Riding to work

[darrsi]

On the bikes over the years I've been hit in the shoulder by a pheasant, but managed to stay on despite a massive tank slapper, was hit in the visor by a pigeon, thought my neck was broken, it was sore for a week,  killed a small dog, hit a boar which tossed me under a truck, managed to walk away from that one with 2 cracked ribs, truck driver nearly had a heart attack :lol

Pigeon was obviously mistaken identity, saw the Fazer on a dry day and thought it was Fazersharp.
But then you say "hit a boar"?
I live in Harrow, school place of Winston Churchill, and i don't recall him, me, or anyone else ever having issues with rampant boar's causing traffic problems!
Some small dog's are just too big for their boots and need to be put in their place occasionally. Normally terriers or the like with Napoleon syndrome that have a bark and a bite not quite as big as my size nines.

[HarryHornby]

I remember watching a piece of gravel flick up off the back of my friend's R1 and hit me in the visor, didn't crack it but certainly left its mark.  It's like it happens in slow mo, despite us nipping along rather quick.


Another time I was following another friend on his VFR and a bunny ran out in front of him, he ran it over and cut it in half, I then got 2 bits of bunny flicked along the road towards me.

[flesh]

Got hit in the face by a pheasant while on the motorway once. It jumped out of the way of a lorry in the slow lane and into me....that hurt.
Bumble bee hitting my chest then going up inside my visor while banked over at 90mph was a buttock clencher, especially as I had one of those Roof helmets where the visor never opened. I screamed the whole time it took to stop, park the bike, remove my helmet and chuck it into a field....took me ages to climb that fence to get my lid back.  :rolleyes
I have had a few near misses with scaffolding poles, bricks and planks of wood aswell.

While filtering through traffic someone threw their McD's bag (which included their drink) out of their window which I promptly caught and with a single arm motion chucked it back through their window.......unfortunately I never hung around long enough to see the reaction.

[tommyardin]

I have had a few near misses with scaffolding poles, bricks and planks of wood as well.

I can see what the problem here is ,and, i know the answer.
KEEP OUT OF THE FOCCING BUILDING SITES.  :eek

[unfazed]

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On the bikes over the years I've been hit in the shoulder by a pheasant, but managed to stay on despite a massive tank slapper, was hit in the visor by a pigeon, thought my neck was broken, it was sore for a week,  killed a small dog, hit a boar which tossed me under a truck, managed to walk away from that one with 2 cracked ribs, truck driver nearly had a heart attack :lol

Pigeon was obviously mistaken identity, saw the Fazer on a dry day and thought it was Fazersharp.
But then you say "hit a boar"?
I live in Harrow, school place of Winston Churchill, and i don't recall him, me, or anyone else ever having issues with rampant boar's causing traffic problems!
Some small dog's are just too big for their boots and need to be put in their place occasionally. Normally terriers or the like with Napoleon syndrome that have a bark and a bite not quite as big as my size nines.
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:lol :lol

Was on the way home and the boar had broken out of a local pig farm.  :rolleyes

[fazersharp]

Came close to almost running over a mink last year, definitely not a ferret, could of been a stoat but google tells me it could of been a mink.
Funny how in the car no such creatures choose to leap out in front or dive bomb me, I think in the car that they hear you coming - not from the engine but from the 4 wheels on the road, where as on the bike I think they are startled by the engine and exhaust noise but by the time they have decided to run/scuttle/ fly/ slither/ bounce /hop across the road you are upon them.

Last year was riding along a nice bendy country road and came around a corner to find a grouse in my path, slammed my brakes on expecting the thing to move but nope -- i ended up having to ride around the cocky focer. 

[darrsi]

Came close to almost running over a mink last year, definitely not a ferret, could of been a stoat but google tells me it could of been a mink.
Funny how in the car no such creatures choose to leap out in front or dive bomb me, I think in the car that they hear you coming - not from the engine but from the 4 wheels on the road, where as on the bike I think they are startled by the engine and exhaust noise but by the time they have decided to run/scuttle/ fly/ slither/ bounce /hop across the road you are upon them.

Last year was riding along a nice bendy country road and came around a corner to find a grouse in my path, slammed my brakes on expecting the thing to move but nope -- i ended up having to ride around the cocky focer.

"Yesh offisher, first of all a fur coat jumped out on me, then a famous bottle of scotch....hic."  :b

[fireblake]

On one early ride to work I rode down a narrow lane,  I was only doing 15 or 20mph as it was quite bendy.  I noticed something in the road at the edge of my light beam. as I got closer I realised it was an owl. Getting closer and it decides to take off. It's massive wing span suddenly fills the narrow lane and it attempts to fly directly upwards because of high banks and hedging.  I am slowing but still get a hefty smack in the visor from it's Talons which are holding some poor dead creature. Which itself left blood, entrails and excrement over my lid.


Mickey

[Kenbob]

Was riding into work one winter, snow was on the ground.
Was doing about 30mph when and arm came out of a van coming towards me and lobbed a snowball.
It hit me right in the chest.
It hurt.
Foccin bastids

[Bretty]

I used to think marmots were fictional creatures until I watched one cross in front of the biker in front of me.


hooning it over the Stelvio pass in Italy, trying to keep up with two Germans on big sport bikes. This thing seemed to emerge from under his bike miraculously unscathed, although I'm sure I actually saw the moment the rider s*a* himself!.