WHAT HAS ATTACKED YOU

[NecroNom]

Riding into Paeroa the other day from Te Aroha just before the LSZ doing 120ish when i get a brown flash from the side of the road smack fair into the front of my helmet. In shock for a split second (I didnt come off) then look down and theres a duck sitting on my tank all limp. Naturally all i do is knock it off the GSF's tank and carry on. But bugger me it was one of the most unexpected things ever. So yeah what has anyone else been "ATTACKED" by in that sense. Maybe a sheep, cow, octapuss????

[Rainbow Wizard]

doing 120ish when i get a brown flash from the side of the road smack fair into the front of my helmet. I look down and theres a duck sitting on my tank all limp.

A smart man would have kept it for dinner. I thought a duck had hit the leading edge of my van roof one dark night until I realised ducks don't leave black rubber streaks when they hit. From the amount of dead truck rubber I see on the road I figure it could be dead duck for a biker if he was dealt one of those at 100k or more.

[dangerous]

Welcome to KB man, ummmm proberly a pukeko (*sp) I was testing out a BMW R1100s at the time, saw the dumbass bird on the side of the rd but figgered they cant fly anyhow so kept up the speed..... well bugger me if this thing dident haul ass into the air and sail straight into that huge tank/fairing panel on the 1100s what a bloody noise..... was thinking how do I explain this to the shop.... anyway looked in the mirror expecting to see plastic for miles, but all I saw was the dumbass bird rolling down the road.... a dog ran out of the bushes grabed it then dissapaired.

Now I reckon the dog set me up aye,like they are a pretected bird, the dogs owner whould have given it instructions too never, ever kill a pukeko or he would hang the dog by its nuts........ so the dog figgered let the ginga on the bike killl the bird and then once its on the deck.... hell its anyones

BTW...... no damage at all to the bike

[spudchucka]

I've had three very close calls with animals. First was a deer on a country road in the middle of the night, narowly avoided hitting it.

Second was a large parrot, (not sure what exact type but it was Cockatoo sized) in Townsville, (Aussie) that hit me on the shoulder while travelling at a speed that I'm not going to admit to here. Bloody thing nearly knocked me clean off the bike.

Third was a dead Aussie, (a Wombat) in the middle of a left hander while fanging it to work in the early AM, (about 0500). I hit the bloody thing while cranked over and got partially airborne followed by big time tank slappers and almost through a fence on the opposite side of the road.

Each incident was a major sphyncter, (sp) puckering experience that I'll never forget.

[MikeL]

Doesn't the law require you to stop if you hit an animal and make an effort to inform its owner? Presumably this would apply to a pet duck but not a wild one...???

[dangerous]

large parrot, a Wombat

Speaking bout Aussie, I was told when riding over there avoid running over snakes cos they can wrap themselves round the bike wheel and pull ya down (just a mussel reaction of the snake)
So I was always on the look out for them..... well one day I came blasting down a country rd and spotted something on the rd.... by the time I relised what it was I was about to hit it, bastard thing took the hole road up.... anyway I sucked the seat up my ass and ploughed over it, started breathing a wee bit further up the rd...... and relised that the snake was already dead, thanks to the truck up ahead.

[Aiolos]

This one hurt.

Ooof.
My knee is almost healed now.

[inlinefour]

Bloody thing attached itself to by gumboot and would not get off. Ended up kicking my gumboot off at 100km/h and the possum got a good dose of road rash and eventually I got my gumboot back with minimal blood on it.

[Sniper]

Does a child on a bicycle that doesnt give way count?

[sels1]

Does a child on a bicycle that doesnt give way count?

Or a pedestrian that steps off the footpath in front of you?
Riding my little trailbike to college one morning (yes it was a year or two ago) a mate of mine walking suddenly steps off the footpath and walks right out in front of me. For a few secs I thought he was playing chicken, as some of my college mates often did. Then I realised he was looking looking the other way and genuinely hadnt seen me. Crap! So I make a big swerve for the other side of the road to dodge him. About this time he woke up and realised I was coming and made a dive for the other side of the road....same place I was going! Whammo! two of us sliding down the road in our college uniform grey shorts - best dose of gravel I ever had! We both got the day off school, and the bike was still rideable.

[Krusti]

Doesn't the law require you to stop if you hit an animal and make an effort to inform its owner? Presumably this would apply to a pet duck but not a wild one...???

Yeah...stop and yell....I KILLED YA FECKEN DUCK...ride off.... Covers every one GOD included!..

[Oakie]

Narrowly avoided the odd dog but the biggest 'animal' fright I ever got was a big bumblebee right in the middle of the visor at about 80k. Man what a noise!

[bugjuice]

spank isn't here to gloat over this, but he hit some sort of bird at a bit of a pace..
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=9102

as for me personally, I almost got taken out last weekend by a hawk/eagle that took off from the side of the road and across my path while hooning along the 22.. I think the bird had a sphyncter moment..
Else it's just bugs. All the time, bugs bugs bugs

[Ixion]

Apart from the Ubiquitous Dog, the only thing that I have been attacked by on the bike was a Disapproving Mum, many years ago. She disapproved of the hour at which I returned her daughter, and the condition she (the daughter) was returned in.

[bugjuice]

Apart from the Ubiquitous Dog, the only thing that I have been attacked by on the bike was a Disapproving Mum, many years ago. She disapproved of the hour at which I returned her daughter, and the condition she (the daughter) was returned in.

lamo.. good on ya