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Discussion in 'Motorcycles & Boats' started by Ershank, Jun 27, 2005.

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  1. Ershank

    Ershank Formula Junior

    Aug 26, 2004
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    Jason Z
    #1 Ershank, Jun 27, 2005
    Yesterday was the second time this year when I was physically hit while riding. I was out on some backroads cruising around at like 70mph just minding my own business when this pair of pigeons were flying perpendicular to the road. I'm thinking, they hear me, see me, they're freaking FLYING. So I continue going, and I just KNOW that this is going to happen. I'm not going to swerve out of the way because... It's not in my way, yet, and probably won't be. Hell, I could even swerve into it. It's not like its a very easy thing to gauge my speed, his speed, angles and intercepts in all of 1 second. So I hit the second bird out of the 2, going about 70mph, smack in my chest. These pigeons are heavy.

    Ever get hit by a paintball? That's what it felt like, or atleast thats what the previous sparrow felt like earlier this year. The latter..... felt like Bubba punched me in the sternum because I didn't feel like sex. Seriously, even with my Alpinstars leather jacket this WHOMPING pigeon really nailed me. I was wondering why I didn't inch back on my seat. Shortly after I pulled over and took off my helmet- Mostly because I wanted to clean what I thought would be bird guts off my chest. I was literally looking for a beak to be harpooned in one of my pectoral regions. Im telling you, this pigeon must have weighed 2 pounds.

    Birds flew into my chest twice this year.
     
  2. wax

    wax Five Time F1 World Champ
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    #2 wax, Jun 27, 2005
    Sure glad it was just a pigeon this time & a sparrow the first time around.

    By any chance is your bike and/or jacket maroon? Does your bike have a stereo on which you were you playing Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti?

    Eons ago, (Well, 1980 seems eons ago) I had a '78 Olds Cutlass Supreme Brougham - my car got hit by birds on at least 1 dozen occasions. Thing is, the car was a maroon type of color (color started with a "C") - which is all well and good, except every single time I got hit, it was while Custard Pie, The Rover or In My Time of Dying was playing. Throaty roar on all tracks. Perhaps your bike possess this same aural quality and birds get possessed...

    Incidentally, we tried to duplicate it in other cars, but it only happened in this one.
     
  3. Sfumato

    Sfumato F1 World Champ

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    Angus Podgorney
    #3 Sfumato, Jun 27, 2005
    Wax, you're overanalyzing again. Or, you should be betting on longshots :D
     
  4. wax

    wax Five Time F1 World Champ
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    #4 wax, Jun 30, 2005
    Bookies are still waiting...
     
  5. Ershank

    Ershank Formula Junior

    Aug 26, 2004
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    Jason Z
    #5 Ershank, Jun 30, 2005
    I was in fact listening to Led Zep, but the bike and my jacket are black.
     
  6. Billy10mm

    Billy10mm Formula Junior

    Nov 11, 2003
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    Billy Ng
    #6 Billy10mm, Jun 30, 2005
    About 6 years ago I was on my VFR coming back from a weekend trip riding around the White Mountains in VT. Anyway, it's 11PM or so on a Sunday night, I'm on Route 17 in NY, hauling ass, cruising at maybe ~110. My best guess is that it was a bat and it thought my helmet was food. When it hit my helmet and my head snapped back, I thought for a fleeting second that this is what it feels like to be decapitated. What a shot that was. Completely dazed, I slowed the bike down to 50mph and still managed to almost run off the road twice in the next 2 miles because I couldn't remember how to ride a motorcycle. I ended up pulling off into a parking lot of a 7/11 or something and collected my senses. Next morning I couldn't move my head at all. Ended up in bed for almost a week and it was the only time in my life I've seen a chiropractor.

    Bill in Brooklyn
     
  7. wax

    wax Five Time F1 World Champ
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    #7 wax, Jul 2, 2005
    WooHoo! *heads to bookies, gets huge payoff*
     
  8. Sideways

    Sideways Karting

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    #8 Sideways, Jul 7, 2005
    Watch out for turkeys. :D
     
  9. RocketBoy

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    #9 RocketBoy, Jul 7, 2005
    Jason,

    All that really matters is that you're ok. The unknown factors in riding are the only reason I have stopped, ( the best and most careful riders can't control other people.) At least you have a fun story to tell everyone. I would be more upset to have to clean the usually expensive Alpine Stars gear than the fact I got tagged by flying rat.

    RocketBoy
     
  10. Sfumato

    Sfumato F1 World Champ

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    #10 Sfumato, Jul 8, 2005
    Don't talk about Wax that way, you'll hurt his feelings... :D
     
  11. UroTrash

    UroTrash Four Time F1 World Champ
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    #11 UroTrash, Jul 9, 2005
    Sometimes you're the pigeon, sometimes you're the jacket.

    Every time I hit some gigantic insect and think how completely they smash on my windscreen, face mask or throat, despite their strong and well designed exoskeleton, I can't help thing the exact same physics would be in play, but just reversed, with me and that rock outcropping at 75 MPH.
     

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