Random Motorcycling Observations From This Morning

A pheasant in the solar plexus, even after grazing the handlebar, has enough steam to knock out some wind.

A pheasant in the solar plexus, even after grazing the handlebar, has enough steam to knock out some wind.

Wait until you get the ticket from your local game warden. I'm pretty sure it's wabbit season, not dove or crow season.

Wait until you get the ticket from your local game warden. I'm pretty sure it's wabbit season, not dove or crow season.

Wrong.It's fiddler crab season. Everybody knows that.

Wrong.

It's fiddler crab season. Everybody knows that.

As long as you're not out gigging frogs.(Captcha: poledip. Weird.)

As long as you're not out gigging frogs.

(Captcha: poledip. Weird.)

oh owwwbeen thererather not do it again if given a choice…

oh
owww

been there
rather not do it again if given a choice…

I saw a cop tv program from yorkshire (uk) a couple of months ago where a biker got hit in the visor by a pheasant, causing him to lose control, ending up in a ditch with bad leg injuries, thankfully he did not hit any other traffic. a close call i thinks.i'm glad i never had it happen to me when i was riding, but i did get hit by a deer on the pannier box once which burst like a ripe tomatoe.

I saw a cop tv program from yorkshire (uk) a couple of months ago where a biker got hit in the visor by a pheasant, causing him to lose control, ending up in a ditch with bad leg injuries, thankfully he did not hit any other traffic. a close call i thinks.
i'm glad i never had it happen to me when i was riding, but i did get hit by a deer on the pannier box once which burst like a ripe tomatoe.

Insert Avian Flu joke here.

Insert Avian Flu joke here.

A bird? That's all?Take a look at this thread on ADVRider and see what your two-wheeled cohorts dodge on their commute. http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145779

A bird? That's all?

Take a look at this thread on ADVRider and see what your two-wheeled cohorts dodge on their commute.

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145779

Took a bee to the beard once. Hurt like a sonofabitch – it was a big'un.It wasn't until I got off the bike and looked in the mirror that I realized the full extent of the hit – the bee had been laden with pollen when he hit me, so my beard was bright screamin' yellow…

Ouch. My sympathy. Glad it wasn't a turkey! Sparrows, on the other hand, mostly have to be picked out from behind the shift linkage (speaking from experience).

Took a bee to the beard once. Hurt like a sonofabitch – it was a big'un.

It wasn't until I got off the bike and looked in the mirror that I realized the full extent of the hit – the bee had been laden with pollen when he hit me, so my beard was bright screamin' yellow…

Ouch. My sympathy. Glad it wasn't a turkey!

Sparrows, on the other hand, mostly have to be picked out from behind the shift linkage (speaking from experience).

I'm just glad you didn't lay it down when you experienced your bird attack!

I'm just glad you didn't lay it down when you experienced your bird attack!

There is a REASON that I spend the money for a full face helmet. It wasn't because I was afraid of getting divebombed by a bird, but it'll handle the attacks nicely, anyway… and the Pro-Tech leather jacket will prevent beak wounds to my tender torso, too. word verification: resseleeSee, in the ring you gots the wrestler, and you gots the resselee!

There is a REASON that I spend the money for a full face helmet.

It wasn't because I was afraid of getting divebombed by a bird, but it'll handle the attacks nicely, anyway… and the Pro-Tech leather jacket will prevent beak wounds to my tender torso, too.

word verification: resselee

See, in the ring you gots the wrestler, and you gots the resselee!

And a wasp trapped in the Helmet is as dangerous as a psychopath on the loose.Happened to me once, and I'm not ashamed to admit I screamed like a little girl on a fairground ride.That was, until I realised it could go in my mouth. Then I shut it and quietly panicked instead.

And a wasp trapped in the Helmet is as dangerous as a psychopath on the loose.

Happened to me once, and I'm not ashamed to admit I screamed like a little girl on a fairground ride.

That was, until I realised it could go in my mouth. Then I shut it and quietly panicked instead.

Red Tail Hawk v. BMW 535i…Beemer 1Red Tail 0

Red Tail Hawk v. BMW 535i…

Beemer 1

Red Tail 0

Gee, what I have to look forward once I get the new project running…And yes, full-face helm and leathers are on the wish list.Verification: alstaHey, now, you're an alsta! Get your game on, go play!

Gee, what I have to look forward once I get the new project running…And yes, full-face helm and leathers are on the wish list.

Verification: alsta

Hey, now, you're an alsta! Get your game on, go play!

I took a seagull to the light bar once, huge thud but no damage. Sure glad I wasn't on a bike.

I took a seagull to the light bar once, huge thud but no damage. Sure glad I wasn't on a bike.

same results with a 1200 pound cruiser. i now use a windshield. the designs of the splatter are quite nice at dusk with the sun on the horizon. BlessingsBrother FrankieA Biker for Christ

same results with a 1200 pound cruiser.

i now use a windshield. the designs of the splatter are quite nice at dusk with the sun on the horizon.

Blessings
Brother Frankie
A Biker for Christ

Had a crow hit the grill of a 300M on Interstate 80 while doing about 85. Peeled him off at the next rest stop. Kinda disgusting.

Had a crow hit the grill of a 300M on Interstate 80 while doing about 85. Peeled him off at the next rest stop. Kinda disgusting.

Full face helmet, leathers, windscreen, and still the bumblebee found that little hollow just above the breastbone at the base of my throat. Yowie!! Good thing it was in a school zone instead of at Interstate speed.

Full face helmet, leathers, windscreen, and still the bumblebee found that little hollow just above the breastbone at the base of my throat. Yowie!! Good thing it was in a school zone instead of at Interstate speed.

A friend had a bee fly up his pant leg. Bystanders called the cops when they saw "some crazy guy" dancing on the side of the road tearing off leather chaps and pulling down his jeans. Apparently when the cops showed up and got the whole story they were laughing so hard that one of them had to sit down and lean against his cruiser on the side of the interstate.

A friend had a bee fly up his pant leg. Bystanders called the cops when they saw "some crazy guy" dancing on the side of the road tearing off leather chaps and pulling down his jeans. Apparently when the cops showed up and got the whole story they were laughing so hard that one of them had to sit down and lean against his cruiser on the side of the interstate.

Two birds on one ride? Dude, don't buy a lottery ticket. Not your lucky day.

Two birds on one ride? Dude, don't buy a lottery ticket. Not your lucky day.

I've got a flack jacket you can borrow… Good point, you weren't flying when it happened! THAT makes a real mess!

I've got a flack jacket you can borrow… Good point, you weren't flying when it happened! THAT makes a real mess!

Ouch, AD! A bird is better than a deer, though.

Ouch, AD! A bird is better than a deer, though.

I watched a medic I was working with get buzzed by a swallow while he was atanadidng still. It was close enough that he felt the breeze on the side of his head. I cracked up. Not sure how it came so close to him when there was a whole inlet for it to fly over (and he was not even moving to challenge the birds tiny brain)!

I watched a medic I was working with get buzzed by a swallow while he was atanadidng still. It was close enough that he felt the breeze on the side of his head. I cracked up. Not sure how it came so close to him when there was a whole inlet for it to fly over (and he was not even moving to challenge the birds tiny brain)!

Had a little interaction with a B52 bug (unidentified, huge, high speed} years ago. It grazed my neck just under the jaw line. Carried a mark for months. I couldn't dodge, I just moved my head over enough to keep from taking it in the face.Now I got leathers, full face, windscreen and such, much better!

Had a little interaction with a B52 bug (unidentified, huge, high speed} years ago. It grazed my neck just under the jaw line. Carried a mark for months. I couldn't dodge, I just moved my head over enough to keep from taking it in the face.
Now I got leathers, full face, windscreen and such, much better!

Big grasshopper – blinding me at ~80 by covering both lenses in bug-guts? Check.Big B52 bug, fat/busted lip? Check.Yellow-jacket down the back, and me ~40 miles from my epi-pen? Check. THAT was a bad day…Bird in the face/chest/bike/etc? Check/check/check/check.~190k miles, now. BTDT.I actually wasn't going to post, until I saw the word: "proop."Fits, somehow…DD

Big grasshopper – blinding me at ~80 by covering both lenses in bug-guts? Check.

Big B52 bug, fat/busted lip? Check.

Yellow-jacket down the back, and me ~40 miles from my epi-pen? Check. THAT was a bad day…

Bird in the face/chest/bike/etc? Check/check/check/check.

~190k miles, now. BTDT.

I actually wasn't going to post, until I saw the word:

"proop."

Fits, somehow…

DD

Small bird… sparrow or wren… something like that…Flew up from the road with perfect timing. Between the windshield and me. Busted nose and loosened tooth. I think I lost more blood then than when I sliced my arm while cutting cattails with my pocket knife.

Small bird… sparrow or wren… something like that…

Flew up from the road with perfect timing. Between the windshield and me. Busted nose and loosened tooth. I think I lost more blood then than when I sliced my arm while cutting cattails with my pocket knife.

Cycles & More is now resorting to aggressive tactics over your less than complimentary posts about their service. They seem to have held the bike of a pigeon fanicier hostage and forced him to train kamikaze birds to attack you.

Cycles & More is now resorting to aggressive tactics over your less than complimentary posts about their service.

They seem to have held the bike of a pigeon fanicier hostage and forced him to train kamikaze birds to attack you.

Oh, if we're talking about hitting avians with CARS, I once hit a Newark seagull with a '71 Chevelle on the Garden State Parkway (Yes, in New Jersey. Get it out of your system; I'll wait). Done giggling now? Good. Darn bird left a grease spot about four or five inches across where it bounced off of my windshield.Word verification: ousnest. I assume that that's where an ou roosts…

Oh, if we're talking about hitting avians with CARS, I once hit a Newark seagull with a '71 Chevelle on the Garden State Parkway (Yes, in New Jersey. Get it out of your system; I'll wait).

Done giggling now? Good. Darn bird left a grease spot about four or five inches across where it bounced off of my windshield.

Word verification: ousnest. I assume that that's where an ou roosts…

Ahhhh see now a retired ambulance driver (and curent poduck rescue volly) knows enough to buy a bike with a ferring on it..if it dont bounce off the ferring.. its a deer!Drop by 2alago@wordpress and say hello!

Ahhhh see now a retired ambulance driver (and curent poduck rescue volly) knows enough to buy a bike with a ferring on it..if it dont bounce off the ferring.. its a deer!

Drop by 2alago@wordpress and say hello!