Ever hit an animal?

Message
Author
User avatar
barmy_carmy
Legendary
Legendary
Posts: 299
Joined: Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:04 am
Sex: Male
Location: Romsey, Hants

#21 Unread post by barmy_carmy »

Had a Pheasant once trying to cross the road in our path, I waved my arm and it ran back into the hedge just in time!
I'm not riding fast...........Just flying low!

User avatar
Dennis27
Veteran
Veteran
Posts: 94
Joined: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:19 am
Sex: Male
Location: Frederick

#22 Unread post by Dennis27 »

Dennis27 wrote:
Rebecca wrote:I try and miss anything that crosses my path.
I have been in a truck once when the driver hit a dog.. Never will forget it!!!
And your avatar is the hamburger helper.... :laughing:
I just reread my post... thats not hamburger helper.... duhhh its the hamburgler right? Anyhow I'd just like to call myself out on that! :frusty:

User avatar
britishjoe
Elite
Elite
Posts: 107
Joined: Sun May 01, 2005 6:40 pm
Sex: Male
Location: Calgary Alberta Canada

#23 Unread post by britishjoe »

I hat a Rabbit back in the UK at night on my ZZR11, I didnt realise Id even hit it but I found its leg in the fairing, I think it was a wabbit

9000white
Site Supporter - Gold
Site Supporter - Gold
Posts: 1321
Joined: Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:30 am
Sex: Male
Location: atlanta georgia

#24 Unread post by 9000white »

a parakeet flew into my windshield in a subdivision where i wasnt running 20mph.but it killed him.almost hit alligator crossing road in vicinity of Okefenokee swamp at about 2:00am one morning.
dr bob

User avatar
emperorjordan
Elite
Elite
Posts: 113
Joined: Sun Oct 03, 2004 3:22 pm
Sex: Male
Location: California.

#25 Unread post by emperorjordan »

My friend hit a small bird doing like 80.... it hit his right radiator and turned in to hamburger..... no harm done to the bike, just freaked him out.

I have hit numerous squirrells, when flat tracking it on dirt roads.... and at the speeds im going, the front and back end are sliding around all over the place anyway, so something like a squirrel doesnt make much of an inpact.
-2005 Suzuki DRZ-400S (The Fast Color).
- FMF Power Core 4
- 3x3" Air Box Mod, DynoJet Kit
- Dunlop D606 Tires
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather--who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car

User avatar
Skier
Site Supporter - Platinum
Site Supporter - Platinum
Posts: 2242
Joined: Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:44 am
Sex: Male
Location: Pullman, WA, USA

#26 Unread post by Skier »

A local rider had a bad day a few weeks ago... Came down too hard from a wheelie and snapped his main fairing mount, then on the way home a bird dive bombed into his helmet at triple digit speeds. Poor guy said his head hurt for three days after that!
[url=http://www.motoblag.com/blag/]Practicing the dark and forgotten art of using turn signals since '98.[/url]

User avatar
CentralOzzy
Site Supporter - Diamond
Site Supporter - Diamond
Posts: 2155
Joined: Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:11 pm
Real Name: AL
Sex: Male
Years Riding: 42
My Motorcycle: Yamaha XJR-1300/Harley-Davidson Roadking
Location: Sunny Alice Springs Northern Territory, Australia

#27 Unread post by CentralOzzy »

BuzZz wrote:We have 2 main targets here. Deer and gophers. Both are so numerours as to be considered vermin.

Last friday I rode home some 400 miles and hit maybe 15 gophers. The first 2 were by accident, the rest, I was hunting.
BuzZz!!! I can't beleive you'd do such a thing!!! :|

Karma will get you for that Pal!
Image

Image

User avatar
CentralOzzy
Site Supporter - Diamond
Site Supporter - Diamond
Posts: 2155
Joined: Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:11 pm
Real Name: AL
Sex: Male
Years Riding: 42
My Motorcycle: Yamaha XJR-1300/Harley-Davidson Roadking
Location: Sunny Alice Springs Northern Territory, Australia

#28 Unread post by CentralOzzy »

....Oh yeah....I clipped a Wallaby :ohmy: (small kangaroo) once in Tasmania on my Softail, he shot out of the bracken & ferns an stuff (Dirt Rd) & went for me but I managed to deflect it with my Leg/Boot which stopped it goin under my bike.

Looking in the mirror revealed him rolling along the track behind me :blink: ....I reckon he was OK.

My leg hurt for about 15 mins! Ouch!
Image

Image

User avatar
NorthernPete
Legendary 3000
Legendary 3000
Posts: 3485
Joined: Mon May 02, 2005 4:24 pm
Real Name: Pete
Sex: Male
Years Riding: 11
My Motorcycle: 1988 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500
Location: Northern Ontario, Canada

#29 Unread post by NorthernPete »

Hmm, here ya go guys, I saw this a while back, but it still hurts.

http://www.dumpalink.com/media/937

feel bad for the guy, but should he have been going this fast I wonder? looks like the speedo is about 120... shoulda known the wee beasties would be out.
1988 VN1500
2009 GS500F

User avatar
CentralOzzy
Site Supporter - Diamond
Site Supporter - Diamond
Posts: 2155
Joined: Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:11 pm
Real Name: AL
Sex: Male
Years Riding: 42
My Motorcycle: Yamaha XJR-1300/Harley-Davidson Roadking
Location: Sunny Alice Springs Northern Territory, Australia

#30 Unread post by CentralOzzy »

YA NOT Wrong!

Looks like the rider may have hit the brakes too hard, I can't imagine that an animal that small could flip a heavy bike like that!??
Image

Image

Post Reply