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Watch out for nature's luftwaffa
- Thread starter bluegojoe
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He should have that bird mounted some where on his bike. JK.
here's a picture of a Partridge that flew into the side of my old SS and then lodged between my foot and shifter. You can see the feathers where he hit. Six months later I rode past road kill just in time for a crow to come at me, I kicked him away before he hit me but at 120 km he was quite dead. He was still on the road the next day when I went back.
BTW, the partridge was tough as hell, even with the butter and mushroom sauce.
BTW, the partridge was tough as hell, even with the butter and mushroom sauce.
BTW, the partridge was tough as hell, even with the butter and mushroom sauce.[/quote]
That's because you didn't cook it right. You could have wrapped the bird with a can of mushroom soup, plus the butter, into some heavy duty foil and placed it on top of your exhaust manifold. About a 400 mile day would have it nice and tender.
That's because you didn't cook it right. You could have wrapped the bird with a can of mushroom soup, plus the butter, into some heavy duty foil and placed it on top of your exhaust manifold. About a 400 mile day would have it nice and tender.
Nanny Wendy
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Thanks for the post Ten-6.
Any one elese have photos of killing bird with your ducks?
In 1986 I killed a duck and a crow on my 860. I used to ride fast. But spent all my extra $ on beer, so I never had $ for 110 film, so no photos.
Any one elese have photos of killing bird with your ducks?
In 1986 I killed a duck and a crow on my 860. I used to ride fast. But spent all my extra $ on beer, so I never had $ for 110 film, so no photos.
Watch out indeed. I've had a few too many bird hits. Amongst other minor hits and close calls; the ST2S had it's windscreen shattered at speed by a blackbird and I hit an owl with a KLR at night on dirt.
My worst hit though was almost a year ago to the day. I hit a sea gull early in the AM on I-84 headed east into the rising sun down to Torrey, Utah to hook up with a group of STx riders for our annual get together. I was on the 1098 and pretty much alone on the freeway, as it was 6 AM; except for a herd of mule deer that appeared to present dozens of silhouetted ears on a low pass. After the mulies i rolled the throttle on for a long straight downhill run with no vehicles in sight and the long valley opening up for 10 miles of loneliness. Lonely, except for something on the right shoulder about a 1/2 mile ahead. Thought it was a bit of light colored trash but as I got closer it started to move. A swung to the left lane as the trash took off right into my path. It was an instant that I saw it was a big seagull. A seagull in the high desert ... I should have been more prepared.
I quickly ducked.
Running along at something well north of a ton, it hit me full on the very top of my Adamo replica helmet and about knocked me out. Saw stars and had that metallic taste in my mouth which I thought was blood at first but was only that taste you get when you screw up a high dive a smack the water with your face. There was significant noise & my first thought was that the helmet or the faceshield was destroyed. After a bit of dazed groping, I discovered that the vented mouthpiece on the Arai had been popped out by the force of the hit.
Never stopped, as the bird must have been killed instantly dead, I was OK, & I sure wasn't going to find the mouthpiece. But if I hadn't ducked and the bird had hit me in the faceshield with my head upright, I wouldn't be typing this now. I'd have either balled it up from either being blind or having a snapped and broken neck.
Yes, birds can be a problem so be careful out there.
Chris
My worst hit though was almost a year ago to the day. I hit a sea gull early in the AM on I-84 headed east into the rising sun down to Torrey, Utah to hook up with a group of STx riders for our annual get together. I was on the 1098 and pretty much alone on the freeway, as it was 6 AM; except for a herd of mule deer that appeared to present dozens of silhouetted ears on a low pass. After the mulies i rolled the throttle on for a long straight downhill run with no vehicles in sight and the long valley opening up for 10 miles of loneliness. Lonely, except for something on the right shoulder about a 1/2 mile ahead. Thought it was a bit of light colored trash but as I got closer it started to move. A swung to the left lane as the trash took off right into my path. It was an instant that I saw it was a big seagull. A seagull in the high desert ... I should have been more prepared.
I quickly ducked.
Running along at something well north of a ton, it hit me full on the very top of my Adamo replica helmet and about knocked me out. Saw stars and had that metallic taste in my mouth which I thought was blood at first but was only that taste you get when you screw up a high dive a smack the water with your face. There was significant noise & my first thought was that the helmet or the faceshield was destroyed. After a bit of dazed groping, I discovered that the vented mouthpiece on the Arai had been popped out by the force of the hit.
Never stopped, as the bird must have been killed instantly dead, I was OK, & I sure wasn't going to find the mouthpiece. But if I hadn't ducked and the bird had hit me in the faceshield with my head upright, I wouldn't be typing this now. I'd have either balled it up from either being blind or having a snapped and broken neck.
Yes, birds can be a problem so be careful out there.
Chris
idiotzaint
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I was hit in the neck by a bird while coming to a stop off PCH. The bird survived, hit the ground, looked around for a few seconds, then flew off.
I got hit by a really big moth coming down from Ojai one night. It hit the vent right below the visor. I could taste moth for days, kind of bitter sweet first taste of road kill. Why does the Ojai area have the largest bugs?
I ran into a bee that got around the collar to the back of my neck, where it stung me. That hurt less than the epi-pen shot.
I was hit on the upper left arm by a piece of truck tire on I-5 near Capistrano. It hurt badly enough for me to think it was broken. It wasn't broken, I'm just a whimp when it comes to pain.
I got hit by a really big moth coming down from Ojai one night. It hit the vent right below the visor. I could taste moth for days, kind of bitter sweet first taste of road kill. Why does the Ojai area have the largest bugs?
I ran into a bee that got around the collar to the back of my neck, where it stung me. That hurt less than the epi-pen shot.
I was hit on the upper left arm by a piece of truck tire on I-5 near Capistrano. It hurt badly enough for me to think it was broken. It wasn't broken, I'm just a whimp when it comes to pain.