Sad news,'Indian Larry' RIP

[Optimist]

he was a very dynamic & talented guy. RIP
dies after stunt in Cabarrus

Staff Reports

Indian Larry, a master motorcycle mechanic and stunt man, passed away this morning following an accident while performing Saturday at the Liquid Steel Classic and Custom Bike Series show at Cabarrus Arena and Events Center in Concord. He was best known for his appearances on Discovery Channel's "Great Biker Build-Off" show.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlot...ip/9533189.htm

[doberboy]

Doing stunts w/o a helmet. Do I need to say more?

[pagerdaddy]

Reminds me of Gary Bussey and his distaste for helmets.
At least he survived his accident without one. Laws aside,
doing stunts seems like a good time to have one on.

My son has a mini bike, and we make him wear a helmet when
he rides it in the front yard. One day, he fell over with it like
the guy on Laugh In used to do with the tricycle, and his head
hit the edge of the porch. Didn't phase him at all, but I wonder
what it might have been like without the helmet?

Steve

[Gig'em]

"He was riding and standing up on his seat," said Mike Downs, Cabarrus County deputy county manager. "The bike started to wobble and he was not able to regain control."

"Hey ya'll watch this..."

At least he taught the 8,000 people in attendance 2 important lessons.

1. Wear a helmet.
2. DON'T STAND UP ON YOUR MOTORCYCLE AND LET GO OF THE BARS.

He was shown doing this on several of the Biker Build-off episodes. I always wondered how many kids are out there trying to do the same thing.

[Rescuewarrior]

God Speed to a bike building legend.

In the world of overdone choppers, his old school style choppers will be missed.

[adjmcloon]

Darwin strikes again.

[dooboy2112]

That was pretty much a tard move, doing a stunt without a helmet.

[kmonto]

Sad, just sad... God Speed Indian Larry!

[the head]

Originally Posted by Gig'em

I always wondered how many kids are out there trying to do the same thing.

A bunch of them.

[TitanIam]

I remember when he won the 'biker build-off' on Discovery channel. He cut up the trophy into a dozen pieces and threw them into the crowd saying something like "building bikes makes us all winners". He was a class act.

http://shopping.discovery.com/store...ctId=56131#desc

Beating out the likes of Paul Yafee: http://www.paulyaffeoriginals.com/ , Billy Lane: http://www.choppersinc.com/ and Roger Bourget: http://www.bourgets.com/pages/news_01.html.

He was quite a character: http://www.indianlarry.com/

R.I.P. "Indian Larry".

"a guy that would extend a helping hand to his competition and share a trophy when he didn't have to has more class than a three piece suit." BMWconfused, F60.com

[titanfreak]

at least he died doing wut he loved most.

Btw, I saw him a while back at a motorcycle show they had down here in coral gables i think, anyways it was down here in south florida.

[Steventa]

Originally Posted by adjmcloon

Darwin strikes again.

Gene pool was ready for some Chlorine. Didn't care for his designs anyway.

[TitanIam]

Another nice tribute: http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=2210333

...for those of you dancing on his grave, karma has a way reigning in the dancer.