Sirius' motorcycle

[Brian]

No: HPFGUIDX 3335

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "storm stanford" <msmacgoo at h...> 
wrote:
> 
>   Brian said 
>   "The statement I can't quite figure out is 
>   that Sirius gives his bike to Hagrid and tells him that he's not 
going to need it anymore."
>    
>
   I think it is because it is now clear to him that Peter is the 
trator and he intends to track him down and kill him (possibly 
expecting to be killed in the porcess?) 
> 
   I guess that's possible but hasn't it been mentioned that Peter 
was by far the weaker wizard so wouldn't Sirius believe that he would 
have a pretty good chance of catching him without being permanently 
injured?  Maybe he thought he might be locked up for killing Peter 
but IIRC the Ministry (Barty Crouch Sr.) at the time was overreacting 
by sentencing people without trials so Sirius would have good reason 
to expect to be let off.