Fazer Owners Club - Unofficial
General => General => Topic started by: dazza on 27 February 2015, 06:22:07 pm
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So, Foccer's, had a bird strike today, a hard one, thought it was a pheasant so went back to retrieve it (mmm, lunch)
Noticed my speedo had stopped working but then started again, my fuel gauge mysteriously went down to quarter tank from 3/4's and my front indicators had stopped working. Also broke my n/s fairing infill.
The main strike was on the h/light cover then it glanced off and hit my knee.
Anyway, when I got back to the spot I had hit it, to my dismay it wasn't a pheasant but some kind of bird of prey.
Obviously I was a bit gutted to have hit such a beautiful bird but couldn't really identify what species it was.
Can anyone on here throw some light on this for me and identify it ?
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I'm no birdwatcher but a Red Kite looks similar?
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I'd say it's a Buzzard. Red kites have lighter coloured heads.
Poor bugger (Both you and the bird).
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What a shame
Ill come across all hippy here but i really do value animals lives, i couldnt live without chicken or beef but i despise people that would intentionally hurt an animal for fun or out of spite....obviously not talking about you there dazza i know you have good taste in birds :b ...perhaps it was after a photo shoot.
But some animals are defo just a bit cooler than others and birds of prey are cool.
I do often wonder with birds in general though......all that foccin sky to fly through and they decide to cut in front of vehicles a few foot from the ground.
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Lovely creatures birds of prey, but red kites are becoming a positive menace around here. Trouble is, there's lots of road kill around, which they love, but to have them panic and take off in your face just as you come around a corner at a good clip is not good for the ol ticker!
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Still can't see majority of pics on here but with regards to red kites they were reintroduced into my area (Herts, beds, bucks) many years ago and are thankfully thriving, beautiful birds!
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Got a mate sitting next to me who lives in the Cheshire countryside and he said Red Kite straight away.
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My guess is it's a Buzzard.
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think those who said buzzard might be right?
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Think you may be right, look's like a buzzard. red kite's have lighter heads. Whatever it was, as you can see, It was a large bird and with the speed I was going, certainly hit me with some force.
I'm just truly sorry that I killed it.
If only I had been going faster. :b I would have missed it. :D
Yeah, with you there Noggy, not the sort of photo shoot I like to take. :(
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Weyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :b
Never mind Dazza, you didnt mean it mate. Actually its probably a good thing you didnt see until too late coz otherwise youd be swerving to avoid it and coulda ended up in the ditch so really it was a matter of it being it or you.......obviously it underestimated the mighty fazer.
I had a bird strike while gunning it last summer, hit my shin above my boot and i was screaming in pain inside my helmet....i didnt see what bird it was and i was a bit saddened coz at the speed i was doing it musta been like being roundhouse kicked by the hulk.
I decided to guess that it was a bird i didnt like so much.
I went with Emu :lol
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I'll never tire of that pic Dazza, I think it should have it's own thread as a sticky for when we're all feeling a bit sad and lonely LOL
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Its a Norweigean Blue :b
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Could you sell it on to a taxi-der-mist (thats the best I can do ) and at least get some damage pay back
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No fazersharp, stuff that. :D
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You could have avoided it you know dazza. All you had to do was feather the throttle :rollin
Got coat, going :rolleyes
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Foccing hell Nick, where did you claw that one out from? :D
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is that a penis in the right of that picture of the bike & model :D
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Foccing hell Nick, where did you claw that one out from? :D
I dunno mate, I just have a talon for these things ;)
Jeez, that was bad even by my standards :lol
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Foccing hell Nick, where did you claw that one out from? :D
I dunno mate, I just have a talon for these things ;)
Jeez, that was bad even by my standards :lol
:lol, :lol, :lol
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The easily identifiable tail is the clue here,,,if you showed the tail we could see if it has the "v" inverted in it which is a Kite...or square like a buzzard
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In remembrance of the bird....Let Osprey....
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The easily identifiable tail is the clue here,,,if you showed the tail we could see if it has the "v" inverted in it which is a Kite...or square like a buzzard
Don't be daft. The easy way to tell if it's a kite is, does it have a string attached :rolleyes
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Flying in the face of adversity again, Nick? With jokes like that, you don't have much to crow about!
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Flying in the face of adversity again, Nick? With jokes like that, you don't have much to crow about!
I know. :\
Unfortunately that's what happens when you're just winging it, you know, making it up as you go, flying by the seat of your pants :rolleyes
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Sounds like a wild goose chase to me, mate. Your jokes are fowl.
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You seem to be quite good at this, but I'm not going to chicken out :D
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Now, now, don't get in a flap!
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fuking hell dazza that must have been painful hope your not ostracised for it :lol
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This thread seems to have taken a 'tern' for the worse. :D
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I coot-n't care less. ;)
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I coot-n't care less. ;)
I don't believe you. I'm just not that gull-ible.
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Don't be a tit!
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The easily identifiable tail is the clue here,,,if you showed the tail we could see if it has the "v" inverted in it which is a Kite...or square like a buzzard
Well spotted, that was pointed out to me too.
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Don't be a tit!
Your standards are not ones I wish to emu-late.
oh, for gawds sake...
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If you're going to carrion like this, I'm off to bed. I'll let you swan about making poor puns unimpeded. But I'll be watching like a... I'll be keeping a close eye on you. ;)
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Something tells me you toucan never get bored with this :D
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It's a Buzzard.
Red kites are nothing like them.
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Might be new folk here but the banter is still ggod lol
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all right, all right Looney Tunes, keep your heron..... :rollin
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Don't be a cock(rel)! :lol
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I know some of Nick's jokes are awful, but myna-n't much better!