Rocky Roadkill, Motorbike Flavour

**niero** · 12th April 2008, 16:50

OK, so I strut my way to my beloved bike and go for a ride to Port Hills at about 8pm last night. Cruising along the road and suddenly a possum (that F***ing Possum!!) decides to end it all in rather interesting fashion, here what happened:
Just got passed the 100km/h sign, which means pretty much no speed limit since its so windy up there. Come up to a corner doing about 50, starting to come out of it 60...70... leveling out, *BANG!* all I remember seeing was that mofo of a possum sprinting across the road (like hell I was the only moving thing around there for the next 50 miles why couldn't he had picked an other moment to cross the bloody road i do not know) anyway, but no, hear me out, you wont believe what happened next. Instead of a *thump, thump* that possum somehow rather managed to get up right before his encounter with front of my bike, so he flies over, yes >OVER< my front visor, head first, tongue out, superman style going right for me, I duck down to the right as the possum shoots right past me, up somewhere into the dark. I was really lucky that I was far to the left hand side of the road when that had happened otherwise when I ducked to the right I would have fallen off the cliff. Good lord that gave me a fright! So I was left with a big blood smurf across the front of the bike, a cracked visor and a nice thick coat of premium possum fur across the entire front of the bike. Does that happen often with you guys? Tell me something from your animal encounter archives.

Have fun riding

Nikolai

**MIXONE** · 12th April 2008, 17:15

Man I know that road pretty well and you were extremely lucky not to go over the side.That first step is a big bastard.Don't the boy racers go up there any more?

**Marknz** · 12th April 2008, 17:52

Did it hit your bikes screen or your helmets visor??

Good save anyways.

Almost as good as the 999R that chopped a lamb in half our the 'rapa this avo. Only now do I understand just how much a lamb eats in greenery.

**niero** · 12th April 2008, 20:09

Originally Posted by MIXONE

Don't the boy racers go up there any more?

Yeah they do, and to make matters even worse they dont only slow down to ridiculous speeds at the corners and accelerate on the straights to ridiculously high speeds they also spill diesel over the show to help em drift sometimes.

Originally Posted by Marknz

Did it hit your bikes screen or your helmets visor??

I ducked out of the way, it used the bikes screen as a ramp, "sweet-death-I-await-your-loving-embrace" style, and unfortunately cracked it.

**CookMySock** · 12th April 2008, 21:07

woahhhh... I hit three pheasants at the same time once.. totally KFC'ed them. I had to remove them quarter by quarter from my fairings. It fucken stank reeeel baaaaad. Shudder.

DB

**MVnut** · 12th April 2008, 21:18

A good save by the sound of it ( and cheaper than running a possum over with a Ferrari, 2 fans = $2000 )

**niero** · 21st April 2008, 16:01

Whoop whoop, I guess you can count yourself lucky, F50 fans cost $5000, but I guess if you have an F50 in the first place $5000 is not much of an issue there... As for me... thats what my bike is worth :'(

**ynot slow** · 21st April 2008, 18:30

Scary shit when that happens,did you know possum fur is worth good $$,should've gone back and plucked it,worth more than hides.

We had a couple of ducks take out our rear mounted aeriel a few months back,cost $60 for the insert and about an hour to put it in,and the farkin duck flew off.

**sugilite:Me** · 21st April 2008, 21:24

I've managed to hit a couple of possums having a root on the road, I don't think they were inviting me for a threesome, but I fucked them anyway!

I've hit all sorts, rabbits, hares, all sorts of birds, and yes, even a sheep. The advice I give is the same for all, NEVER hit an animal while braking, always try to be on the gas if hitting them is inevitable. If you hit them under brakes, you will most likely go down yourself as your front suspension will already be compressed and unable to handle a big bump and your front wheel will lock as the animals flesh will slide in it's own skin. Safety tip over