Bike v's Bird

**scooterboynz** · 24th October 2005, 17:11

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** · 24th October 2005, 19:05

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** · 24th October 2005, 19:21

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

**SuperDave** · 24th October 2005, 19:33

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

**scooterboynz** · 24th October 2005, 19:37

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

**mini_me** · 24th October 2005, 19:37

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** · 24th October 2005, 19:39

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

**RiderInBlack** · 24th October 2005, 19:41

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

**HYPE** · 24th October 2005, 19:45

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

**mini_me** · 24th October 2005, 19:46

Originally Posted by SuperDave

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

actually my visors cost 170

edit: mutters something about shoei lids

**Toast** · 24th October 2005, 19:49

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 24th October 2005, 19:53

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** · 24th October 2005, 19:53

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

**Zed** · 24th October 2005, 19:59

Originally Posted by scooterboynz

RIP poor little birdy

I heard those ZX-10's were death machines!!

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!"