Birdstrike

[Naki Rat]

I've copped a few heavy weight bumble bees and even a sparrow (I think it was) but this is in a whole different league

[mister.koz]

jesus, were you riding at night?

[zzzbang]

seen a quail being cut in half by a WR426's handlebars at about 100km/h , more blood than your owl (but not as costly )

[Blackshear]

Had a sparrow get caught in my half open jacket, fucker shat everywhere, too.
Rawr. I don't envy the next guy to get mown down by an albatross or the likes, though.

[Harvd]

got hit in the arm by a hawk taking off from road kill. doin about 80 at the time. hurt...

[MaxB]

got hit in the arm by a hawk taking off from road kill. doin about 80 at the time. hurt...

A while back I bagged a bird of prey feeding on roadkill on the Old Taupo Road. Put it flat on its back. Stopped to help (or send it to eagle heaven) and the bugger hopped in to the bush before I could get to it. Could not find it anywhere. That night the shoulder bruises came out. Sore as for ages.

[Naki Rat]

jesus, were you riding at night?

Photo was one of a bunch of various birdstrikes (mostly on aircrafts) so not of me personally.
Dusk would have been the most likely time for this one according to the part Canadian Mrs Naki Rat.
I've also had a few near misses involving hawks breakfasting on road kills.

[zxr400#150]

hit a hawk at a buck 60 on my little cbr250, cumin back from palmy early in the morning, came over a crest and just saw a brown blur fly up from the side of the road, so put my head down and to left (was in a tuck) nxt thing i new i hear and feel a big thump in the front of my bike then felt it clip my helmet and then off my right sholder, thing came strait through my front windscreen and head light. not prity