It really isn't the fact they can go 160mph since they would be just as dead in most cases at 70. You rear end an SUV at 70 and you are in a world of hurt , protective gear or not. Most of us travel highways at 70mph+ and even twisty roads at higher than advisable speeds. It's fun but also dangerous. My bike too hits triple digit speeds on occasion and in most cases at triple digit speeds if you go down you are going to get hurt or killed again gear or no gear. I noticed these reports stated they had helmets on and the one man still died of head trauma. The other probably did too since it was noted the helmet came off. That could be due to speed or possibly not buckled correctly. I have seen some sport bike riders with expensive full face helmets riding and the chin strap is just dangling not fastened. There are times to play and times that it is not advisable too, many of these guys travel at those high speeds in traffic weaving in and out of cars and doing wheelies in traffic. Not saying these 2 were since I haven't enough info to determine one way or the other what road conditions, visibility, or traffic was like, just an observation. Some guys live on the edge and it isn't just sport bikes or high speeds, look at Indian Larry, he was doing a stunt and fell and hit his head and that was the end of his life but he died doing what he loved. Same may be said for these guys, trouble is when they cause injury , damage , or death to others. If they want to risk life and limb where it won't hurt others (not including family and friend emotionally) then I guess it is their decision and most of us do that and any one of us can be killed the same way when we are playing.You can have a 20 minute 1/4 mile bike and fall wrong and be killed on it. You don't even need to be going fast or moving at all, I have a friend who fell off one of those small 3' give or take, step ladders and broke his neck and he is now a quadrapalegic, can use his arms but not his hands and another whos wife and kids were killed and he is also a quadrapalegic when a tree fell on his car out of no where. so I guess when your number is up, it's up.
