Bike v's Bird

[scooterboynz]

hi all , went for a spin with some mates today up 16 to mangawhai/waipu , awesome ride , great day for it , on the way up i saw a poor little bird (sparrow?) fly out in front of me , and bang into the front of my bike , mate behind said all he saw was feathers floating out behind my bike. got home and the smell was terrible , blood and guts every where! probably lucky the poor thing hit where it did , could have been expensive it it hit the headlight , or even hitting me in the head! RIP poor little birdy

[2wheels in Red Beach]

I think I would always put my money on the bike...............Unless it was a Moa of course. That would really be messy then.

[SPman]

Affman had a close call with a turkey on 16....now THAT could have been messy!
Wasnt half funny to watch from behind......

[SuperDave]

Did a bird flying at over 200kph hit Spank's screen a while back?

[scooterboynz]

i was definantly doing 100kph when this happened , cough cough :dodge:

[mini_me]

yeah, I remember something about the bird the hit spanky's sv
the only bird I ever hit was on superdave's (when I owned it) bike going about 120 and it hit me square in the head
I can still clearly remember the sound it made, very strange it was

m/m

[SuperDave]

Gotta love those $70 visors aye, well worth the money if it stops a beak being rammed through your head between your eyes :mellow:

[RiderInBlack]

On the GC the Paris Dakar Beemer hit a duck in egg. Hassled him about his mobile dinner. "Duck-on-la-runge, follow by scrambled egg". Yep, he start on a Beemer and came back with a Kwacka:devil2:

[HYPE]

yup, had a fight with a Maggie at a touch over 160kph.. took the beak in the shoulder and the white stuff down the back... yuck!

glad it hit me and not the bike.. i was sportin a bruised shoulder for a week.. i could just imagine coppin it in the visor :angry:

[mini_me]

Gotta love those $70 visors aye, well worth the money if it stops a beak being rammed through your head between your eyes :mellow:

actually my visors cost 170 :blank:

edit: mutters something about shoei lids

[Toast]

I think I would always put my money on the bike...............Unless it was a Moa of course. That would really be messy then.

hahahah...

I nearly hit a hawk the other day heading to Coro...God those things are big, dumb and slow! I thought hawks were meant to be fast, agile, killing machines.

[gamgee]

the guys who ride those super 'cool' open face helmets might want to rethink there helmet style decision after seeing this, can just imagine the damage a bird flying straight into your teeth would to, bike speed = 100(+?) bird speed = 30-40ish, impact speed= 140ish, ie, your face would pretty much implode, but i guess it's ok cause you look 'cool' in your open face helmet...

[myvice]

Saw a picture of a bike V’s an emu in an Australian mag years ago, don’t hit one, not good!

[Zed]

RIP poor little birdyI heard those ZX-10's were death machines!! :devil2:

There's been a few people I know recently who have had encounters with Kamakazi birds, one got hit in the helmet right in front of me the other week, we pulled over to the side of the road and he said "man it feels like I've been punched in the head!"

[kro]

You're lucky dude, I got sparrowed in the right leg at 150kmh on my FZ400, I so nearly died that day.

[Ixion]

I'm telling ya, Ma Nature's declared war on bikers.We're just lucky that so far she hasn't been able to round up any troops bigger than birds and bunnies.

[scooterboynz]

i saw a piccy in a performace bikes magazine a few years ago , was an R1 with an owl smashed into the left hand headlight, it hurts enough when a stone of the bike in front hits you somewhere through your leathers let alone an owl!

[SlowHand]

I really don't know what it is with the wildlife lately, I havent hit any on the bike, but most are suicidal. Maybe it's spring/summer, they're out shaggin, and are just young and dumb? Perhaps we need to teach them abstinence, could show pics of Birds shattered on bikes...

[N4CR]

I HAD 4 FUCKING NEAR MISSES TODAY WITH STUPID BLACKBIRDS AND SPARROWS AND SHIT. I THINK EVEN TWO MAGPIES GAPPED IT INTO THE MIDDLE OF MY LANE TO EAT SOMETHING OFF THE ROAD, I HAD TO HIT THE ANCHORS BUT THEY ONLY JUST GOT OUT OF THE WAY, LIKE THEY USUALLY DO. PROBABLY PLAYING CHICKEN OR SOMETHING.

At least no one let any large mammals on the road though :sweatdrop

[RiderInBlack]

I sound my horn if I see the wildlife on the road, and botton off. Has saved me from hitting a few hawks. Seems to wake them up and get them moving.

[Sniper]

Must be a NZ thing. Most the wildlife I ride towards run away under fear that I will place them under apartheid.

[SixPackBack]

Roo's hoping on to the road in OZ are a REAL danger, hit one of those suckers, even a small one at anything approaching 100k's and your gunna die.

[SlowHand]

I sound my horn if I see the wildlife on the road, and botton off. Has saved me from hitting a few hawks. Seems to wake them up and get them moving.

I change down a gear and sit in the power band. The noise seems to make them shit their feathers.
I wonder if I can use that excuse when Cops pull me over?

[vifferman]

There's been a few people I know recently who have had encounters with Kamakazi birds, one got hit in the helmet right in front of me the other week, we pulled over to the side of the road and he said "man it feels like I've been punched in the head!"
Yes. I'm glad that wasn't me that got hit in the head. That one (pheasant? hawk?) that flew in front of me on way to Coro almost gave me a fright - I must have nicked its tail feathers, but it happened so quickly there was no time to react.