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Black Dog
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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2011, 10:33:38 AM » |
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So... When is the feast?  Glad yer OK. Black Dog |
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2011, 10:42:43 AM » |
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Man, you are lucky. The force behind a large bird is amazing. My uncle had a Owl come THRU his windshield and land in his lap. Three broken ribs and a lot of blood all over his Roadmaster.
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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2011, 10:46:07 AM » |
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Saw the aftermath right after a yellow GoldWing smashed into one of those outside Kerrville several years back... VERY messy... Luckily the rider didn't go down, but he was gonna be pulling blood and feathers outta every nook and cranny of his bike for years after the mess that made!
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X Ring
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The Landmass Between Mobile And New Orleans
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2011, 11:22:21 AM » |
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Thank God you weren't on the bike.
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« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2011, 11:56:49 AM » |
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I believe the DOT would put you out of service if you weren't already parked  I had a driver tell me that a turkey flew into his passenger side window as he was going down the road at 60+. he saw this truck that just passed him weaving all over and raised him on the CB and the other guy told him the turkey was still alive! he pulled over and helped shoo the turkey back to the wild. (some drivers are just big time story tellers, I'm not saying he's lying but this story is extremely fishy) |
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« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2011, 01:10:05 PM » |
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I'd agree, but why ruin a good story. The bird would have to be traveling horizontally fast enough to miss the west coast mirror and still hit the open window as well as survive the impact of hitting the back of the cab doing 60 mph. I parked at the first truck stop I came to and took the photos. I continued after that though for the rest of the trip, another 8 hours before parking the truck and switching to another. The window held together mostly.  The impact wasn't in my area of vision so I figured it was ok. It was on Sunday morning so not many DOT guys around. |
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« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2011, 02:16:40 PM » |
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I had a wild turkey fly out of a tree and into the windshield on my old 1986 Goldwing about 8 years ago. Scared the crap out of me. Snapped my windshield and lucky for me it was on a rural road and I was only running about 25-30 mph (I was riding with my nephew who was on a honda 70 four wheeler). I didn't go down but had to change my drawers when I got home (LOL). Glad you were in the cage and didn't get hurt.
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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2011, 09:43:48 PM » |
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Yep... looks a lot like my windshield after a crane flew into me at 65 mph!!  Hit almost the exact same spot too!!! Of course, I was only in a pickup... not a semi. I threw that days underwear away!!! |
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Tundra
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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2011, 03:05:24 AM » |
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Must be the season? Thunderbolt tried to catch one yesterday on his motorsickle |
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If you can't be a good example: be a WARNING!!
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flamingobabe #44
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« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2011, 04:57:42 AM » |
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hg and I were riding the bike across West Virginia..... and a Hiway patrol pulled up behind us and hung on our rear fender for MILES....Really irratating... and hg was watching him in the mirror about as much as he was watching the road ahead....
A wild turkey flew up from the side of the road and just clipped our windshield.... went back and TOOK OUT THE PATROL CAR WINDSHIELD!!!!!!..... I mean into the back seat!!!!!!!!!!! The officer flipped on his lights , pulled us over and wrote us a ticket!!!!!!
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« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2011, 05:13:33 AM » |
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Wrote you a ticket for what?
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R J
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« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2011, 07:36:46 AM » |
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11 years ago this month, I had just got the Chevy Trike out of cold storage.
Changed the oil, filter, blew up all the tires and decided to take her out for a limbering up.
About 2 miles South of me is a super slab bypass. I pulled up on the ramp, got right after it, and settled in to about 85. Went up 2 exits and exited so as to turn around and go back home.
The entrance ramp is a long one here and I let the Chevy loose. Was running about 6,000 RPM's in 3rd gear, was just ready to jab the stick to let it slide into 4th, right at a dollar and a dime at the top when I entered the freeway a rooster Pheasant came up out of the ditch and hit my aluminum radiator dead center. I heard the thump, backed off the throttle and kind of eyeballed the damage. His head was run clear through the core, his beak was pointed right at the engine fan.
Went to stop and saw a small trickle of fluid coming out, so I took off for home, was less than 4 miles away.
Ruined the radiator, had to have Be Cool build me another one to the tune of a Grand. I noticed yesterday is has a slight seep in the side. Will have to get that fixed.
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flamingobabe #44
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« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2011, 02:57:07 PM » |
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The Officer was upset ..... and wrote us a ticket for flipping him the bird......  |
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« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2011, 03:04:15 PM » |
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That was bad, flipping him the bird.
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« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2011, 03:16:47 PM » |
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Good thing it was a fresh and not a frozen one.  Glad you're ok |
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« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2011, 04:54:46 PM » |
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Hey FB, I'm sure you were waiting with baited breath, for someone to ask what the ticket was for. Good one  The Officer was upset ..... and wrote us a ticket for flipping him the bird...... |
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The key thing is to wake up breathing! All the rest can be fixed. (Except Stupid - You can't fix that)
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2001 Valkyrie I/S
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