Bird strike anyone?

[BIGBOSSMAN]

What sort of speed?

It was on one of the nice long straights on the bypass road to Miranda off SH22, so, er around about 100k
Bloody near took my head off, I turned my head momentarily to avoid tweety slamming into my helmet but luckily it struck me fair and square on the chest. I turned to look where I was going and the poor thing's wing flew up onto my visor. I slowed down to 30 k's and coasted to where Biggles08 and Eviltwin were waiting for me, stopped the bike and took a few souvenir photos before respectfully placing the hawk by the side of the road. Poor thing!

[Big Dave]

Starling, flush on the left cheekbone in an open face at 90kph. Killed it stone dead. I *might* have cried slightly in one eye. I mean, the poor Starling.

[Cajun]

been hit in the head by a bird was traveling about 120ish at the time was a bit dazzed for a few secs

had a bird try and see me by flying coming up thru the triple clamps, feathers every where, were pulling them out of bits of bike for week afterwards


also hit a bird with front wheel

[sinfull]

Black bird or starling on the left shoulder at full noise ! Tore the hand off the bar and near broke my shoulder !

[Katman]

Yeah, and all I'd said was "nice tits".

[portokiwi]

Been attacked at the lights by a magpie, Nesting season.
Been hit by a few sparrows lucky nothing bigger

[Daffyd]

Hit a sparrow with my knee...hurt a bit, but not as much as the bee that had just stung me on the other knee!

[slofox]

Very near miss last weekend...........Tweety got lucky.

Worst experience? Road between Governor's Bay and Lyttleton....open face helmet (it was the olden days), riding into a swarm of wasps..........fastest stop and helmet removal in the history of mankind........