today i was riding and bird was sitting in road. the bird flew straight up in the air then hit me right above the visor. felt more like a glancing blow. has anyone else been hit by a bird?
A guy on the old BeginnerBikes.com hit a buzzard a year or so ago :o
almost hit a pelican on a jet ski once
I have had 2 near misses in the last 2 weeks.
Man, I can't IMAGINE hitting a buzzard, God, such a big NASTY bird.
I almost got puked on by one. Argh... I cringe when I think about it. The bastard took off from the side of the road as I approached and this yellow putrid looking liquid was streaming out of his mouth as he flew TOWARDS me. Luckily, he turned at the last second going back across the street. Argh!
I've come about a foot from nailing birds, maybe 50ft from a deer, inches from dogs. I got hit square in the faceshield by a "Junebug". It's a GIANT green beetle about 1 inch in diameter. It hit like a bullet and left a smear that almost blinded me.
I've repressed the close calls from cars.
Oh, speaking of close calls on the water. This is a HIT. A friend of mine and I were whipping down a canal in S. FL. in a bass boat. We were doing at least 50-60mph. Anyway, a mullet jumps out of the water and nails Ernie right in the chest. I thought it was going to kill him. The fish didn't make it.
I got hit once by one of those HUGE grasshoppers, right in the neck! thats my kinda luck... im wearing a jacket, and a full face helmet and it hits my neck.... lol
luckily it was just a small bird, i thought the bird was going to make it over my head.
I almost hit a dog once, I was going down the road and this dog shoots out of this wooded area by a house and I have to brake hard and swerve. I have never been hit by a bird but i was stung on the neck by a wasp once, rolled up my arm and got stuck in the bottom of my helmet. I stopped right after to make sure it didnt start swelling abnormally so I woulndt pass out and fall off the bike. That would be bad
I have a bee story too... I was riding in S CA in the orange groves. I was doing like 80 and this bee somehow hits me just right and goes shooting up into my fullface helmet. I couldn't believe it! There I am doing 80 and I've got a pissed off bee flying around hitting me in the nose, the cheek, just bouncing around. I slowed as fast as I could (without disturbing the bee) and when I stopped I THREW off the helmet and ran away waving my arms around like a lunatic.
The next day I threw away the face shield and bought some goggles!
A friend of mine had a goose cross his path while he was out for a spin on his V-Max. Luckily, he was on surface streets and wasn't going very fast; it still partially knocked the wind out of him, and the bird was knocked cold and landed in the road. He hated to leave it there, so he stopped the bike and started to drag it out of the road (a full-grown goose is pretty sizeable). It wakes up as he's hauling it, and he has a goose fight on his hands that he finally manages to extricate himself from - I have to admit, I would have loved to have been there with my camera. :)
I took a bird in the chest last year at about 60 mph.
Last weekend I rode home to see my parents, and I'm pretty sure a bird crapped on my face shield while I was going 65. Not totally sure if it was bird poo or a bird poo colored bug, anyway it really sucked cause it was directly in front of my right eye.
I've hit birds with my car, and I've had close calls on my bike with birds. I did catch a junebug in the neck at about 70. I thought I was gonna die. I couldn't breath for about 30 sec. It SUCKED.
I also hit a dog once. I was some kind of pitbull mix and weighed about 80lbs.(I know this cause I dragged its carcass out of the road). Needless to say I didn't stay on the bike. The scariest part was when had just gotten myself and my bike off the street. This Camaro comes flying out of nowhere and hits the dog (which was lying in the lane I was occupying 10 sec. ago). The bastard must've been going 80 (it was a 45 zone).
thanks guys these stories made me laugh
keep up the good work
Quote from: joerocker... as I approached and this yellow putrid looking liquid was streaming out of his mouth as he flew TOWARDS me.
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:lol: I can picture that
Some of the appalling gunge that I have scraped off my screen has made me very grateful it was there.
Quote from: RoadstergalA friend of mine had a goose cross his path while he was out for a spin on his V-Max. Luckily, he was on surface streets and wasn't going very fast; it still partially knocked the wind out of him, and the bird was knocked cold and landed in the road. He hated to leave it there, so he stopped the bike and started to drag it out of the road (a full-grown goose is pretty sizeable). It wakes up as he's hauling it, and he has a goose fight on his hands that he finally manages to extricate himself from - I have to admit, I would have loved to have been there with my camera. :)
OMG! That is the funniest story!!!
I was hit on the cheek by a sparrow going about 60 mph. It knocked the HELL out of me. Didn't lose control but killed the birdie and put a huge welt on my cheek. I was also hit in the eye by an insect years ago while riding my old RD350 (I was wearing glasses and it whipped up from the bottom of the frames). My eye burned for days and I finally went to the doctor. He extracted the thorax and abdomen from my left eye. Literally plucked it out. I still can't stand a full helmet or goggles though. Not in this South Louisiana heat. It is unbearable. High humidity. Leather in the Summer here would be.......
EXTREMELY uncomfortable and almost unusable. I know I know.......
I'm stupid........but it gets blistering HOT here my brethren!
Man... the animal conspiracy against humans has finally targeted motorcyclists!
http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9681&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=duck+turkey
Suspicions confirmed! :mrgreen:
I completely ran over my cat once. I was leaving my house and she just runs across the street from the neghboor's house and I braked and let go of the brakes just as I run over her with my front tire (16" rim on my 315lbs SRX), she kinda felt like a speedbump, and then she got up and made it the rest of the way across the street before my rear tire got to where she way laying. I stopped and looked for her...nowhere to be found. Next day when she showed up, she was fine!
Clipped a small bird while riding with my brother behind me, he said that it looked like I hit a down pillow and the pillow exploded, except it was a smaller puff of feathers...
:o Scratch, I would be very afraid of your cat at this point!
couple weeks ago i caught a cardinal on my brake lever...
at least it looked like a cardinal at 80mph... the brake lever turned the bird inside out as it hit... splattering guts and feathers...
Quote from: Roadstergal:o Scratch, I would be very afraid of your cat at this point!
That's our beer drinking cat, he's too mellow...once we got him some catnip, he stuck his nose in the stuff, took a big, deep, and long breath and then bolted off...later that afternoon we saw him sitting in the backyard staring at the back fence...just sitting there...we watched him for about half an hour, commenting that it must be a really good movie he's watching...and then threw a rock nearby him...he just turned his head real slowly and looked at us...and then went back to watching the fence.
OK ... that might not have been catnip ... you get your stash misplaced again scratch ... :lol: :lol:
I hit something a few years ago ... and it was full of honey ... my friend decided to pick and eat it when we got to where we were going ... Luckily I had just cleaned the thing ... and didn't look forward to cleaning all that gooey mess off ... He said he's eaten helmet honey ... headlight honey... windshield honey ... before and headlight honey was the best ...
Cool.
Srinath.
had a bird hit me on 460 in Virginia at 60mph. I thought I got taken out by a 12 gauge. had a nice black an blue spot in my chest where it hit. hope to never feel that again
Quote from: seshadri_srinathHe said he's eaten helmet honey ... headlight honey... windshield honey ... before and headlight honey was the best ...
That sounds obscene. :lol:
so far i have been riding for about a month. I have hit a dead racoon at 120km/h, almost hit a bird directly in my face shield, and almost got my leg bit off by a giant Pitbull! :o Damn riding is fun! :mrgreen: