Biker down on a Harley

[R J]

http://www.kcci.com/news/25081117/detail.html

The gent was riding a Sporster and per the article said he hit the brakes and laid it down.

Sheet, if that would of been me, I would have tried everything else before a lay down.

That's all I have to say about that.
(Forrest Gump)

[Spirited-6]

Gotta watch that "wild life"    Most times you don`t have time to react to deer,birds,possum,ground hog,chickens, you know what I mean , all those things that appear out of nowhere.  I had a racoon run out in front of me and I did not flinch and hit it / ran over it as I was in a hard left hander with no place to go. 

[Big IV]

Sure, I've hit the occasional small wildlife, held onto the bike, corrected, and kept going. But turkeys would be one heck of a bump. I don't know where you'd land if you came off after hitting a hunkered down turkey.
Watch for wildlife! Ride safe.

[Momz]

Never laid my bike down when a german shepard ran across the expressway and I hit it square on. I could feel the ribs crunch below my tires and the bike bounced high enough to send my wife a least a foot of the seat, and she landed on the rear carrier.

Yep, it scared the crap otta us and had us shaking in our boots. The dog died!

[donaldcc]

Sheet, if that would of been me, I would have tried everything else before a lay down.

1+ on that.  I think I would have been looking to get makings for turkey soup rather than laying down.   

[R J]

That was something they used to test us on in motor school training and recertification.

Square up on the item and either hold the throttle steady or pop it open and ride it out.   If the item was too big, try to stop.   The bigger items were on a wheel  system so we couldn't hit them even if we didn't brake real fast.   That was mainly to train ya to use the front brake and then the rear brake.   Ya don't want to hit both at the same time.

I've hit JunkYard dogs, cats, coons, chickens, pheasant, armidillo, hit 3 of those hard headed b*stards in 12 miles in Texas.  Each hit was a single army.

I've ran over 2X4, 2X12, tire gators on the freeway, a case of hot beer,  cardboard boxes and about anything you can find on a roadway, with one exception, I've never had the pleasure of running up a ladder.   Also don't think I would want to.     Saw a pickup go up one that fell off of a ladder truck.   Good thing he hit it dead center, otherwise I think it might have been a serious accident.

[Cliff]

Probably a rear brake only person.

[solo1]

Reminds me of a time when a deputy sheriff I knew was riding his Triumph, hit a cat which wrapped around the front tire and got stuck between the tire and fender.  That was the first time that Triumph locked up the front wheel.  He went down but he and the bike got off easy.  The cat, however, was a little limp and ran through his 9 lives completely.

[PharmBoy]

I have a friend that got a turkey stuck between the front tire and the fender of his Harley.  Threw him & his 10 year old son off in the ditch going somewhere between 70 & 80.  He would have died right there had his son not ran 1/2 mile to the nearest house for help...JTL

[czuch]

Jackrabbit.
The suicidal jack waited till I was at the point-o-no return and one leap. DONE!
Went straight into mess mode. Both tires. Wife didnt see him but got her foot swept off the peg. Really freaked her out. I laughed for 80 miles.