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frylock

(34,825 posts)
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 12:55 PM Nov 2013

Ride in Peace: Mark McCaffrey, owner of Rocket Motorcycles

Mark was the owner of the shop I take my Tiger to for service. He was one of the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. Knew so much about bikes and loved to talk about them. He is really going to be missed.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The industry is mourning the loss of Mark McCaffrey, owner of Rocket Motorcycles, who was killed Nov. 18 after his motorcycle collided with a police car in the Clairemont area of San Diego.

According to local officials, the police officer was driving westbound when he received a call to provide backup for a hit-and-run accident nearby. He performed a U-turn in the intersection, colliding with McCaffrey.

McCaffrey reportedly had applied his brakes but crashed into the passenger side of the police car, officials noted. The local medical examiner issued the cause of death as blunt force trauma.

McCaffrey launched Rocket Motorcycles in 1980 as a vintage parts and service business. In 1984 he partnered with a longtime Vincent, Velocette and BSA dealership, and then became a Triumph dealership in 1994. In 2005 he added Husaberg and then in 2010 took on Royal Enfield.

The business was well-known in the Southern California area for its vintage repair and restoration work.

http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews/article/ride-peace-mark-mccaffrey-owner-rocket-motorcycles

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Ride in Peace: Mark McCaffrey, owner of Rocket Motorcycles (Original Post) frylock Nov 2013 OP
I'll catch ya down the road, Mark. mgc1961 Nov 2013 #1
I guess even LEO with extensive shedevil69taz Nov 2013 #2
I'd be willing to bet that 50% of motorcycle accidents... lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #3
Don't know about all accidents, but in the fatal ones, that accounts for 38%. Glassunion Dec 2013 #4
A cage with a left turn signal blinking, less than 5 seconds from my position... lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #5
Next season I'm going to start riding with a go pro Glassunion Dec 2013 #6

shedevil69taz

(512 posts)
2. I guess even LEO with extensive
Mon Nov 25, 2013, 08:18 AM
Nov 2013

training behind the wheel of a vehicle can look without really seeing. I always ride under the assumption that the cars around me (and sometimes other bikes) didn't see me.

RIP Mark

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
4. Don't know about all accidents, but in the fatal ones, that accounts for 38%.
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 03:51 PM
Dec 2013

It is the number 1 cause of fatalities in two vehicle motorcycle accidents.

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
5. A cage with a left turn signal blinking, less than 5 seconds from my position...
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 07:09 PM
Dec 2013

... has my full attention.

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