When birds attack!

[Lula]

Enjoying a plesant cruise to my favourite hook-ups place a bird decided to cross my path - it never made it to the otherside.

I then found myself having to pick an impailed bird off my mirror arm whilst riding along, yum!
My helmet and jacket was splatered with bird goo. Instead of looking like his usual hot date, I looked more like a Kill Bill character.

Just wondered have any of you fallen prey to something of the animal kingdom when riding?

[madbikeboy]

Enjoying a plesant cruise to my favourite hook-ups place a bird decided to cross my path - it never made it to the otherside.

I then found myself having to pick an impailed bird off my mirror arm whilst riding along, yum!
My helmet and jacket was splatered with bird goo. Instead of looking like his usual hot date, I looked more like a Kill Bill character.

Just wondered have any of you fallen prey to something of the animal kingdom when riding?

Yep. Hitting a bird at slightly higher than legal speed is something out of a Tarantino blood fest...

[Kwaka14]

I ran into a Nandu in Argentina a couple of months ago, thank christ I was in the cage, a Nandu is basically an emu. In NZ I have run in to several suicidal pukeko's last year too on the bike, no major issues, just some radiator cleaning required.

[YellowDog]

Not managed to hit a bird, buy have had a Mayfly splat on my helmet visor. I was completely blinded for a few seconds until I managed to lift the visor.

[awayatc]

nah... birds just avoid me.......

or did i misread the thread again?

[mowgli]

Bumble bees make a big mess but not as much as riding through a swarm of mayflies on the Hutt Highway at night. I learnt that no matter how messed up my visor becomes, wiping it with my glove won't make it any better

[Grahameeboy]

nah... birds just avoid me.......

or did i misread the thread again?

Both...................

[beyond]

Yep, several times now Messy little blighters for their size.

Black bird swooped and hit the top of my headlamp at 180kmh, spread itself right through the instrumentation, under the tank, all over my chest, helmet and arm. You wold have think I had hit a low flying Teradactyl.

Had to stop at Shell Clevedon and use the windscreen wiping brush to try and get off as much as I could. Kept finding bits every time I cleaned the bike for weeks.

Last time I was doing 140kmh on a favourite road and Kingfisher decided to cross the road. Went under my right arm and whacked me a beauty in the left "breast". Man, are they solid little buggers. Pleased it wasn't beak first. Felt like I had been slammed with a hunk of four by two and having broken ribs before, it's exactly what it felt like.

Had a huge black, greeny, blue bruise for weeks.

I wouldn't want to hit anything bigger. Had hawk talons scrape my helmet a few times as I ducked to miss them eating road kill and they try and fly off.

Pukekos are a definite no no and there's so many of them around, I suppose it's a matter of time, but they are one solid hard hitting package

[NZsarge]

Took a small bird strike dead square centre of the visor last weekend and one caught me on the left shoulder a couple of weeks before. About a week after I bought it a hare died trying to bring down the 14.
All together 3 bird strikes, a dog, a hare and a sheep (which successfully ousted the front wheel of my IT250 when I was but a young fella).
With the exception of the sheep strike all that happened in the past 2 1/2 years since I got back on road bikes.

[Scouse]

This has realy got you concerned eh Lu to be posting this at fookin 04:41 in the morning

[sinfull]

This has realy got you concerned eh Lu to be posting this at fookin 04:41 in the morning

Well obviously the date didn't end up getting that hot !

[Viscount Montgomery]

Fuck, hot motorbike riding bedraggled Uma thurman look-alike chicks in leather, sweet jesus, bring on more birdstrikes

[LaytonNZ]

OK! Well, Iv'e Ridden though a swarm off bee's! That wasnt pretty. i was blinded get a spoon and bash ur helmet and you will know what its like

I came flying around a corner and hit a hawk it got stuck on the header pipes, that wasnt a nice experence trying to get it out.

I hit a Rabbit! Jesus...That was sceary! the frunt wheel had a mind of its own

On my way home from work going 120 i had a sparrow hit me in the visor, blood and guts went everywhere it...and i felt like i needed a new neck.

[gatch]

I smoked a cat down my street, smoked a rabbit going out to my dads awhile ago. A 4wd scared up a bunch of little birds off the side of the raod between nelson and blenheim, I took one to the chest and another one broke my mirror.

Then there was this dragon once, came and took me to its lare full of treasure up in the mountains.. I think his name was guff, or huff, something like that..

[Rockbuddy]

took a hit on the chin guard of my helmet from a little waxeye was only doing about 80kms gave me a fright. and another time a pukeko suicided into my back wheel bit of a mess