Who has hit a bird or animal at speed?

[fastwin]

I was on a long sweeping off ramp doing about 100 km/h (60 mph) where 4 lanes merge into 2; light traffic, but a car was merging from the right so I moved to the left lane ... saw a little tan and gray sparrow swoop over the car; and then coming at me; I ducked but the little fella hit me in the upper chest; looking back in the mirror he was swirling in the backdraft on the road ... rip ... little fella ... I felt bad.  It didn't hurt at all; but did scare the crap outta me.

There must be some other stories out there; I recall hearing some bad accidents where a guy hit a turkey and knocked him out & off the bike ... other care to share ...

That guy is me. AKA: Turkey Slayer . Just celebrated my two year anniversary of the wild animal attack! Yesterday two years ago was the day they brought me back to Dallas from Little Rock, AR by ambulance. Then the fun began! Nothing like a concussion and four crushed vertebrae to get the party started. My neck and upper back will never be the same, it hurts constantly... then there's the constant tingling and numbness in my right hand from nerve damage. Weeeee! Stupid f#@king bird! But hey, I still ride and I took the dumbest turkey in Oklahoma out of the gene pool! Me 1, turkey 0! [moto]

[Privateer]

this wasn't me, but a buddy of mine.
bird hits biker

coming down the back side of Big Bear last year.

[Speedbag]

I hit a blackbird at 60 this week, to my right arm.

Even though I had my Vanson textile jacket on and that bird probably only weighed but a few ounces, it smacked pretty hard and definitely got my attention.

[hooligan machinist]

  One of my favorites.

Motorcycle hits a deer

[fastwin]

I had forgotten about that video. I couldn't believe it the first time I saw it. Dude did an amazing job of not going down! Didn't do the deer any good though. The deer probably had a turkey friend in Oklahoma!!!

[Mike_D]

I had a big, fat bumblebee splat on my visor once.  Does that count? 

[DuciD03]

I had a big, fat bumblebee splat on my visor once.  Does that count? 

I kinda like the bug splats and leave them on my headlight & jacket.  The big bigs definatly make a pop when they hit the helmet.  So I guess I ware the bug splats proudly so to speak; the bird splats I can do without ...

[DuciD03]

That guy is me. AKA: Turkey Slayer . Just celebrated my two year anniversary of the wild animal attack! Yesterday two years ago was the day they brought me back to Dallas from Little Rock, AR by ambulance. Then the fun began! Nothing like a concussion and four crushed vertebrae to get the party started. My neck and upper back will never be the same, it hurts constantly... then there's the constant tingling and numbness in my right hand from nerve damage. Weeeee! Stupid f#@king bird! But hey, I still ride and I took the dumbest turkey in Oklahoma out of the gene pool! Me 1, turkey 0! [moto]

Your famous!  Did you post that story here?  Glad to hear you've recouperated somewhat; ride on brother ...

I was also relayed a 3ird hand story of a duck that hit a guys helmet visor and cracked it; luckly he managed to stay on the bike but had some wiplash ...

[Clickjack]

Last Summer, I was riding a different bike.  Doing about 115 on a very long deserted straight away.  (West Texas, doesn't have a whole lot of anything but straight roads, and flat land).  When a large group of small brown birds darted out of the brush by the fence line and over me.  One particularly scared little fellow, shit on face.  Luckily the Visor was down.   I missed him by inches, ducked expecting to take a sparrow in the helmet, and when I looked up All I could see was bird shit. 

Second story:   Years ago I was  doing about 120 in a squad car when I was struck by a sparrow.  Directly in front of my face.  I swear he had a little look of fear on his tiny bird face and was trying to back paddle with his wings. He imploded right before my eyes, it was like he turned inside out, and disappeared.  When I stopped all that was on the wind shield was a couple of feathers a trickle of blood and a little poop.  I don't know where the rest of him went, because it happened so fast.   

[LA]

Yea, in 1982, a great big friend of mine took a goose in the chest (yea, one of those big Canada Geese) at about 60 mph as it made a  vector across his path at some speed.  Damn near killed him.

I always thought his size helped.  At 325 lbs. he looked gaunt - big as they would let an a submarine at 6'8". Great big red cheeked bowl haircut, just like he'd stepped off the front of the Hansel and Gretel story book - just big.

He road a RT1000 Beemer.

LA

[clittelm750]

I kinda like the bug splats and leave them on my headlight & jacket.  The big bigs definatly make a pop when they hit the helmet.  So I guess I ware the bug splats proudly so to speak; the bird splats I can do without ...

Fire fllys are the best!!!

[Popeye the Sailor]

Yea, in 1982, a great big friend of mine took a goose in the chest (yea, one of those big Canada Geese) at about 60 mph as it made a  vector across his path at some speed.  Damn near killed him.

I always thought his size helped.  At 325 lbs. he looked gaunt - big as they would let an a submarine at 6'8". Great big red cheeked bowl haircut, just like he'd stepped off the front of the Hansel and Gretel story book - just big.

He road a RT1000 Beemer.

LA

Nah, his size hurt him. If he was a foot shorter, it would've skimmed his helmet, and not hit his chest 

[dlearl476]

In 2000, I bought my Triumph Sprint ST in LA, did 600 miles while I was working there so I could have the original dealer do the 600 mile service, then I flew back and picked it up and rode it to SLC.  Somewhere in the desert along Hwy 93, I'd hit the magic 1,000 mile mark so I could use all the revs (according to the Triumph break-in regimen)

I opened it up and was probably doing about 120 when something appeared in the road ahead.  As I got closer, it started moving and I rolled off the throttle a bit.  As you know, you cover a lot of ground at 100+ mph and before I knew it, this big-assed bird was going into take-off mode.  I think I was doing about 105 when I had to duck to avoid it.  Big Birds take a LONG TIME to get airborne.   

[Grampa]

I had one of these fly over my head the other day



foldicus chairicus

[Porsche Monkey]

I had one of these fly over my head the other day



foldicus chairicus

I was gonna reply something mean and sarcastic but this would have really sucked had it hit you.