hit a BAT

Ok, me too, been there done that. At least there was no damage to you or the bike.

About 2 weeks ago I was cooking down a country road (around midnight) and I see a set of eyes to the right. I slowed then saw another, and another and another and another. A total of 7 raccoons ran in front of me in a staggered line. I looked like a slomon (sp?) skiier.

I missed them all and skipped 7 heartbeats.

JB
 
Some "a hole" tossed a shirt out of a jeep on the highway. Even a shirt hurts at about 120km/h. Good thing it didn't cover my visor.

Bet everyone has come across the CIGARETTE BUT!!
 
sat night i went out for a ride. all week the weather sucked **** and sat was the first time that the roads were dry.
i put on my leathers and went out to test my bikes redline.

i was buzzing along at around 120 when something hits my windscrean and than slams me in the upper chest. i think what the fu@k......i reached to my chest and grabbed a bat, for christ sake you think their bat scenses would have been sharp enough to avoid me. it was a bat since i saw a webbed wing.
i got home wipped the blood off my jacket.
next day i looked at the bike and the right side lower fairing was also coated in blood. i guess i got his friend also........
better a bat than bambie.........
 
I damn near got a cardinal with my helmet last week, damn glad I saw him in time to duck! Scared sh!t outta me too.
 
Two years ago I hit a purple martin at a 160 mph on my way to hallett. It's a bike track in central oklahoma. We were riding as a group when a hayabusa tried to pass me on my 1100xx. I took the xxer up there to see if I could out run the busa, hell there was no way to catch him. And 250.00 bucks later and a new headlight assy the bike was new again. When you think a little bird can run through a headlight like that, just think what it could do if it hit you about the height of the wind srceen. I think I burned up one of my nine lives. I do have a great picture to remember it by.
 
Heading out of San Diego going to the Ansa Borrego Desert to do some top speed runs on my '88 Hurricane.Had my jacket unzipped halfway and shirt unbuttoned a bit.A freakin' bee managed to get inside my shirt and started stinging me by my right arm pit.I must have been a sight pulling over that fast.undressing and stomping the heck outta my clothes and slapping myself about the chest.It sucked but I completed my mission.
B21
 
1990,HWY50,NEVADA,165MPH,2 ZX11'S,NO TRAFFIC,I'M IN FRONT, NOW REMEMBER YOUR COVERING ABOUT A FOOTBALL FIELD LENGTH PER SECOND,I SEE SOME SMALL BIRDS EATING ROAD KILL UP AHEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.I HEAD TOWARDS THEM, I'LL GO TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK,THEY'LL FLY AWAY TO THE OUTSIDE,LICKITY SPLIT I'M THERE,HOLY F*UCK THESE F*UCKERS ARE HUGE,THEY MOVE TO ESCAPE, THE FIRST ONE OPENS IT'S WINGS,S*HIT THERE SIX FEET ACROSS,I DUCK BEHIND MY WINDSCREEN WAITING FOR IMPACT...WHOOOSH..I FEEL A BRUSH OFF MY SHOULDER & HELMET, I LOOK IN MY SIDE MIRROR,THE BIRDS ARE DOING SUMMERSALTS, I SLOW DOWN, MY BUDDY CATCHES UP,YOU CRAZY F*UCK, THEY WOULD HAVE KNOCKED YOU CLEAN OFF YOUR BIKE,IF YOU HIT THEM,YOU KNOW HE'S RIGHT ,WHEW..
 
YIKES!!

Been there, done that Barry.

Had a bird dive in front of my RF two years ago. It's wing caught the mirror stalk, spun around once and slammed me in the chest at about 90 mph.

Looked like it was shot by a 12 gauge!! Feathers and blood and guts everywhere!!

State trooper (female) saw it hit me from opposite side of highway. I pulled over to catch by wind (knocked it right outta me!!) and she cut across the medium and came up to me and asked me if I was okay.

Nice lady, maybe all staties should be female!! :)

Never did find any "large" parts of the bird anywhere!! :)
 
Last year a bird flushed out of the roadside right into my shoulder at ~110mph. It felt like a major league pitcher had beaned me with a fastball. Fortunately I was fully suited. The guy riding behind me saw the incident and said the bird exploded in a cloud of feathers. Had it been a helmet shot I doubt seriously if I could've stayed on the bike. Glad you're okay, hope the bike's unscathed.
 
Seeing as we're talking about huntin' with a Busa... I got me a 20lb groundhog last month. RobBase can confirm my kill.

Bike didn't even wobble at impact.
 
I was out with a freind a few months back and in Iowa there is no helmat law he had his gril freind on the back of his bike we were crusing about 65 when a phasant flew up he ducked but it hit his gril freind right in the face broke her nose two black eys and had to get 22 stiches in her face
boy was she spitting feathers
 
Sorry but I'm LMFAO over the spittin feathers visual!!!

COF COF phleck spit spit!!!
 
I hit a bat once in Oregon, in 1983, it bounced off the face-shield of my helmet. It was night, of course. I was actually slowing down, was only going about 40. It was small, about the size of a robin, just went 'thump' off my helmet. I went back and it was lying there, dead on impact. They're pretty fragile.

I've also hit a crow, a jay, a mountain beaver,and a deer. Had near-misses with a porcupine and a horned owl. I'll choose anything but the deer.
 
I once kicked the head off a pheasant before.
I wasnt on a bike, just did it for a laugh! :)
Well you lot started this sick conversation........I will kill again
 
BEWARE of riding behing 18-wheelers. I was riding in my car on the PA turnpike and all of the sudden I heard this unbelievable bang. I thought I blew my engine. Scared the sh*t out of me! Turns out, the truck ahead of me flung a rock at me at a hypersonic speed. Big hole in my windshield. Imagine if it was your head!
 
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