What have you hit with your bike..??

When I was 15, a Ford Pinto turned left, (not from the turn lane, but the inside straight lane) into the path of my CL-100 Honda going about45 mph, I hit him at about a 45° angle right in the left headlight, I flew up and over and slid up under a big truck sitting at the light. The first thing I thought was "I sure hope he saw me" the driver was the first to me. Totalled my Honda, but ripped the front end off the Pinto. My Bell helmet saved my life, landed on my head and right arm, cracked my wrist and destroyed my helmet. Won't even ride around a parking lot without a helmet
 
Three deer two dogs and many little birds. Only one of the deer knocked me down and none of the dogs, killed them all. Hopefully that is enough for a lifetime.
The little birds are almost all in the central Washington state area they seem to make a effort to fly in front of you.
 
maddog13 said:
Three deer two dogs and many little birds. Only one of the deer knocked me down and none of the dogs, killed them all. Hopefully that is enough for a lifetime.
The little birds are almost all in the central Washington state area they seem to make a effort to fly in front of you.
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Man I thought it was something personal when I road out that way. Birds do make an effort to beat you across the road. Nailed a few myself.
 
No wildlife. Did pick up one those large ratcheting straps that you see on some semi’s. Rode right over it on the freeway. It got hooked on my center stand. Didn’t notice it until I pulled into local gas station. It clipped the gas pump island and gave a little tug. After getting off the bike, noticed what it was. It occurred to me how blessed I was. That could of been quite the ordeal if it wrapped around one my wheels. Guess God wasn’t done with me here yet.
 
Last week, I clipped a coyote who took that moment to blast across the road. Still don't know how I missed t-boning it. Must have had another gear....
 
Half of a box spring for a king bed at almost 70 MPH on my norton. I did not go down and the driver stoped to make sure i was ok. He got a ticket and I finished my ride. It did destroy the headlight assembly along with the speedo, tack and there mounting cups.
 
Hard to believe . . . I missed this thread all these years! Tales of survival . . . what a great read!

- B-52 sized buzzard, last to leave a middle of the road feast, barely got off the ground before we met. Stuffed to capacity. Broke the windshield metal mounts and gore and strips of meat everywhere!
- Black bear on the BRP, taller on all fours than my headlights. Killed my 2007 ST and my Roadcrafter suit and broke my ankle. Have a baggy with bear hair that embedded in the tire rim.
- guard rail in AR after gravel in road. Dislocated hip . . . repaired. Bike repaired with parts, time and effort (thank you Padden), 2nd Roadcrafter suit totaled.
- Small deer in Maine. Busted lights and plastic on left side . . . duct taped together and rallied on. No sign of the deer.
- Very large deer in Mass. 10 hours after the one in Maine. Cut it in half on the interstate. Killed the 2008 ST. Stayed upright, lots of gore, and both rider sides black and blue from deer halves striking as they bounced off.
- Lots of small birds, seemed like a 100 or so flushed outta the grass on a NM early morning, zig zagging down the road to fake me out . . . didn't.
- Several rabbits on a lonely Texas road just after dusk. Came over a rise and saw what looked like hundreds of little lights on and along the road. Rabbit eye reflections. Is there such a thing as a herd of rabbits?
- Squirrels, snake and a possum.

( Whispering . . . nothing new since I switched bike brands from Honda to Yamaha. So far Mother Nature hasn't re-identified me yet.)
Shuey
 
My buddy ran over the hind end of a ground hog.It was pulling itself across the road on it’s front paws. l swerved a bit to run over it’s head to put it out of it’s misery.Another reason to ride in staggered formation.All in front of several Amish women pedestrians.
 
Shuey said:
Hard to believe . . . I missed this thread all these years! Tales of survival . . . what a great read!

- B-52 sized buzzard, last to leave a middle of the road feast, barely got off the ground before we met. Stuffed to capacity. Broke the windshield metal mounts and gore and strips of meat everywhere!
- Black bear on the BRP, taller on all fours than my headlights. Killed my 2007 ST and my Roadcrafter suit and broke my ankle. Have a baggy with bear hair that embedded in the tire rim.
- guard rail in AR after gravel in road. Dislocated hip . . . repaired. Bike repaired with parts, time and effort (thank you Padden), 2nd Roadcrafter suit totaled.
- Small deer in Maine. Busted lights and plastic on left side . . . duct taped together and rallied on. No sign of the deer.
- Very large deer in Mass. 10 hours after the one in Maine. Cut it in half on the interstate. Killed the 2008 ST. Stayed upright, lots of gore, and both rider sides black and blue from deer halves striking as they bounced off.
- Lots of small birds, seemed like a 100 or so flushed outta the grass on a NM early morning, zig zagging down the road to fake me out . . . didn't.
- Several rabbits on a lonely Texas road just after dusk. Came over a rise and saw what looked like hundreds of little lights on and along the road. Rabbit eye reflections. Is there such a thing as a herd of rabbits?
- Squirrels, snake and a possum.

( Whispering . . . nothing new since I switched bike brands from Honda to Yamaha. So far Mother Nature hasn't re-identified me yet.)
Shuey
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phew... sounds like you're on a war-path with nature there... ;)

I keep fighting the cagers, had another encounter with a 4-wheeler Sept 2021...
unclear who hit who there... the whole thing went slow, walking speed, like a parking lot tip-over...
Looked worse as it actually was, pannier hanger rail broken, license holder, cable of IceLink iPod-interface torn...

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Shuey said:
Hard to believe . . . I missed this thread all these years! Tales of survival . . . what a great read!

- B-52 sized buzzard, last to leave a middle of the road feast, barely got off the ground before we met. Stuffed to capacity. Broke the windshield metal mounts and gore and strips of meat everywhere!
- Black bear on the BRP, taller on all fours than my headlights. Killed my 2007 ST and my Roadcrafter suit and broke my ankle. Have a baggy with bear hair that embedded in the tire rim.
- guard rail in AR after gravel in road. Dislocated hip . . . repaired. Bike repaired with parts, time and effort (thank you Padden), 2nd Roadcrafter suit totaled.
- Small deer in Maine. Busted lights and plastic on left side . . . duct taped together and rallied on. No sign of the deer.
- Very large deer in Mass. 10 hours after the one in Maine. Cut it in half on the interstate. Killed the 2008 ST. Stayed upright, lots of gore, and both rider sides black and blue from deer halves striking as they bounced off.
- Lots of small birds, seemed like a 100 or so flushed outta the grass on a NM early morning, zig zagging down the road to fake me out . . . didn't.
- Several rabbits on a lonely Texas road just after dusk. Came over a rise and saw what looked like hundreds of little lights on and along the road. Rabbit eye reflections. Is there such a thing as a herd of rabbits?
- Squirrels, snake and a possum.

( Whispering . . . nothing new since I switched bike brands from Honda to Yamaha. So far Mother Nature hasn't re-identified me yet.)
Shuey
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You need the witness protection plan.
 
Not so much what I hit, but what hit me. Riding on 183 in Irving Texas, I'm going east, a gravel hauler going west, has a rock about the size of a golf ball fall off, it bounces up and over the center median, I see it, it's heading straight at my face, I duck, and it hits me about an 1½ above my helmet visor. Hits me so hard, I see stars, and almost fall, somehow I managed to get stopped on the shoulder of the road, get off and just about pass out. I sat on the ground next to my Honda, and a few minutes later an Irving police car stopped to check on me. He let me set in his car for about a ½ hour. There was a hole in my Bell helmet the size of a nickel
Twice in my life a Bell helmet saved it
I was going around 70, and imagine the truck going as fast, rock had to be going over 100 compared to me. I see people ride without helmets and think, I would have been dead if not for my Bell
 
Biggest damned Dragonfly I have ever seen. Visor up, sunglasses on (Prescription) coming over the pass on Highway 26 just before Government Camp on Mount Hood. Got me right between the eyes. It felt like I'd hit a bird. Two black eyes, and a ruined pair of glasses. I saw the damned thing right before it struck me (or I struck it, depending on your perspective...) Spattered bug guts all over my face.
Got stung by a bee once while riding too. I carry an Epi-Pen just for those occasions. One in my messenger bag and one in the locking fairing pocket. I am never without one.
Oh yeah...
On my first 400 Four, I killed a guy on a 750 Four.
He ran a red, I hit him broadside. We both flew off our bikes, he hit a light pole with his unhelmeted head, I landed on a curb and broke my L1-L2 vertebrae. I ordered my second 400F from a hospital bed while in traction...
The other guy was so high his blood had street value... Probably never felt the impacts.
 
I once had a wasp appear crawling across the visor inside my full face helmet when I was riding. I opened the visor but I can tell you this, the ten seconds it took me to stop and get the helmet off were the longest ten seconds of my life! I didn't get stung. How it got in there I do not know. Not something I want to experience again.
 
ToddC said:
This is a side thread of the bird strike...

Tell us what you have hit with any bike you have been on

I'll STart


Cat in 1980 on a CB900C. Front tire across cat mid section at 35 mph. Cat ran and I was fine.

Grouse 2009 V65 Sabre. Flew from ditch and caught rear tire. Following biker was sprayed with feathers.

That's all I hope ....

T
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ToddC said:
This is a side thread of the bird strike...

Tell us what you have hit with any bike you have been on

I'll STart


Cat in 1980 on a CB900C. Front tire across cat mid section at 35 mph. Cat ran and I was fine.

Grouse 2009 V65 Sabre. Flew from ditch and caught rear tire. Following biker was sprayed with feathers.

That's all I hope ....

T
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ToddC said:
This is a side thread of the bird strike...

Tell us what you have hit with any bike you have been on

I'll STart


Cat in 1980 on a CB900C. Front tire across cat mid section at 35 mph. Cat ran and I was fine.

Grouse 2009 V65 Sabre. Flew from ditch and caught rear tire. Following biker was sprayed with feathers.

That's all I hope ....

T
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Does this count ???? I did not do this but my youngest son did.... he had never ridden a Can Am Spyder
he jumped on and grabbed a hand full of throttle and away he went, right through the fire doors of my shop.
strangely enough he was not injured and the Spyder only had vary minor damage but the shop cost $22K to put back in order
plus the loss of business for about a week doing custom motorcycle seats..... That's what I do.
 
RichKat said:
Not so much what I hit, but what hit me. Riding on 183 in Irving Texas, I'm going east, a gravel hauler going west, has a rock about the size of a golf ball fall off, it bounces up and over the center median, I see it, it's heading straight at my face, I duck, and it hits me about an 1½ above my helmet visor. Hits me so hard, I see stars, and almost fall, somehow I managed to get stopped on the shoulder of the road, get off and just about pass out. I sat on the ground next to my Honda, and a few minutes later an Irving police car stopped to check on me. He let me set in his car for about a ½ hour. There was a hole in my Bell helmet the size of a nickel
Twice in my life a Bell helmet saved it
I was going around 70, and imagine the truck going as fast, rock had to be going over 100 compared to me. I see people ride without helmets and think, I would have been dead if not for my Bell
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Roy Richter was a personal friend of my father's; so I knew him when I was a kid. Mom and dad were a sports car rally champion team and they knew him from the circuit I guess. Hell of a guy. I rode my bike down to see Dad once and Roy saw me wearing a cheap Grand Auto helmet... A few weeks later a full Bell kit arrived via UPS. I had a Bell Arrow that I dearly loved back in '12, but an OTJ accident put an end to riding for awhile, and they don't make that helmet now. Never had to buy Cragar rims either...
I've hit birds. (A black bird, a crow, and a duck) had a HUGE dragonfly hit me right between the eyes coming over Mount Hood one evening, got two black eyes, and an infection in one eye. Hit by a Bee, started going into shock and stabbed myself with an epi-pen. Sat there in the shade for a few hours at the rest stop in Williams on I-5 north letting my pulse rate get back to normal... CHP gave me a ticket for parking wrong...
Oh, yeah, and a crap load of beer cans and a few fish when a boat being towed in the opposite direction flipped over as I was going west on 99W here in Oregon. That one took out my left side turn signal on my Vetter Quicksilver fairing, and lastly, a damned full sized Stihl chain saw fell from a landscape truck and I hit it (Does that count?)
 
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