Who has hit a bird or animal at speed?

[pitbull]

Been lucky (knocking on wooden head).....I've had many close calls with deer, turkeys and assorted wildlife, but never a direct hit.

I did once have some sort of wasp or bee fly up the cuff of my jacket once and sting me several times on the forearm. I was only a couple of blocks from works, so toughed it out, but did an entertaining little dance for everyonew while I tried to get my jacket off.
Another time I was cruising slowly with my visor open and got stung just over the right eye. Again, another little dance on the side of the road trying to get my helmet off. Damn eye almost swole shut.

[Porsche Monkey]

Once in deep west Texas I almost hit a family of wet backs running across the road. They jump out when you least expect it and can really mess up your day. 

[redxblack]

I had two close calls today - one with a smaller deer and one with a big wild turkey.

[Popeye the Sailor]

I've hit some wild turkey meself.


Delicious with coke.

[Uncle Mofo]

Bird hit me in the face, almost knocked me off the bike.  And I ran over a possum last summer. Poor guy.   

[Porsche Monkey]

I've hit some wild turkey meself.


Delicious with coke.

I'm a tequila man myself, cactus sucks though. Wore a few of them back in my mountain bike days. Full body treatment from a prickly pear brings teh suck.

[Bigbore4]

Raccoon, in a corner at about 55 mph, AT NIGHT!

This was a few years back on my FJ, it waggled ferociously for a moment then straightened out.  Just enough to grease my shorts!

[nikkimonster]

i ran over a cat at night. I thought i cut it in half, looked back and it flapped around for a while, then got up and ran off. those pussies really do have 9 lives.

[Chaddyboxer85]

i've hit a small bird (robin i think), and a couple of squirrels, and baby rabbit.
one of the squirrels fell out of a tree over the road and either bounced or jumped up into the toe of my boot.

the rabbit i didn't even realize i had hit until i came back down the road. it was a gravel road and i was on a dirtbike. that little rabbit didn't even make a little wobble.

i've come relatively close to hitting black bears 2 times now.

-Did you say 2 black bears!??? Holy crap. That would not be too pretty.

[Fredy]

Thanks! Yeah I'm definitely lucky considering the speed and nature of the accident.  They had to argue with me to get me to go to the hospital in an ambulance but I did, glad I did tho.  My jacket survived and definitely did its job, and seeing the marks on my helmet kinda freaks me out a bit.  I find myself noticing much more when I see guy out with no gear.  It bothers me,  I'd still be in the hospital with skin grafts if I wasn't wearing my gear.  I see guys with no helmet/gloves/jacket, and wearing shorts.  Dumb.  Now I gotta figure out what I want next, I'm a mechanic so I've been off work for a while.  I've been browsing around, Def want to stay naked.  Thinking Ducati SF or maybe Aprilia Tuono, or an S4RS if i can find one close enough. Decisions decisions.

Glad to hear you are ok...I hit a deer this past Saturday, my gear did its job too...just sore and bruised, gear is done and so is my '06 S4R...thinking Tuono or S4RS too...let me know what you go with...problem with Aprilia for me is no dealership nearby to service.

stay safe, and ride hard [moto]

[vw151]

I haven't hit a bird but my buddie Clint did last year.  I was about 100 feet behind him when it happened.

[Scottish]

Hit a deer on my old GS1100e. Silly thing hopped right in front of me at about 45mph. Lucky those bikes have HUGE headlights so she didn't come over the bars. I rode about 50-75 yards with her wrapped around the forks. I was trying to figure out what to do. Afraid to stop because I've watched to many "When Nature Attacks" programs. I kept invisioning her getting off the front of my bike, dusting herself off and opening a can of whoop-ass on me. My dilemma was finally solved for me when she was pulled under the bike by her trailing hooves going under the rear tire. Most morbid ramp eva.



On a side note, had a very cute gf at the time and played up the sympathy card well. She was a message therapist, she brought over chinese a movie, popcorn and worked on my neck and shoulders for an hour or so. Very nice.

[silentbob]

She was a message therapist

Did she cover you in post-it notes?

[Scottish]

Did she cover you in post-it notes?

A gentleman doesn't tell. 

[SikDuc]

A bird, unk. what kind, hit my helmet at around 70 mph around a bend.  Made a nice loud sound.  I just kept rollin.  It happens fast!