Squirrel got me dangley bits...

[mr.z]

Rideing allong earlyer following some traffic @40ish, and i see some road debris...

SPANG! something is ripped off the underside of the bike, and something twats my leg (woo for sidi boots, still got the top of my foot though) But it wasn't exactly a great idea to be looking down at whats going on, it was still going there was no weird noises... so i stop when i get chance.


It turns out the faring trim stuff (plastic stuff held on with only by claspy force of the metal inside) was dangleing down slightly, this caught the object in the road riping the trim off the entre lower faring (a bit over a meters worth)

The trim had be cause by a tree rat, it was allready dead, it had no head and had been half skinned by the metal infused doom that was the dangley bit...


Certainly made me twitch, could have easyely wraped itself arround the wheel...

Allways make sure your dangley bits are secure before you go for a ride!
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[bigdazz]

Could of been worse my mate wiped out his zx9r at 80 mph when he hit a dead rabit, his bike had lots of dangly bits when i pulled it out of the hedge.

[Vespa]

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[mr.z]

[Jack_Cheese]

had my first wasp encounter t'other day. It bounced off my jacket, up into my helmet, at which point i decided to blow on it to "shoo" it away. I then noticed the yellow and black stripes and proceeded to pebbledash my undergarments whilst opening visor/removing helmet/stopping/indicating/turning onto the pavement. Was rather exciting actually...

Jack
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[Rookie]

Driving along at about 100 on the motorway on the way to Alton Towers, I see a bird come along from the right, most likely a sparrow, whack! Hit the windscreen just under the windscreen wiper and gets hooked there. Half in shock and half laughing our asses off, the bird finally lets go (not of life, it died on impact) and rolled up over the back of the car and onto the ground behind us.


Just a fun story!

[Jack_Cheese]

Bet you were glad you didnt ride there

Jack
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[mr.z]

Just remeinded me...

A mates zxr400 starts perfoming badly totaly out of the blue, one minute fine, next minute its running like crap...

On closer observation one of the air scoops is blocked... Its got a sparrow in it, they pull out the dead bird after takeing it all appart... Bike runs 100% again...




Got stung on the face last year, same thing happened with me.. wasps are shit.
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[Rookie]

[bigdazz]

Mr Z
Do you live in a safari park or something?

changing the subject i saw a cx 500 turbo yesterday it was mint.
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[Jack_Cheese]

Should i be worried that the visor on my nitro reads "not warranted shatter proof" ?

Jack
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[stinkwheel]

I've had a sparrow hit me in the shoulder at three figure speeds, I probably wouldn't have noticed if it hadn't have been for the cloud of feathers.

Small birds weigh so little, they aren't going to do much damage. It is the wood pigeons that worry me. I reckon one of them would be quite sore at speed.
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[mr.z]

Bloody bastard idiot phesants worry me, stupid damn things... can think of 3 near misses with them!

bigdazz - Nope, must be my animal magnatism

Turbo? >sniff< I'd really love one, by the time i could afford it they will be rarer than they are now (they are a bit complex too)
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[Rookie]

About 6 of those visit our house every year for a few months.
I'll keep an eye out, and let you know!

[Tarmacsurfer]

[kb-zxr]

Seagulls feel heavy, specially when they hit you in the left hand whilst going round a corner, causing you to engage the clutch, then drop the clutch again almost instantly

[MalcolmT]

We get allsorts of stuff wandering about the roads.
Buck, donkeys, motherless locals on pushbikes pedaling along the motorway, etc.
I’ve dodged the odd tortoise, a couple of years ago while in Zimbabwe we had to do a quick u-turn to avoid elephants.

[Section59]

A bird kamikazed into the front wheel of my C-90 (It was legal, before you ask, although it was stripped for off-road use..) when i was about 15, all i saw was a big cloud of feathers..

Was kinda funny actually, one min im happily riding along, the next, BOOM, feathers everywhere..

Went back to see if it was still alive, and found it in about 10 peices.. Was my first propper "road" kill i was so proud!

[McGee]

Never hit any thing on a bike but when it comes to cars. im still notchin up phesant kills think its like 13. First one got me hooked MUAHAHAHA even aimed for a whole family once till my girl friend screamed.............


Actually i have 5 kills they all committed suicide i beep the horn they walked right in to my path.
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[tribal_tiger]

Never hit anything live on the bike but I have managed to run over something that was already dead. It has about half a badger, those things are MASSIVE!! I think I even managed to get some air!

Slippery though
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