Ever hit a bird?
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RE: Ever hit a bird?
Yes, Today as a matter of fact. The little bastards must be attacking. On my way home from work, I was tooling along at about 70 and woosh, one just misses my head.Goes between my windshield and my glasses. Just about the time I get done emptying my shorts thru my pant leg I get whacked in the left knee by a good sized blackbird. Didn't get any beak action, thankfully. Still hurts a little. Think I killed the bird. If not I am pretty sure I knocked it out.
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RE: Ever hit a bird?
ORIGINAL: RetTop
From an earlier post
A Blue Heron (really big F...ing Bird) at about 65 MPH on a curve. Blew me right off the back of the bike. Succked big time.
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From an earlier post
A Blue Heron (really big F...ing Bird) at about 65 MPH on a curve. Blew me right off the back of the bike. Succked big time.
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Couple weeks back I took a bird about the size of a robin off the windshield....made one Helluva thunk, and scared the chit out of me and the backseater.Accidently hit the kill switch while moving? Move it back to run and drive on. You shouldnt get much of a bang, unless you have been opening the throttle, sucking extra fuel into the engine.
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RE: Ever hit a bird?
Before I tell my story, let me first say that the bird hit me, not the other way 'round. I was there first!
Not much to tell, really. This swallow came flying out at me from the side of the road and clobbered my windshield BAM! Left a big ol' smear that quickly dried in the summer heat and wind to a crusty glaze that took about 10 minutes and 6 wettings of a bandana at the nearest rest area to sponge off. Gross.
Not much to tell, really. This swallow came flying out at me from the side of the road and clobbered my windshield BAM! Left a big ol' smear that quickly dried in the summer heat and wind to a crusty glaze that took about 10 minutes and 6 wettings of a bandana at the nearest rest area to sponge off. Gross.
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From: Westminster Texas
RE: Ever hit a bird?
2 birds and a skunk so far this spring. It felt like I hit a football when I hit the skunk, but I saw what it was and although it was a wild ride for a second,I think Iwas too scared to go down anywhere close to that polecat so I kept it upright and speeding away
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RE: Ever hit a bird?
I was gonna tell about my experience with the Red Tail Hawk last summer while on the Natchez Trace Parkway, but after OldFinderGuy weighed in...I have to bow to the experience...
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RE: Ever hit a bird?
Many moons ago and late at night on the way home from work, hit two bats. Hit me in the chest. I guess they were doing the old hokey-pokey and didn't see the light coming at them. I about crapped my jeans, but didn't get hurt. I got a windshield after that. Now have my own batwing.
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RE: Ever hit a bird?
thx forthe replys about the kill-switch that's a worry off my mind.
but this bird-hit thing is a whole other matter.
Wow...a Blue Heron! A Blue Jay... I would think even a sparrow at highway speeds would get your attention.
Glad I got a windshield.
Q. What's the last thing that goes through a bugs mind when it hits your windshield?
Ans. It's ***.
but this bird-hit thing is a whole other matter.
Wow...a Blue Heron! A Blue Jay... I would think even a sparrow at highway speeds would get your attention.
Glad I got a windshield.
Q. What's the last thing that goes through a bugs mind when it hits your windshield?
Ans. It's ***.
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RE: Ever hit a bird?
I've hit a few over the years. The last one was a friggin' seagull in southern Ca. Luckily he caught the headlight and the windshield. If he would have hit my head he would probably have taken it off.
RE: Ever hit a bird?
Long before I had my Harley I rode dirt bikes when I was a kid. Now I wouldnt believe this story if I hadn't been there and done it. There was a motorcycle trail that ran down next to an old pond at a friends house when we were kids. Well as most ponds do, the ducks and geese would hang around down there in the summer time and run about when we would go by on our bikes.
Here's where it gets funny, one day we were out for a ride and were trucking along pretty well and we went down the hill to loop around the pond and a freaking mallard duck ran into my front wheel - getting his head through the spokes of my 125 and whipping him up into the brake calipers nearly taking his head off. Talk about an all-that-is-holy-god-damned-mess on your hands...needless to say it scared the **** out of me. Looking back on it, it was probably one of the funniest things I have ever seen.
Here's where it gets funny, one day we were out for a ride and were trucking along pretty well and we went down the hill to loop around the pond and a freaking mallard duck ran into my front wheel - getting his head through the spokes of my 125 and whipping him up into the brake calipers nearly taking his head off. Talk about an all-that-is-holy-god-damned-mess on your hands...needless to say it scared the **** out of me. Looking back on it, it was probably one of the funniest things I have ever seen.