I hit the road every time the sun comes out, does that count? LOL
What have you hit with your bike..??
- Thread starter ToddC
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Only ever hit one thing that I can recall,,, and it was with my ST13, on it's first ride of any length. An empty metal bucket with a handle and a good deal of taper from top to bottom was rolling around on the road like it had a demon mind of it's own !! Wind from other vehicles kept it spinning,,, and I tried to kick it away, as it zeroed in on us. But I missed,, and it left only some white paint marks on the lower tupperware. I am lucky it did not hook onto the bike or my foot !! whew,,,, Cat'
OK - I think that Steve wins.
All I did was finish off a dog, some squirrels and cats, a fox, a bird or three (most of which I won) and a bug (albeit a bloody big bug - but this IS Canada afterall) - but Steve398, well, he finished off a Norton, an Anglia and his.....well, errrr....ummmm. His other equipment.
Dang!
All I did was finish off a dog, some squirrels and cats, a fox, a bird or three (most of which I won) and a bug (albeit a bloody big bug - but this IS Canada afterall) - but Steve398, well, he finished off a Norton, an Anglia and his.....well, errrr....ummmm. His other equipment.
Dang!
Steve398
... another retired Black Rat.
Thank you... (bowing) I'd like to say it's a pleasure, but... Anyway, here's a newspaper report of the incident -
You can even see where the tank used to be...... BTW, I strongly dispute being 'comfortable'!
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Indeed - "comfortable" is a little bit of a stretch I suspect. Perhaps "sedated" or "writhing in agony" would be more apt descriptions....
I wonder what your PC colleague was saying as he leant over the smashed bike in the photo...."Oh look guys, here is some of Steve's.....errrr,..ummmm,...equipment...all tangled up with the wiring on this Norton."
OK - enough of this levity at Steve's expense. I'm sure we can all agree that bashing into something....anything, on a motorcycle is not fun in any way, and we're all just glad that you're here to tell the tale Steve.
I wonder what your PC colleague was saying as he leant over the smashed bike in the photo...."Oh look guys, here is some of Steve's.....errrr,..ummmm,...equipment...all tangled up with the wiring on this Norton."
OK - enough of this levity at Steve's expense. I'm sure we can all agree that bashing into something....anything, on a motorcycle is not fun in any way, and we're all just glad that you're here to tell the tale Steve.
Steve398
... another retired Black Rat.
Thank you kindly.
If there was a good side to this, it obliged the Police Authority to move the radio to the back of the bike to avoid similar injuries. There were certainly lots of other Police riders muttering "Oooooch!" when they saw the photos.... It was also the last accident that I ever had (so far), perhaps on the basis that it was so damn painful I didn't want to repeat it!
If there was a good side to this, it obliged the Police Authority to move the radio to the back of the bike to avoid similar injuries. There were certainly lots of other Police riders muttering "Oooooch!" when they saw the photos.... It was also the last accident that I ever had (so far), perhaps on the basis that it was so damn painful I didn't want to repeat it!
LOL. Wow. I swear thats more common than you think. I always hear about car accident stories where they're never at fault.
I had a car pull out in front of me at low speed and i laid the bike down. Not too much damage but my pride. I had a cheap jacket on that saved my elbows... but the jacket ( https://www.motorcyclehouse.com/mens-mesh-motorcycle-jackets ) was trashed at 10mph.. gg
Tonight I had a motorcycling first, I rode over a fallen down city lightpost. Came upon an accident where one of the cars knocked down a lightpost and it was crossing both lanes of traffic. Weaved up to the front of the traffic jam, rode over the lightpost, and continued on my way.
A raccoon on US129 near the Tennessee/North Carolina boarder in 1995 with a Ducati 916.
I just missed the dead critter with my front tire mid-corner but clipped it with the fatter back. The raccoon was flipped up and spun in the air. My buddy, Steve G., was following me with a Yamaha GTS1000 and later laughingly described his almost-poo'ed-my-paints moment. From his point of view, I passed the 'coon and it jumped 5 feet into the air, spun around with claws extended and teeth barred in attack mode. He just missed having it land in his lap and had to get his heart restarted and mind back on cornering in time to avoid riding straight off into the ditch.
Later,
Kent Larson from Minnesota
I just missed the dead critter with my front tire mid-corner but clipped it with the fatter back. The raccoon was flipped up and spun in the air. My buddy, Steve G., was following me with a Yamaha GTS1000 and later laughingly described his almost-poo'ed-my-paints moment. From his point of view, I passed the 'coon and it jumped 5 feet into the air, spun around with claws extended and teeth barred in attack mode. He just missed having it land in his lap and had to get his heart restarted and mind back on cornering in time to avoid riding straight off into the ditch.
Later,
Kent Larson from Minnesota
OK - dwalby gets a prize too - hitting a lamp post that was horizontal rather than vertical is pretty good (especially since he got away with it). Hmmmm - maybe he didn't really HIT it - just sort of clambered over it.
yeah, hit wouldn't be the correct term, but this thread was close enough that it seemed like this would be the appropriate thread. I rode over it, but at a slow enough speed that it wasn't a surprise to see it in the road.
I had this happen to me with a squirrel that my buddy launched 10 ft into the air just in front of me. It was trying to cross the road until he rode over it, but when it launched up and over me all I could think of was the rabbit from the Monty Python movie that jumps up and bites people's heads off. It probably took 2 miles for me to stop laughing out loud.
OK then -0 award cancelled.
That's no ordinary squirrel! It's got grrreat, long, pointy teeth! Look at the bones, man!!
JPKalishek
Armadillo Kicker
I can't recall if it was Peter Egan himself, or someone he knew who said the scariest thing they ever ran over on the road was a still moving sheet of plywood fallen off a truck.
I hit another bird on the ride into work several weeks back. I think it was a dove. It looked like a bit of trash in the road, and I dodged to the side to avoid it, and it took flight and smacked me in the shoulder.
Soft enough hit, it flew off, so no blood spot like that Finch I got in the chest at 70mph.
Certainly not as painful as kicking that armadillo.
I hit another bird on the ride into work several weeks back. I think it was a dove. It looked like a bit of trash in the road, and I dodged to the side to avoid it, and it took flight and smacked me in the shoulder.
Soft enough hit, it flew off, so no blood spot like that Finch I got in the chest at 70mph.
Certainly not as painful as kicking that armadillo.
JPKalishek
Armadillo Kicker
Bring forth the Holy Hand-grenade of Antioch!That's no ordinary squirrel! It's got grrreat, long, pointy teeth! Look at the bones, man!!
An African or European swallow?
....red, NO BLUE!!!!!
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