Colliding with wildlife
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I killed a bird last week, it just came out of a hedge row and bounced off my screen. Fortunately there was no damage to me or my bike 
I hit a deer at 60mph on an RD250LC back in 1988. Pitch black night and the dam thing jumped out of the hedgerow 20 meters in front of me. Hardly had time to hit the brakes before the front wheel went between his legs, the headlamp hit his body, and I shot over the bars landing/bouncing along the grass verge. Got up without a scratch, which was more than could be said of the deer... Venison anyone?
Buddy of mine hit a deer & bizarrely somehow due to the angle of the impact due to him being banked over on a bend & not hanging about it was sort of side on.
Odd as it seems we think he ripped open the deers guts with the bars & then pretty much fell inside the deer!
I know it sounds a bit mad- but he came off at a pretty good speed & yet didnt damage himself at all!- bike was totalled tho, & he got up drenched in hot blood & guts convinced he was about to die & it was his inards hanging out- but it was the deers!
Odd as it seems we think he ripped open the deers guts with the bars & then pretty much fell inside the deer!
I know it sounds a bit mad- but he came off at a pretty good speed & yet didnt damage himself at all!- bike was totalled tho, & he got up drenched in hot blood & guts convinced he was about to die & it was his inards hanging out- but it was the deers!
iguana said:
Buddy of mine hit a deer & bizarrely somehow due to the angle of the impact due to him being banked over on a bend & not hanging about it was sort of side on.
Odd as it seems we think he ripped open the deers guts with the bars & then pretty much fell inside the deer!
I know it sounds a bit mad- but he came off at a pretty good speed & yet didnt damage himself at all!- bike was totalled tho, & he got up drenched in hot blood & guts convinced he was about to die & it was his inards hanging out- but it was the deers!
I can imagine a dirty pants moment in the dark just come off and covered in guts.
A friend of mine hit a Deer at nigh on 90mph - he flew over the top and bounced, his bike went under a Volvo and bounced back out, writing both vehicles off. The Deer legged it unfortunately. It was right outside a deer sanctuary apparently so if he could have proved it was an escaped inmate, he may have got some cash.
I hit a rabbit the other week. 
Not as manly as a deer but hey ho.
The cheeky fecker changed his mind halfway across the road and ran into my front wheel. If he had kept going the way he planned at first he would have been safely making bunnies just now instead of just another piece of roadkill.
Not as manly as a deer but hey ho. The cheeky fecker changed his mind halfway across the road and ran into my front wheel. If he had kept going the way he planned at first he would have been safely making bunnies just now instead of just another piece of roadkill.
I once hit a squirrel going up the back straight at brands hatch on a practice day. I was doing around 130 when I went straight over it. You'd think a squirrel living at the woods at brands would realise the closing speed of noisy vehicles might be rather brisk. Oh well, thick dead squirrel. (or thin dead squirrel, lol)
Like DennisTheMenace I hit a pigeon while at three figures. I was convinced it had broken my shoulder. Thankfully the shoulder armour in jacket dispersed the impact.
Pigeons are a real menace for me at certain times of year. They stand about on the road just after dawn and are really dopey. Then just as I approach them on the bike they decide to fly straight into my path.
Pigeons are a real menace for me at certain times of year. They stand about on the road just after dawn and are really dopey. Then just as I approach them on the bike they decide to fly straight into my path.
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