Just got hit on the way home.

odin544 · 08-16-2010, 05:24 PM

Fawk you little bird!

Bastard hit me right in the shoulder. I stopped to pick him up for dinner but I couldnt find him in the brush. It was a little quail. Would have been good eatin! Oh well.

Ride careful. Ya never know who's out to get you!

Wyckedan · 08-16-2010, 05:36 PM

Hit this guy at about... well I won't say that, but lost him for a day, couldn't find the damn thing until a customer asked me why there was a bird in my bike:

TraumaHawk · 08-16-2010, 08:50 PM

That close to the headers I'll bet he was nicely cooked when you took him out...or did you have to flip him over and ride a few more miles to get the other side?

noslofiveoh · 08-17-2010, 08:37 AM

lolz nice. i hit a bird going under a train overpass. it was a pidgeon and right in the top of the melon, i ducked or it would have been right in the visor. apparently i didnt duck fast enough.

Bill Clinton · 08-17-2010, 09:08 AM

Not on my bike ...but still one taco'd bluejay

FeralRdr · 08-17-2010, 09:35 AM

Who says you need a shotgun for bird hunting. Now make sure that everyone has their hunting licenses and bird stamps.

The way things have been going lately, not only would they get ya for speeding, but hunting without a license too.

a109driver · 08-17-2010, 10:19 AM

I nailed one in my radiator a couple of months ago. All that was left were feathers. The guy behind me said that pieces of bird flew out from under my bike and over him.

This was my latest hit in the helicopter. I've killed at least a dozen while flying including 8 in one shot. After that, they called me the "Bird Assassin". I nailed one with my hand once when it was resting on the window sill. Luckily we were only going about 90 mph. That hurt like a bitch.

Ignacio · 08-17-2010, 02:30 PM

Caught an owl with my big toe at 2 a.m. about a month ago doing FJR nominal speed down in Utah. Hurt like an SOB!

Then it was like a CSI episode with blood spatter up the side of the bike and he wrapped himself around my gear shift linkage like a meat kabob. Ick.

Breakah · 08-17-2010, 03:29 PM

gettin hungry over here

yamaharide · 08-17-2010, 03:32 PM

I took a bird in the chest once at around 75 hurt like hell

james1300 · 08-17-2010, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by Breakah

gettin hungry over here

STEW!

YuM!

Devil_Doc · 08-17-2010, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by yamaharide

I took a bird in the chest once at around 75 hurt like hell

I'm about %90 sure that I took one in the upper arm at about 65. I didn't see it, but the first thing that popped into my head was that someone had thrown a rock at me.

a109driver · 08-17-2010, 07:28 PM

My brother and I were in college in AZ, and rode to OR to see our dad on June 1st when school was out. This was the early 80's. No helmets, no shirts, and 110 degrees the day we left. A dragonfly hit me in the center of my chest. It felt like a rock also. I didn't see it till a fraction of a second before it hit. The evidence was smeared all over my chest. That was nasty!

odin544 · 08-17-2010, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by Devil_Doc

I'm about %90 sure that I took one in the upper arm at about 65. I didn't see it, but the first thing that popped into my head was that someone had thrown a rock at me.

That's how this was for me. I thought to myself "WTF just happened? Did I just get hit by something?" Looked over my shoulder to see the quail flying through the air and hitting the brush with a puff of feathers in the air behind me. I looked at my shoulder and sure enough there were feathers stuck to me. It didn't hurt at all as I wasn't going fast. Only 40mph, maybe 45? I was completely relaxed when it happened and didn't see the bird coming. Otherwise I imagine I would have flinched, ducked, or done something else? I was just about to turn left and was looking to the left when it hit me.

skinny_punk · 08-17-2010, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by Ignacio

Caught an owl with my big toe at 2 a.m. about a month ago doing FJR nominal speed down in Utah. Hurt like an SOB!

Then it was like a CSI episode with blood spatter up the side of the bike and he wrapped himself around my gear shift linkage like a meat kabob. Ick.

Was it a "spotted owl"?!

I'm tellin'!

dartmanx5 · 08-17-2010, 10:45 PM

Hit a robin at 75 on the freeway. Top of the helmet, thought I broke my friggin neck. Got another one at 60 in the shoulder, nothin but a t-shirt. Ouch, numbed my throttle arm, had to pull onto the side of the road with nothin but clutch, rear brake and one dead arm. Took like 10 minutes before my right arm would work again. Left a bigass bruise across my chest/shoulder.
fukin birds

Spaceman7Spiff · 08-21-2010, 11:56 AM

a while back I had a bird t-bone me and get lodged in between the shifter and frame. Then the other day a bunch of birds were just hangin' out in the middle of the road and one didn't quite make it. Left a pretty good blood splatter on my bar-end mirror. I thought I was gunna get hit in the face though.


08-16-2010, 05:24 PM	#1
odin544 Streetfighter Joined: Apr 2007 From: Kennewick, Washington I Ride: '08 Ducati 848 , '08 R6	Just got hit on the way home. Fawk you little bird! Bastard hit me right in the shoulder. I stopped to pick him up for dinner but I couldnt find him in the brush. It was a little quail. Would have been good eatin! Oh well. Ride careful. Ya never know who's out to get you! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-16-2010, 05:36 PM	#2
Wyckedan Knee Dragger Joined: Feb 2010 From: Seattle, Wa I Ride: R6	Hit this guy at about... well I won't say that, but lost him for a day, couldn't find the damn thing until a customer asked me why there was a bird in my bike: __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-16-2010, 08:50 PM	#3
TraumaHawk Peg Dragger Joined: Jul 2007 From: Richland, WA I Ride: Street: MV F4 Senna, Ducati Streetfighter S. Track/Race: '07 GSXR750 STOLEN!	That close to the headers I'll bet he was nicely cooked when you took him out...or did you have to flip him over and ride a few more miles to get the other side? __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-17-2010, 08:37 AM	#4
noslofiveoh Licensed Joined: Apr 2007 From: kennewick I Ride: black betty bam balam	lolz nice. i hit a bird going under a train overpass. it was a pidgeon and right in the top of the melon, i ducked or it would have been right in the visor. apparently i didnt duck fast enough. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-17-2010, 09:08 AM	#5
Bill Clinton Endorsed Joined: May 2009 From: Yaaaaaaacolt I Ride: 05 Repsol	Not on my bike ...but still one taco'd bluejay __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-17-2010, 09:35 AM	#6
FeralRdr Peg Dragger Joined: Aug 2009 From: Portland, OR I Ride: '87 Yamaha FJ1200	Who says you need a shotgun for bird hunting. Now make sure that everyone has their hunting licenses and bird stamps. The way things have been going lately, not only would they get ya for speeding, but hunting without a license too. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-17-2010, 10:19 AM	#7
a109driver Shredder Joined: Jan 2008 From: Seaside/Warrenton, Oregon I Ride: 2004 Yamaha R1	I nailed one in my radiator a couple of months ago. All that was left were feathers. The guy behind me said that pieces of bird flew out from under my bike and over him. This was my latest hit in the helicopter. I've killed at least a dozen while flying including 8 in one shot. After that, they called me the "Bird Assassin". I nailed one with my hand once when it was resting on the window sill. Luckily we were only going about 90 mph. That hurt like a bitch. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-17-2010, 02:30 PM	#8
Ignacio Endorsed Joined: Sep 2006 From: Tri-Cities, WA I Ride: 2005 Yamaha FJR1300, 2002 Honda XR650R	Caught an owl with my big toe at 2 a.m. about a month ago doing FJR nominal speed down in Utah. Hurt like an SOB! Then it was like a CSI episode with blood spatter up the side of the bike and he wrapped himself around my gear shift linkage like a meat kabob. Ick. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-17-2010, 03:29 PM	#9
Breakah Pit Crew Joined: Oct 2006 From: Seattle,WA	gettin hungry over here __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-17-2010, 03:32 PM	#10
yamaharide Permit Joined: May 2010 From: Tacoma I Ride: 2002 R6, yfz450-2006, yfz450-2005, z400-2006, 250x-1991	I took a bird in the chest once at around 75 hurt like hell __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-17-2010, 07:28 PM	#13
a109driver Shredder Joined: Jan 2008 From: Seaside/Warrenton, Oregon I Ride: 2004 Yamaha R1	My brother and I were in college in AZ, and rode to OR to see our dad on June 1st when school was out. This was the early 80's. No helmets, no shirts, and 110 degrees the day we left. A dragonfly hit me in the center of my chest. It felt like a rock also. I didn't see it till a fraction of a second before it hit. The evidence was smeared all over my chest. That was nasty! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-17-2010, 10:45 PM	#16
dartmanx5 Superbiker Joined: Mar 2010 From: Rock Island,WA/ Volcano, HI I Ride: ^That^	Hit a robin at 75 on the freeway. Top of the helmet, thought I broke my friggin neck. Got another one at 60 in the shoulder, nothin but a t-shirt. Ouch, numbed my throttle arm, had to pull onto the side of the road with nothin but clutch, rear brake and one dead arm. Took like 10 minutes before my right arm would work again. Left a bigass bruise across my chest/shoulder. fukin birds __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


08-21-2010, 11:56 AM	#17
Spaceman7Spiff Training Wheels Joined: Apr 2010 From: Kennewick, WA I Ride: 04 Suzuki SV650	a while back I had a bird t-bone me and get lodged in between the shifter and frame. Then the other day a bunch of birds were just hangin' out in the middle of the road and one didn't quite make it. Left a pretty good blood splatter on my bar-end mirror. I thought I was gunna get hit in the face though. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter

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