Bird strike

GREENI3 · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Nov 2010 Karma :

Going along a dual carriageway this evening, and a bird managed to fly into my bike! Shocked

Must have been doing 50/60 up hill, when all of a sudden I see this massive falcon/hawk take off from the verge and fly across the road and hit the front end.

Was bracing myself for the bike to lose control and me coming off, but luckily it missed the front wheel and hit the engine instead.
Although it seems in the split second the bird was in contact with the bike, it managed to empty the contents of it's bowel all over the engine. Now there's baked on bird shit on the casing and coolant pipes. Laughing

Cool story bro and all that.

Valentino Mossy · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Jul 2003 Karma :

Ewww... have fun picking bits out of your engine Sick

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Ja7 · Crazy Courier Joined: 10 Nov 2012 Karma :

That is a cool story could of been worse,

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I hit a bird at speed. My mate who was following me said I just disappeared in a huge cloud of feathers.

A couple of weeks later, he started to notice a funny smell.

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krarkol · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Oct 2012 Karma :

That made me laugh stinkwheel Laughing

I had a birdstrike the 3rd day I got the bandit. Pheasants are known round here to do a suicide run across the road then start flying right in front of the bike.

Smashed the flyscreen into a gazillion pieces and bent the clocks forward and also bounced off my lid. Found it rather amusing if anything Laughing

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barrkel · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jul 2012 Karma :

I hit a pigeon with my helmet at about 25mph in London.

Pigeons are heavier than you think, even at that low a speed, you would not want to hit them going much faster. And they stink.
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krarkol · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Oct 2012 Karma :

I was going about 50-60 when I was hit, even the glancing blow felt like I'd been hit with a brick
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Nov 2012 Karma :

It's only a matter of time before I run over - or am flown into by - a pheasant. There are approximately 5 trillion of them round here - they are hand-reared then freed to roam the surrounding fields where they're picked off with shotguns. It's really good fun, blowing fuck out of these splendid creatures - all of which have been trained to walk towards humans, expecting to be fed. A blast from a 12 bore will see them explode in blood and feathers. Gotta love it.
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ocatoro · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2012 Karma :

i hit a bird on the h100 one day, well, he hit me on the shoulder... i was astonished i was going fast enough to be perfectly honest.
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_Troy_ · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Feb 2011 Karma :

I've hit a pigeon at around 80, head on in the face. Luckily I saw it coming so could brace, but I still had to pull onto the hard shoulder to get my breath back. The driver in the car next to me looked more terrified than I was Mr. Green

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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

I punched a sparrow to death whilst doing about 70.
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P.addy · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

R1 Vs Owl

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Pol Anorl · Banned Joined: 13 Apr 2010 Karma :

I got hit by some retarded bird, got me in the chest at like 40mph, i carried on riding and didn't make a thread about it.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Nov 2012 Karma :

I scowled at a jay once - not sure it saw me though as visor was a bit dirty. Confused

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yaigi · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jul 2012 Karma :

Another thread I really wish I hadn't clicked on Sick

Poor birds.

You know, a friend once told me that if a bird flies into your car (or bike I guess!) then the chances are highly likely that it was ill/on it's way out anyway as they are very unlikely to make such poor judgement when in top form..........

......... made me feel better anyway, even if I am coming to think it might not be quite true that Crying or Very sad

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Only ever done it in a car. Rows of bushes along a country road and it just flew out about 2 foot straight into me.

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https://plus.google.com/photos/108831583035343538783/albums/5815117504886436161?authkey=CJL4_IjRqPDGzwE

Sorry, have no idea how to post a picture into the message.
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Killer Rat · Trackday Trickster Joined: 23 May 2010 Karma :

I'm going to invest in better protection after reading this.

This should do the trick.

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