Hit a new animal yesterday

[Gigs]

I was riding home last night and a buzzard flew out in front of me and went through my wind screen, hit me in the head then died. I only have a swollen lip thank to my RF1400. I did not go down and eventually finished my ride home. Very shaken up. So always wear your helmet riders. Birds suck and are way heavier than you think.

 

[the Ferret]

One flew up and hit my wife in the top of her helmet a few years ago, and dduelin hit one on his Wing I think

 

[Rabbit]

Get that helmet checked out to make sure it’s still road worthy. I think Shoei has this service for free. Glad you’re not seriously hurt.

 

[dduelin]

One flew up and hit my wife in the top of her helmet a few years ago, and dduelin hit one on his Wing I think

Yup.

Nothing on this earth smells as bad as the inside of a buzzard aka turkey vulture.

 

[CamaroEric]

Glad you made it, hope you can wash that helmet thoroughly!

I took a bird to the hand guard at night once. I know my hand would have been shattered without it, but I'm not rocking them right now...

 

[mzflorida]

We're all really glad to hear that you are okay.

 

[mzflorida]

Yup.

Nothing on this earth smells as bad as the inside of a buzzard aka turkey vulture.

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Except my boots after riding from Estero to Gainesville, in July, during intermittent rain. If nothing else, a close second to a busted buzzard.

 

[the Ferret]

you really have to admire something that can stick it's head into the guts of a road killed skunk that has been laying in the sun for 3 days.

 

[dduelin]

you really have to admire something that can stick it's head into the guts of a road killed skunk that has been laying in the sun for 3 days.

When I was piloting gliders I would seek buzzards out because they are big and easy to see circling in thermals, columns of warm rising air, that lift them and a glider up into the atmosphere. They and other soaring birds can stay aloft for hours and cover many miles with hardly a flap of their broad wings. I came home from a day of soaring and remarked to my wife and mother in law how I felt a kinship with this particular buzzard that shared a thermal for an extended period of time with me as we climbed nearly 5000 feet together. It was the best day soaring ever because that bird showed me how to “core” that thermal and maximize the lift. My MIL looked at my wife and said “something is not right with him.”

 

[750dct]

I was riding home last night and a buzzard flew out in front of me and went through my wind screen, hit me in the head then died. I only have a swollen lip thank to my RF1400. I did not go down and eventually finished my ride home. Very shaken up. So always wear your helmet riders. Birds suck and are way heavier than you think.

Just think if you were wearing a half helmet and on a naked bike. I was wearing a 3/4 helmet last week and a huge flying bug hit me hard on the face shield. Many years ago, something flying hit me in the eye, and it almost knocked me out.

 

[Rabbit]

My MIL looked at my wife and said “something is not right with him.”

A common sentiment among Mothers in law I have found.

 

[Rabbit]

Just think if you were wearing a half helmet and on a naked bike. I was wearing a 3/4 helmet last week and a huge flying bug hit me hard on the face shield. Many years ago, something flying hit me in the eye, and it almost knocked me out.

When my dad rode he was hit in the chest with a June bug and he thought he’d been shot. After that he started wearing a helmet and then gave up riding altogether.

 

[INTHEWIND]

When my dad rode he was hit in the chest with a June bug and he thought he’d been shot. After that he started wearing a helmet and then gave up riding altogether.

I had a sparrow hit my shin one day, cried like a baby.

 

[Rabbit]

I had a sparrow hit my shin one day, cried like a baby.

And absolutely no one blames you for doing so. That would hurt!

 

[Capt.Chaos]

Glad you're OK! Always good to be reminded of why we have to gear up ( even though I dislike it ) - your incident probably would have ended WAY worse without...

 

[750dct]

Glad you're OK! Always good to be reminded of why we have to gear up ( even though I dislike it ) - your incident probably would have ended WAY worse without...

Many years ago, it was T shirt, tennis shoes, jeans, and no helmet (for many years). A bug hit me in the eye one time but that's it...............just lucky. Not to mention going through my small-town main street at 2AM at a hundred MPH and a lot of drag racing.

 

[Rabbit]

Not to mention going through my small-town main street at 2AM at a hundred MPH and a lot of drag racing.

Allegedly of course as any rumors would be impossible to prove

 

[ewen]

When my dad rode he was hit in the chest with a June bug and he thought he’d been shot. After that he started wearing a helmet and then gave up riding altogether.

Years ago I was riding with my jacket open and just a T-shirt underneath. My chest was covered in bruises from all the flies.

 

[750dct]

Allegedly of course as any rumors would be impossible to prove

Why would I lie about it and who cares what you think.

 

[Rabbit]

Why would I lie about it and who cares what you think.

I’m sorry wasn’t suggesting you were lying at all. It was a joke that was meant lightheartedly. I apologize if it didn’t come across that way