Greetings from central Illinois
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:58 am
Just thought I'd say hello. I've been mopping around the different bike forums since I hit a deer while riding my '03 Honda Silvering almost two weeks ago. Here is a post I made to the maxi-scoots forum.
http://www.maxi-scoots.com/postnuke/ind ... sc&start=0
I'm OK, just a bruise on my left knee when it hit the glove box as I struck a mid sized buck on my way into work. It was 6:30 in the morning this last Tuesday as I was on my usual 40 mile commute. I had just started to speed up after crossing some railroad tracks traveling between 35 and 40 MPH when out of the corner of my eye I could see a brown blur heading perpendicular to my path. The next thing I knew my windscreen was exploding. My grip on the handlebars became a death grip as now I expected the worst. It never came. Suddenly, as fast as I had hit the deer, it disappeared and I was stunned to see that I was still on the scooter just drifting down the road at half the speed I was going just seconds before. I pulled over and was immediately approached by two car drivers to see if I was OK. I was pretty shaken up and had to get off the scooter slowly as I had a hard time believing that I was unscathed. About this time a county deputy sheriff, who was on his way to work, pulled up and took charge. The deputy made out a report as I looked over the scoot. I determined it was drivable and asked the deputy, a former goldwing rider, if he thought it would be OK if I drove it to a dealer without a front light. He seemed to think it would be OK, so I did after calling my wife and asking her to pick me up at the dealer. On the way in to pick me up my wife said she saw the deer along side the road. Later she told me after dropping me off at work she went by the accident site again and the deer was gone. Me thinks vultures drive pickup trucks these days.
Eight days later I find out the scoot suffered $3047 USD damage. Oh well so much for my riding season.
http://www.maxi-scoots.com/postnuke/ind ... sc&start=0
I'm OK, just a bruise on my left knee when it hit the glove box as I struck a mid sized buck on my way into work. It was 6:30 in the morning this last Tuesday as I was on my usual 40 mile commute. I had just started to speed up after crossing some railroad tracks traveling between 35 and 40 MPH when out of the corner of my eye I could see a brown blur heading perpendicular to my path. The next thing I knew my windscreen was exploding. My grip on the handlebars became a death grip as now I expected the worst. It never came. Suddenly, as fast as I had hit the deer, it disappeared and I was stunned to see that I was still on the scooter just drifting down the road at half the speed I was going just seconds before. I pulled over and was immediately approached by two car drivers to see if I was OK. I was pretty shaken up and had to get off the scooter slowly as I had a hard time believing that I was unscathed. About this time a county deputy sheriff, who was on his way to work, pulled up and took charge. The deputy made out a report as I looked over the scoot. I determined it was drivable and asked the deputy, a former goldwing rider, if he thought it would be OK if I drove it to a dealer without a front light. He seemed to think it would be OK, so I did after calling my wife and asking her to pick me up at the dealer. On the way in to pick me up my wife said she saw the deer along side the road. Later she told me after dropping me off at work she went by the accident site again and the deer was gone. Me thinks vultures drive pickup trucks these days.
Eight days later I find out the scoot suffered $3047 USD damage. Oh well so much for my riding season.
to TMW.