What have you hit while riding???

**Karma** · 26th May 2006, 17:37

I hit a roundabout once...

**MOTOXXX** · 26th May 2006, 18:38

I hit a nice ladrover discovery and a concrete lampost....

**Smorg** · 26th May 2006, 18:53

Peugot 406 that im still paying off

**Velox** · 26th May 2006, 18:55

Assorted birds
Chook
Duck
Hedgehog
Possum
Cows
Sewerage truck
Taxi
Car
Etc...

**Oakie** · 26th May 2006, 19:31

Originally Posted by Hitcher

I haven't hit one of these, but I have hit a blackbird (Turdus merula) and two quail (Callipepla californica), and numerous insects of varying species and genuses.

err, ... they would be genera if we're going to do the Latin thing.

Oh, and I collected a big bumblebee at speed right in the middle at of the visor many years ago. Nearly shit myself

**myvice** · 26th May 2006, 21:49

Cars, bout 20-30... mirrors anyway, and a couple with lasting results!
Possums, mainly dead ones, why do they die on my lines?
Birds, bout 3 but only two major hits.
Ditches, very bad!
Trees/hedgers, when the ditchers don’t stop me.
A dog, he was ok...
My son, heh heh heh...
And my wife, not as funny, also not funny to spit them off the back of dirt bikes...
Nearly hit a cow, opted for a tree instead.
Other bikes.
Other riders after they have been hit by other bikes!
And the ground, lots, who keeps putting it there?
500,000,000,000 bugs.

**sugilite:Me** · 26th May 2006, 21:54

Various birds.
Possums, one while cranked over at max with pillion!
Rabbits, don't even feel those.
A sheep on a GSXR1100. I stayed on, the sheep was killed. (3 witnesses saw it happen, I guess I was the trail sweeper that day!)
The secret of surviving running into an animal sheep size or smaller is NEVER BE BRAKING ON IMPACT chances are you will go down if you are braking on impact.
If possible, brake 1st to scrub off speed, smash it down a gear then wrench the throttle open just before impact, works best on big powerfull bikes. I aimed for the back of the sheep and using this technique and punched it straight off the road. The bike just weaved a bit and came back under full control quite quickly Oh yeah, don't panic.

**babyB** · 26th May 2006, 23:13

bugs on my face...just a poem i like from from usa

**Badcat** · 26th May 2006, 23:17

Originally Posted by sugilite

A sheep on a GSXR1100:

jesus, that must have been a sight.
was she a good rider?

**Rincewind** · 26th May 2006, 23:39

My Daughters other half races Ducati's in the superstox series in the U K and last year he hit a big fat pigeon at around 160mph it put him in hospital for four days,he said he saw it take off as he layed down into the corner and the impact was just like being hit in the face with a baseball bat,it didn't break his visor though which was cool,and he didn't fall off and managed to keep control of the bike till the pain kicked in...
If I can find out how to post the photo taken when he came out of hospital I'll put it up (not a pretty sight,it broke his nose very badly)

I Killed a cat once when it ran across the road and smashed into my right foot at about 80 miles an hour,my foot was unbelievably bruised even though I was wearing leather boots.. I found pieces of cat in various parts of the bike for weeks afterwards YUK

**FROSTY:Me** · 26th May 2006, 23:52

i was riding along one day and a big nasty chain leapt out and attacked me
The chains dead good n propper now though

**Jonny Rotten** · 27th May 2006, 00:02

i hit a rabbit once on my way to port waikato in the middle of the night.
i was goin about 120 ish when it ran out in front of me..... no time to do anything to miss it.
it clipped my right fork the slammed into my foot which hurt like hell!!!
the worse part was cleaning the blood and fur off the bike........ oh and the smell of bits of fresh road kill cooking on the motor was such a pleasant smell