What if a sparrow...

**arkeo** · 15th May 2012, 03:06

... hits a biker? I was coming back home and suddenly I saw a little bird pointing to my chest. Luckily he diverted last instant and nothing happened. But although I wasn't on a race track I can't say I was traveling too slow (about 100 km/h). I don't know nearly anything about this kind of accident. Due to bad environmental policies and tons of people and hunters there are very few animals by now in Italy. But what better than to ask kiwis about such event?

What would happened to me if the sparrow hadn't avoided me?

cheers!

Apx.

**Jantar** · 15th May 2012, 04:55

You would hardly even know it, nor would the sparrow. The difference is that you would continue on your way, but the sparrow wouldn't.

Now hit a hawk, and that would be a different story. You would certainly feel that, and probably damage whatever part of the bike contacted the hawk as well.

**dangerous** · 15th May 2012, 05:26

I'v seen the results of a sparow going through a visor, a bloody mess and the rider was farking lucky... couple a years back I had a magpie enter thtrogh the fairing blade taking out a mirror and winding me... and and a bumble bee to the neck hurts too

**Jantar** · 15th May 2012, 05:33

Originally Posted by dangerous

I'v seen the results of a sparow going through a visor, a bloody mess and the rider was farking lucky... couple a years back I had a magpie enter thtrogh the fairing blade taking out a mirror and winding me... and and a bumble bee to the neck hurts too

I would guess that happened some time ago with the old style soft plastic visors. I have hit heaps of birds of various sizes, and I hardly ever notice the sparrows or similar. I once had a starling hit my helmet when i was travelling fairly quickly, and that I did feel. Blood and feathers all over my helmet as well.

**Mom** · 15th May 2012, 06:20

Sparrows hurt if they hit your leg

They make a bit of a mess too

**Madness** · 15th May 2012, 07:36

Pheasants can phuck your phairings. DAMHIK

**Maha** · 15th May 2012, 07:40

Phairing Phucker?

**NordieBoy** · 15th May 2012, 07:41

Had a little bird hit the visor dead centre at 110kph. Sounded like I was in a 44gallon drum and someone had hit it with a sledgehammer.

Bumblebees are fuzzy stones at that speed too.

**arkeo** · 15th May 2012, 07:43

Originally Posted by Madness

Pheasants can phuck your phairings. DAMHIK

oh, you made me stretch the wings of my English... I had to think about a while to understand

**slofox** · 15th May 2012, 07:43

Had a sparrow hit my R collarbone recently. Bit of a bump but nothing more. I was fine. The sparrow wasn't.

Hit a Spur Winged Plover a few moons back. Now THAT was more significant...

**unstuck** · 15th May 2012, 07:45

Headbutted a pukekoe once travelling fairly quickly, made my neck a wee bit sore for a day or two. Had a bumble bee hit me in the eye, looked like I had been in a punch up.

**willytheekid** · 15th May 2012, 08:15

Worst hit from birds

Had a "swarm" of them take off from a feild...and straight across the road into me

I must have hit 20+ of the little buggers...@100k!

I don't recommend it!...it did hurt, and the bike looked like a blooded serial killer!
no real damage to the bike or myself (the feather explosion looked rather impressive in the rear view mirrors)....but the smell 10mins later

...and then there was the clean up

**nodrog:Me** · 15th May 2012, 08:26

Pffffffft, Sparrows? Learners!

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...48#post1428948

**Tigadee** · 15th May 2012, 10:59

Originally Posted by unstuck

Headbutted a pukekoe once travelling fairly quickly,..

How fast was the pukekoe going?

Originally Posted by unstuck

Had a bumble bee hit me in the eye, looked like I had been in a punch up.

Rebel rouser, huh? People must have steered around you for a few days...

Went through a swarm of bees once... Twffft! Twffft! Twffft! Twffftwffftwffftwffft! Twffftwffft! Twffftwffftwffftwffftwffftwffftwffftwffftwffftwfff twffftwffft!

The view out my visor after looked like someone spewed their mince pie on it.