Re: Honda Grom (125cc minimoto) Motorcycle
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Tue Feb 27 2024 09:17 am
I feel bad for those who get hurt like that in motorcycle accidents. There have been times when I thought it would be nice to have a road cruiser motorcycle (these days, perhaps a Honda Shadow), but I feel like they're too dangerous, so I'm not planning on buying one.
my coworker's brother was an accomplished motorcycle rider but he was taking
a trip to sturgis with his wife and he got ran off the road.
they don't know how long they were laying on the road before they were found. he died on the operating table. his wife had to have a leg amputated and his mother (who was a great person) died of a broken heart.
"RACINE - Paul Finley loved fishing, riding his Harley, his wife, Cyndi, and his children, but of course not in that order.
"They've only been married about a year," Finley's sister Tammy Segura said. "They were made for each other. They were truly in love."
Paul Finley died about 1:40 a.m. Thursday at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. Hanson Funeral Home, 3014 Northwestern Ave., Racine, will be handling the arrangements.
Finley and Cyndi Knapp-Finley of Racine were seriously injured in a motorcycle accident July 26 near Iowa City, Iowa.
Finley was well-liked and well-loved by his family and friends, Segura said. In addition to being loved by others, he also loved them in return. "He has three children who he loved but he didn't get to see them enough," Segura said.
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Segura remembers Finley as the big brother, who along with his twin brother, loved fishing so much they didn't want to quit when it got dark.
"I remember them fishing when they were teenagers and my dad had to go looking for them because it was getting dark. Paul said, `I've got to catch this one last fish,' " Segura said.
Finley's love of fishing earned him grand prize honors in the 1993 Salmon-A-Rama fishing contest. He caught a 34.30-pound Chinook salmon.
He also was the big brother who was there for his sister when her son was born.
"When my son was born, my husband was nervous, so Paul kept taking him down to the lunch room and feeding him. He would come back and tell me what Paul had fed him. He kept my husband well-fed while I was in labor," Segura said.
The couple was on their way to a family reunion in Nebraska when the accident happened in a construction zone near Davenport.
A car cut off their motorcycle, said Harry Raboldt, Knapp-Finley's father.
Raboldt said Paul Finley died following surgery. "He had too many things going against him. He was on dialysis and his liver was failing, he just had too many things going against him," Raboldt sighed.
However, Knapp-Finley continues to improve and he hopes she will get out of intensive care in about a week. She hasn't been told about Finley's death because the doctors feel it might set back her recovery, Raboldt said.
Nancy Harmann, the friend who helped set up the benefit fund for the couple, isn't sure what direction the fund will take now.
"I'm just in shock," Harmann said of Finley's death. "I haven't decided what to do about the fund we'll probably do something in Paul's name. But Cyndi is going to need a lot of support," Harmann said.
Harmann and Knapp-Finley's co-workers at Regency Mall established a special savings account for the couple to help defray their medical expenses. The Knapp-Finley Benefit Trust is at the Johnson Bank at 5901 Durand Ave.
Mall manager Curt Pruitt said the families have asked that all expressions of sympathy be sent to Paul Finley's mother: Barb Finley, 1012 William St., Racine, WI 53402."
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