Wild Life Hits/Near Misses

[West Aussie Glen]

Following StinkyPete's thread thought I would start this poll.

[Bodø]

Don't ride at night in the country if I can avoid it.

[StinkyPete]

I  T-boned a Currawong ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currawong )  a couple of weeks ago at around 100km/h, and got hm right in the middle of the headlight.   The plastic headlamp now has some very fine concentric cracks, visible in some light conditions and my nice shiny Beemer looks a bit used.     It's a $1,750 fix, so I can live with it for a while.

[alans1100]

Minor damage to plastics but cost more than $200 to fix.

Impact at about 80 k/h when small roo hit font LH corner, broke the plastic near the vent and tore the wing cover off and pushed the LH side case off. On the way home from work one night.

2008-06-08 Roo Damage 1030 pm (2) by Alan, on Flickr

2008-06-08 Roo Damage 1030 pm (5) by Alan, on Flickr

[STeveo]

Any animal is a danger to hit on bike or in car, so these days I try not to ride/drive at night.
The last Kurrwong I hit on the way to Rylstone RTE got stuck between the radiator and headlight under the fairings. I had ridden about 40Km when I noticed feathers coming up beside the fork leg. I stopped in a gateway and was able to get the still squawking bird out and placed on the ground. The bugger had one last squawk at me, took two steps and flew off. I wonder if it ever made it back to it's family?
 

[Williamson]

Any animal is a danger to hit on bike or in car, so these days I try not to ride/drive at night.
The last Kurrwong I hit on the way to Rylstone RTE got stuck between the radiator and headlight under the fairings. I had ridden about 40Km when I noticed feathers coming up beside the fork leg. I stopped in a gateway and was able to get the still squawking bird out and placed on the ground. The bugger had one last squawk at me, took two steps and flew off. I wonder if it ever made it back to it's family?

I hit a seagull riding along a beach north of Cairns (Ellis Beach from memory) back in '75.  I came across a flock of seagulls, they scattered, caught one (or it caught me) fair and square in the middle of the middle of the forehead of my helmet, knocked me off the bike and onto my arse.  Had a sore arse and a sore neck for a day or two.

Never found the seagull, it must've found it's way back to it's family.

[Bodø]

I came across a flock of seagulls, they scattered

I am pretty sure they ran.

[Bodø]

I hit a roo in the morning travelling the Goyder Highway in Bundey (just east of World's End).  The first picture shows some of the debris in the air.  Fortunately it missed the front wheel and I stayed on the bike but it smashed the radiator and that area of the bike.  It took two months to get repaired, then when I got it back the thermostat was u/s so was off the road until that got fixed.  I was surprised that was a part they had to get in.

[Shillas]

Any animal is a danger to hit on bike or in car, so these days I try not to ride/drive at night.
The last Kurrwong I hit on the way to Rylstone RTE got stuck between the radiator and headlight under the fairings. I had ridden about 40Km when I noticed feathers coming up beside the fork leg. I stopped in a gateway and was able to get the still squawking bird out and placed on the ground. The bugger had one last squawk at me, took two steps and flew off. I wonder if it ever made it back to it's family?

I hit a seagull riding along a beach north of Cairns (Ellis Beach from memory) back in '75.  I came across a flock of seagulls, they scattered, caught one (or it caught me) fair and square in the middle of the middle of the forehead of my helmet, knocked me off the bike and onto my arse.  Had a sore arse and a sore neck for a day or two.

Never found the seagull, it must've found it's way back to it's family.

Sorry. The thought of a flock of seagulls and a lack of photographic evidence made me think of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opkzgLMH5MA

[Jdbiker]

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[ST2UP]

Actual hits... Roo's x a few, Fox, Rabbits, Water hen on take off, galah.

Near miss....Roo's, Black angus and a Emu that I thought was a road side shrub 

 

[NTRebel]

You got to watch them roadside shrubs Chris you never know which way they'll go.

[Skip]

Had a near miss with a wallaby on my first RTE with OzSTOC. I was back in the pack a bit and saw a wallaby that was holding his position but I slowed down in case it spooked or in the event there were more hiding. Sure enough, another came charging out on my left. How it missed T boning me, I will never know.    Hence the tag 'Skip' thanks to someone on that ride. Diesel springs to mind. 

[STroppy]

I  T-boned a Currawong ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currawong )  a couple of weeks ago at around 100km/h, and got hm right in the middle of the headlight.   The plastic headlamp now has some very fine concentric cracks, visible in some light conditions and my nice shiny Beemer looks a bit used.     It's a $1,750 fix, so I can live with it for a while.

Reminded me of an encounter with a zealous Magpie 20ish ks north of Tooleybuc heading towards Balranald many years ago on my ST1100. I, luckily spotted a Maggie soaring across my bows and manage to reduce speed enough that he just knocked off my right hand indicator/mirror cover (tethered thank goodness) and surprisingly he/she survived. I popped my mirror cover back on and continued . . No damage. . . Of course the encounter may not have happened if I had not slowed . .