ST1100Y
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LOL! :lol:
Normally them birds just poop when startled, bad enough though...
Watch out for buzzards
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Normally them birds just poop when startled, bad enough though...
Saw a Pick up truck at a gas Station up north a few years back with a large depression in the center of the shattered windshield. Asked the owner and he said he had hit a turkey the evening prior. Looked about like a medicine ball had been pounded into the windshield. Said he pulled over and chased the Turkey but couldn't catch it! Not what I want to meet on the moto!
st1300doug
Yep- on a Poker Run like 6 years ago, a turkey clocked a husband/wife on their H-D at 60 MPH. The wife died from her injuries in the crash. Somber day for the end of the Poker Run. A 17-22 lb. object in the chest @ 60 MPH- ain't good!
If it weren't for these magnificent birds helping out with all the coons, possums and skunks that were unfortunate in their road travels nose plugs would be included in ATGATT 
and that would really stink!
and that would really stink!
ToddC
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Mellow......a man of many talents....... :bow1::bow1:
I can tell from the direction this thread is leading, it needs to stop raining and all of us need to get out and ride MORE!
I've hit three over the years. They are remarkably unpredictable in their actions.
One bounced off my helmet, he was part of a flock eating a dear carcass on the side of the road. I was riding a Honda Blackbird with a tank bag and I couldn't duck behind the screen because of the bag.
Another took the right mirror right off my Gold Wing. It broke an aluminum mounting bracket right where the bolt goes through to secure it to the bike. This one was flying along side me about 100' off the road and did a 90 degree turn across my path.
The third hit the windshield on the wing, but didn't do any damage. From my experience, the bird doesn't weigh enough to crash a bike as long as you don't take radical evasive action.
One bounced off my helmet, he was part of a flock eating a dear carcass on the side of the road. I was riding a Honda Blackbird with a tank bag and I couldn't duck behind the screen because of the bag.
Another took the right mirror right off my Gold Wing. It broke an aluminum mounting bracket right where the bolt goes through to secure it to the bike. This one was flying along side me about 100' off the road and did a 90 degree turn across my path.
The third hit the windshield on the wing, but didn't do any damage. From my experience, the bird doesn't weigh enough to crash a bike as long as you don't take radical evasive action.
C'mon now, we're all about safety and such, but while drinking around the campfire you don't have to be ATGATT.
Biggest thing I've hit has been a pheasant, back last December, which took off my left wing mirror pod, smashing the mirror and destroying the pod in the process. A couple of days ago I hit a low flying pigeon while travelling at 60 and caught it on my helmet cam. Luckily it didn't affect my steering at all as there was a lorry coming the other way seconds later!