scuba77
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Post by scuba77 on Jun 28, 2018 10:35:07 GMT -7
Luckily nothing major I hope.
In my case: 1 bird to the helmet 1 bird to the chest 1 bat landed on me at a stoplight while going to work at night. Since I wear textile and gloves I just gently pulled it off me and let it go. 1 mid size dog that was already road kill, the heavy cruiser cut it in half And...Enough bugs in Ga to make my jacket look like a shag carpet.
Debris and tar snakes are another story....
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daveinwoodland
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Post by daveinwoodland on Jun 28, 2018 11:21:29 GMT -7
1. Bird
2. Small boulder right in the apex of a corner in the mountains (worse one)
3. So many skunks and other roadkill it's hard to count (I live in a fairly rural area)
4. Numerous 2x4 pieces for some reason
The boulder was the worst out of all of them, had to replace a bottom fairing piece on my then Concours 14
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Post by evitzee on Jun 28, 2018 14:30:26 GMT -7
Last year I was driving a familiar road when all of a sudden a wild turkey came out of the brush on the left side, wings flapping madly as he tried to gain flight. They are terrible flyers in the best of circumstances so he never made it off the ground. I hit him right in front of the faux air intake on the left side. It was a freak hit as his neck (instantly broken) got wedged between the frame and air intake plastics. I tried to kick him off to no avail so in about 1/4 mile I pulled over and had to yank hard five or six times to dislodge him, he was really wedged in there. He tweaked the plastics a bit and bent the grill on the intake but otherwise no real damage. The air intake now sits about 5 mm away from the frame but you can't really notice it unless you are looking for it. Amazingly the carcass was hanging in contact with the left turn signal but it was completely undamaged. It could have been a lot worse if he would have gotten wedged behind the front fender and the radiator as there is only an inch or so of clearance so I count myself lucky. I estimate he was about 10 lbs. Have not seen another wild turkey in that area since.
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fastback89
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Post by fastback89 on Jun 28, 2018 18:30:57 GMT -7
I'm sorry to laugh a little about the turkey but that is a great story, glad you didn't get hurt
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Post by RedAndBlack on Jun 28, 2018 20:09:09 GMT -7
I have a thing with collecting wasps as I'm riding. I have been stung so many times. Had one hit me in the eyebrow once at low speed with my visor open as we were stuck in slow moving traffic. Figured the impact killed him or he bounced off. God was I wrong. 5 minutes later I feel what feels like someone putting a cigar out in the back of my head. That fucker crawled all the way to the back of my helmet and stung my ass.
Not too long ago while in the canyons and kind of tucked over, I mustve caught another wasp right into the neck of my leathers. He got stuck somewhere in my chest area and started stinging the shit out of me. Got stung multiple times. Just sitting there trying to get the bike stopped taking sting after sting.
Other than that, haven't had any crashed on the street. Had 3 crashes at the track. One my collarbone got shattered and I needed surgery. Caught a bad deal to which a rider, one rider ahead of me, ran out of gas and I locked up the breaks trying to stop coming out of a turn. I was still at lean so it didn't take much to put me on the ground.
I attribute my lack of street incidents to my track riding and how I practice emergency braking often. Went to Jason Pridmores Star school which changed the way I shift gears and brake and I have become a very skilled trail braker. Braking is such an underrated skill. So many riders cannot bring the bike to a quick, upright stop in an emergency braking situation. My skill in braking has helped me avoid so many bad incidents.
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dustycoyote
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Post by dustycoyote on Jun 28, 2018 21:21:53 GMT -7
I did a little 2300 miles road trip to Colorado 2 weeks ago and almost got decapitated by a awning that broke loose from a 35 foot camper, because it wasn't secured properly. I was traveling at about 70mph on my FZ-10 and my wife was behind me riding her MotoGuzzi V7 and I suppose the big diesel pickup truck pulling the camper was going the same speed approaching in the oncoming lane. It was very windy that day and we had a heavy crosswind. The trailer was maybe 400 feet away when I noticed his sunshade ( which is attached to the right side of the trailer) appearing over the trailer and blowing up like a para shoot causing so much force, that it ripped out the whole sunshade role and all metal attachments shortly after. So, for just a couple of seconds, the 6 inch aluminum sunshade role and metal arms stretched across both lanes of traffic and more. They were fluctuating in height between one and three feet above the road and approaching us at a combined closing speed of about 140mph or 205 feet per second. Not a lot of time to do anything other than holding on to my handlebar and backing of the throttle and prepare for impact. Luckily, the big aluminum roll must have dropped to the ground right before hitting my front wheel. I hit it perfectly perpendicular and drove right over it. It was a big impact, but the forks and the shock did their job. My forks compressed to about 3/4 of an inch before bottoming out. I had some zip tie attached. I was worried about the front rim being bent or the tire being damaged, and pulled over immediately. Thankfully my wife made it over the role and metal bars to without crashing.
None of the bikes were damaged which I could not believe. My wife was very shaken because she did see the whole thing riding behind me and for a split second thought that I would get hurt or worse. A 10th of second decided the outcome here, and we got the best case scenario.
The driver pulling the camper pulled over to check on us ,was freaked out and glad to see us not hurt, but I was to pissed to really talk to him. He claims he secured is sunshade properly and got hit really hard by a mini tornado. Either way, nobody got hurt. |
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ek5425
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Post by ek5425 on Jun 28, 2018 22:00:48 GMT -7
I get a lot of empty cardboard boxes and tumbleweeds when the Santa Ana winds are blowing in Southern California.
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Post by RedAndBlack on Jun 29, 2018 0:04:40 GMT -7
I get a lot of empty cardboard boxes and tumbleweeds when the Santa Ana winds are blowing in Southern California. Oh yeaaaaa! Forgot to mention that! I hit a tumbleweed during Santa Ana's .Thing was huge and with an oncoming car in the other lane, I had to opt to go through it. Was doing about 90 and I was proud of myself to get it down to almost 20 without ABS even kicking in. I released the brakes before I hit and it still caused my rear tire to come off of the ground .Blew that thing into pieces. It was huge, about chest high. |
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scuba77
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Post by scuba77 on Jun 29, 2018 5:36:35 GMT -7
I have a thing with collecting wasps as I'm riding. ...
I suspect your vocabulary or colorful metaphors increased quite a bit...
Been bit myself but luckily not as many times though.
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scuba77
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Post by scuba77 on Jun 29, 2018 5:39:37 GMT -7
I get a lot of empty cardboard boxes and tumbleweeds when the Santa Ana winds are blowing in Southern California. Oh yeaaaaa! Forgot to mention that! I hit a tumbleweed during Santa Ana's .Thing was huge and with an oncoming car in the other lane, I had to opt to go through it. Was doing about 90 and I was proud of myself to get it down to almost 20 without ABS even kicking in. I released the brakes before I hit and it still caused my rear tire to come off of the ground .Blew that thing into pieces. It was huge, about chest high. One of my biggest PITA thoughts is being hit by a plastic bag and have it stick and melt onto my pipes |
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scuba77
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Post by scuba77 on Jun 29, 2018 5:41:48 GMT -7
Last year I was driving a familiar road when all of a sudden a wild turkey came out of the brush on the left side, wings flapping madly as he tried to gain flight. They are terrible flyers in the best of circumstances so he never made it off the ground. I hit him right in front of the faux air intake on the left side. It was a freak hit as his neck (instantly broken) got wedged between the frame and air intake plastics. I tried to kick him off to no avail so in about 1/4 mile I pulled over and had to yank hard five or six times to dislodge him, he was really wedged in there. He tweaked the plastics a bit and bent the grill on the intake but otherwise no real damage. The air intake now sits about 5 mm away from the frame but you can't really notice it unless you are looking for it. Amazingly the carcass was hanging in contact with the left turn signal but it was completely undamaged. It could have been a lot worse if he would have gotten wedged behind the front fender and the radiator as there is only an inch or so of clearance so I count myself lucky. I estimate he was about 10 lbs. Have not seen another wild turkey in that area since. Sorry, chuckled too a bit. Was it during hunting season? |
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scuba77
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Post by scuba77 on Jun 29, 2018 5:42:52 GMT -7
1. Bird 2. Small boulder right in the apex of a corner in the mountains (worse one) 3. So many skunks and other roadkill it's hard to count (I live in a fairly rural area) 4. Numerous 2x4 pieces for some reason The boulder was the worst out of all of them, had to replace a bottom fairing piece on my then Concours 14 How do you like your FZ compared to the Connie? |
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scuba77
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Post by scuba77 on Jun 30, 2018 5:00:59 GMT -7
Glad all of you have not hit anything that made you loose your cool or control!!
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