We just got home from our 3600 miles 10 day trip from Atlanta to Niagara Falls, Adirondacks of NY, Vermont New Hampshire and Bar Harbor Maine.

On Day 4 while riding to our hotel at dusk we were on Hwy 2 between Lunenberg VT. heading to Gorham NH for the night. I was leading on my Road King with my 14 year old son as passenger, my sister in law behind me on a Sportster 883, my wife behind her on a 1200 Sportster Custom and two other friends behind her. We rounded a turn at about 40 MPH and a large Moose was standing in the middle of the road straddling the center line. I ducked and swerved to the right passing under the Moose neck and nose, I yelled a warning to my wife and sister in law through our Bluetooth headsets. My sister in law was staggered to the right and passed right by the Moose on the right shoulder. My wife braked hard and was almost to a stop when the Moose ran towards her, lowered it's head and knocked her and her bike to the ground. The other two bikes were able to stop.

Because my wife was wearing a full face helmet and armored gear she was relatively uninjured. Her helmet struck the ground right on the chin bar and face shield. Thank goodness she was wearing a full face helmet. Vermont state police and the county sheriff came to the scene. My wife was transported to the hospital to be checked due to striking her head. She also has a broken pinkie finger. After several hours at the hospital she was released. The ride to the hotel at 130 AM was nerve racking. It was raining and the police and hospital staff told us that stretch of HWY 2 was very dangerous at night because of the Moose and bears. Not two miles from the hotel a large black bear ran across the road in front of my bike. I began to think that the wildlife was out to get us !

We were able to finish the trip with my wife following behind in a rental car. She was not happy about that but couldn't ride due to her broken finger and a broken toe. Her bike was also not in rideable condition and is still in New Hampshire waiting on the insurance adjuster to look at it.

We consider ourselves very lucky. I for one had no idea that the Moose were such a problem in that part of Vermont and New Hampshire but nearly everyone we spoke to had a moose incident story. I can't say enough about the people we met in Vermont and New Hampshire. Everyone that helped us from the state police to the county sheriff and he hospital staff were so nice and friendly. Also must mention the owners of the Mt. Madison Inn in Gorham New Hampshire who even though they were fully booked re arranged some things so we could stay an extra day until my wife felt like traveling again. We will definitely be returning again to Vermont and New Hampshire.

 

That's crazy. You guys did get lucky. Those things are enormous. Glad you're all okay.

 

Makes for a heck of unique crash story. Glad she wasn't seriously hurt, and glad she isn't done with riding from it.

 

Glad to hear that everyone is okay and that your wife was subject to only minor injuries; I hope her recovery is a speedy one.

Regarding the moose stories you heard from the locals... people often don't realize that moose can be pretty aggressive. They really don't have that outward appearance, but they can be mean!

 

Wow that's crazy! That's my old neck of the woods before the military, I was born and raised in Lancaster NH but our house was in Guildhall VT and then we moved to Lunenberg VT my last two years of high school. I'd guess since it's the only hospital in the area your wife must have went to the Lancaster one.

My mom mentioned last weekend when I called that there had been a motorcycle/moose accident, small world.
Glad to hear your wife is okay.

 

That's exactly what we heard from the locals. Aggressive, dumb and mean ! I had no idea.

 

Very glad to hear she is going to be Ok. I'm glad the helmet and gear was on to help.

 

Glad she's ok. My wife had an Elk run into the side of her Honda Pilot a couple years ago.

 

We have a lot of deer and elk here in Colorado and up in the mountains, a lot of moose.
Last year 2 people in cages were killed when their cars hit a moose.
I'm glad to hear everyone is okay in your group - sometimes you can't prevent an accident but when one happens, being properly protected sure does help.

 

Yup, I agree, that's pretty crazy, but also kinda cool, IMO. Glad your OL is OK, but come on, how many people can say that they've ever been "attacked" by a moose!