What the hell hit me?

[Raux]

Riding through Deal's Gap at night a couple of summers ago, a big bat flew right into my chest.

we now dub thee "Batman"

[Snips]

Here's the feathers plucked by my bike from a pigeon in mid-flight (me, bike, and pigeon)...

I can still recall the look of horror in the pigeon's eye when it realised what was about to happen... I imagine my look wasn't much different.

The white smudges on the black plastic above the headlight (and more on the headlight, turn signal, and bikini fairing, that you can't see) were all left by the pigeon.

[swampduc]

30 gallon galvanized garbage can came over the center divider on the Houston freeway.  I was doing 70 mph and I'm guessing it was doing about the same from the other direction.  In an instant everything over the signal lights was just gone.  Handlebars, instruments, headlight, faring, windscreen gone.  It took out the kill switch so the bike shut down and I rode it to a halt holding onto the signal lights.  Dumped it at the very end because I had no clutch to work with and really nothing to hold on to as we ground to an in-gear halt.

That's about the scariest one I've heard on this thread. I'm guessing fresh pants were in order?

[rgramjet]

Once had a yellow jacket fly into my mouth.  Luckily my lightning fast ninja instincts kicked in and I chewed him before he had a chance to sting me.

How did I know it was a yellow jacket you ask?  I found his chewed up, spit covered, carcass  stuck to the front of my jacket when I immediately pulled over.

Ive almost hit a 6' long steel I beam, step ladder, extension ladder pressure treated 6 x 6 to name several.  Narrowly missing each item gave me a chill down my spine..

[DesmoDiva]

Last summer I had a retread separate in front of me going at good clip down the slab.   

It hit the bike on the lower right fairing and I drove over it. 

One of the largest Adrenalin rushes I have ever had. 

B was riding behind me and saw it all unfold.  He thought I was going to be a goner. 

[Drunken Monkey]

I hit a pedestrian holding a baby.

I was pulling up to a light past a line of stopped cars and she darted out from behind a box van. Apparently she was running to catch a bus and decided going to the crosswalk was too much trouble.

I did a massive stoppy. Knocked her over, I didn't even bother with my bike, just ran over to make sure she was okay and it damn near gave me a heart attack when I saw the baby.

Cops & Ambulance showed up, she was fine, baby was fine, plenty of witnesses saying it wasn't my fault.

Still, despite the lack of injuries, it was the worst moment I've ever had on my bike. Thanks for reminding me.

[The Bacon Junkie]

Doing about 80 on the 101 here in Thousand Oaks,  when a lady throws a Big Gulp cup out the window.   
Nowhere to escape, so I took it on the front part of my right shoulder/chest.  The thing was still full off ice! 

...pregnant dog

[duc996]

Riding one weekend out here in the philippines when all of  a sudden a small branch of a coconut tree fell right on top of my helmet,scared the shit out of me! At first i didn't know what hit me till i stopped and looked behind,luckily i didn't panic and did something stupid.

[Tigermeat]

That's about the scariest one I've heard on this thread. I'm guessing fresh pants were in order?

Actually I was too messed-up to care.  I got hit by many of the parts as well as the trash can itself.  Just LUCKY to be able to share the story.

Tiger

[Mash]

30 gallon galvanized garbage can came over the center divider on the Houston freeway.  I was doing 70 mph and I'm guessing it was doing about the same from the other direction.  In an instant everything over the signal lights was just gone.  Handlebars, instruments, headlight, faring, windscreen gone.  It took out the kill switch so the bike shut down and I rode it to a halt holding onto the signal lights.  Dumped it at the very end because I had no clutch to work with and really nothing to hold on to as we ground to an in-gear halt.

are you make the beast with two backsing kidding me?

[SKOM]

96 Chevy Cavalier.   

[DarkStaR]

Don't know if this counts.  I kind of hit "it", but in my defense, it shouldn't of been in the middle of the highway in heavy traffic being exactly where i needed to go and not visible until it was too late.

[ab]

Riding in a country road. Stuck behind an open bed truck seemingly empty.  He brakes and gets to the side to let me pass.  Ofcourse when he brakes the dry cow dung (i think) flows out towards me and part of it got me.   Stinky stinky stinky.

[bigiain]

Errrmmm, I think it might have been a tram...

http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/05/18/traffic-safety-film-of-the-week-11/

 

big (I don't suppose those drivers are any better at seeing motorcycles...)

[Monstermonkey]

Last year on the 405 in Cali I was riding with my friend and girlfriend.  I was in the back and I see something pop out from under an suv in front of my friend.  It looked like a big piece of cardboard but realized it wasn't when I saw him bounce over it.  He stayed up but was airborne for a moment.  By the time my girlfriend caught up to the object it was obvious that it was a roll of carpeting!  It had now unrolled enough to have about 8 feet of it standing vertically.  She hit the wall of brown carpet head on and amazingly enough it folded down under her.  I had enough time to move over a lane and avoid it.

While in my truck a week ago I saw a guy on the side of the freeway frantically trying to retrieve a bunch of baseball bats that had fallen out of his truck.