I think he was being filmed for this...and guys like this don't wear a helmet anyways..much less while being filmed...

Not that it makes it right

/almost always wears his helmet

downtownginnybrown		2004-08-30 02:46:36 PM

I'm sad...he was badass.

puckhead		2004-08-30 02:46:42 PM

"He was riding and standing up on his seat," .... He was not wearing a helmet.

hmmm... not so much with the whole smart thing.
more [dumbass] or [obvious] than [sad]

ExTrA		2004-08-30 02:46:43 PM

that sux :(..he made sum sweet bikes

deadparrot		2004-08-30 02:46:49 PM

Add another to the 'sad, but not surprised' list.

Smell the Glove		2004-08-30 02:47:09 PM

Shut up helmet nazis.

SVTCobra		2004-08-30 02:47:10 PM

Well the value of his bikes just went up.

Sad to say but he was lucky he lasted this long doing stunts like that.

Phishy1		2004-08-30 02:47:50 PM

Dances with Pavement

RiverRat		2004-08-30 02:47:58 PM

bummer ....

he was such nice dude (at least on TV), talented too

it only takes one slip up in his line of work though ...

RIP Larry

Death_Poot		2004-08-30 02:47:58 PM

bummer.......hope God gives him a chopper shop in Heaven

RIP

skinink		2004-08-30 02:48:27 PM

Hoooboy, it's things like this that give all the rest of the motorcyclists a bad name. The ones I know wear helmets, and these are the guys that make most of the rallies, Daytona, Sturgis, ect.

Okay, maybe the guys riding ricers deserve the bad rep, farking popping wheelies in the middle of Tremont Street in Boston. Morans.

Twitch OSX		2004-08-30 02:48:42 PM

Ive seen him do this stunt.. on the freeway when him and Jessie James were riding cross country to go to a bike thing.. Fricken nuts...

majestykelf		2004-08-30 02:48:47 PM

I bet if you'd asked him right before he did that stunt "Hey Indian Larry, how would you like to die?", he'd probably have said "Man, if I could bite the pavement while pulling off a rockin' stunt, that would be cool". RIP, man...he died exactly like he would have likely chosen. How many people can say that?

I'm That Guy		2004-08-30 02:48:59 PM

/sad

GIJoeBob		2004-08-30 02:49:00 PM

glock36		2004-08-30 02:49:20 PM

the first time I saw him do this on tv me thought that was what is going to do him in...........sad god bless

Marlas_Cancer		2004-08-30 02:49:22 PM

Now how is it that I live 5 miles from this place yet didn't hear a thing about it? Oh yeah...shiatty local newpaper.

GIJoeBob		2004-08-30 02:49:50 PM

Great minds, Guy!

Badger		2004-08-30 02:49:58 PM

Henchman		2004-08-30 02:50:15 PM

Too bad. He was one of the best bike designers I've seen (especially if you like the "classic" 60's look to bikes).

I much preferred his stuff to the things on "American Chopper."

Oh, and wear a helmet. It's okay that he died doing what he loved, I guess, but c'mon...

Mrs Ho		2004-08-30 02:50:17 PM

re: Dances with Pavement

haha. most excellent.

schezar		2004-08-30 02:50:28 PM

Should have asked this guy...

Firlotte.com		2004-08-30 02:51:00 PM

" And if I'm called away and it's my turn to go,
Should the blood run cold in my veins,
Just one favor I'll be asking you,
Don't bury me here it's too cold,
Take me back,
Carry me back,
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from"

fatal_exception		2004-08-30 02:51:06 PM

So he was "Discovery Channel's" Indian Larry. "Best known" for his appearances... Maybe to the unwashed four wheel masses. RIP.

Raptor_1.4G		2004-08-30 02:51:42 PM

He was just on the biker build off on friday DSC. I think it was a repeat, but good show. They showed him smoking the rear tire by gunning the engine and having some guys lift the back end, looked cool as hell. Too bad, the guy seemed nice.

Dvrdwn		2004-08-30 02:52:40 PM

MAD skillz he had - - definitely a unique guy.
At least he died doing exatlly what he loved doing.

Dosen't make it SMART - but at least he went out with on his own terms.

. . . and yes Brewmaster - WAAAAAAAAY better fabricator and builder than Jessie James