| Author | Message | ||
     Darth_buell |
Well with the Bolt headlight issue, my odds of hitting a deer at night go down don't they....  Any whoodle has anyone ever put those little deer warning devices on a motorcycle. They say they work at 30 miles an hour from the airflow. Don't know about any of you but I seem to go faster than that when on back roads. They are removable so that's a plus. | ||
| Deadduck |
Deer in the headlights of a firebolt is a mute point dontcha think. All the folks that I know that have those whosewhatsits haven't hit any deer to my knowledge so they may work?? I kinda think of my bolt as one of our nocturnal mammal friends the bat. It can't see real well but emits large volumes of noise to scare the poop out of anything close by. when 4 legged creatures hear it coming at night they just scurry away in fright......or at least thats what I'd like to think, but since I can't see them I'll never know. They probably sit on the side of the road wondering what that thundering/ rattling sound was that just passed by and laugh when they notice the tail light is brighter than the head light. (Message edited by deadduck on May 03, 2008) | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
my grand father used to have one stuck to the top of his headlight on his 86 sportster until he traded it a few years ago for a road king. but then again he also used a gas cap he took off of my grand mothers buick and had red reflective tape on the top of the shocks. | ||
| Carbide |
Not sure if it works, but I put one on the right side air scoop just below the frame. Very non intrusive location. If it does not work, I'm sure my Jardine can will.  | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
I mounted a pair of them just inside the lip of the left side air scoop. | ||
| 80rs427 |
Years ago when they first came out the Iowa Highway Patrol did a test with their fleet of patrol cars, some equipped with the deer alerts and some without. They found no difference in deer accidents between the two groups of vehicles. | ||
| Slaughter |
There have been numerous tests with groups of vehicles and there has never been shown to be an advantage to having them on the bike/car. From Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine: http://www.wnrmag.com/stories/2004/oct04/deercol.h tm#2
And from SoundRider.com -
I'd say you would do just as well to rely on the little bell tied to your bike to ward off the road gremlins/spirits. | ||
| Darth_buell |
Note to self, need gremlin bell..... Didn't think they did a whole lot above and beyond the other "noises" a Buell makes but just thought i would ask. | ||
| Boca_g |
I had a Gremlin Bell, but someone either stole it, or the insane vibration in my front end shook it loose.. | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
My girl gave me one of those bells. I hung it off the shifter bolt on a keyring. It says, "Ride it like you stole" on the side. LOL! Silly farkle, but I was touched that she actually wanted to put something on the bike. She's not a rider and doesn't want to be. But then again, I still haven't had the chance to sit her on it while cranked yet.  | ||
| Towjam |
But then again, I still haven't had the chance to sit her on it while cranked yet. Be careful what you wish for. With those XB vibes at idle, you may find that you've been replaced for certain "duties" (if'n you know what I mean....)  | ||
| U4euh |
Don't know if it is the whistle or the race pipeed Xb???!!!!! But I've never hit one. | ||
| Birdy |
Had one come running across a big field while on a ride today. I could see him the whole way so I just slowed way down and watched him. He was going "Hell bent for leather" and ran right in front of me and a pick-up heading the other way. We were both almost stopped by the time the deer made the road. This was about 12:00 in full sunshine. At night I'd been spitting out fur! I don't think a couple of whistles would have slow this guy down at all. | ||
| Retrittion |
Yeah, lived in the country for a long while and more than a few people I know with deer whistles on their vehicle of choice still bagged some road kill venison. In my experience they don't seem to work but YMMV. On the other hand, they don't seem to attract deer so it isn't gonna hurt you. | ||
| Slaughter |
I have seen a few of these recently:  From what I know so far, nobody with a "helmet mohawk" has hit a deer. | ||
| Ccryder |
Matt, Matt, where's Barker when you need him. Matt have you ever hit a deer with your 'hawk installed? I think it's more the day-glow yellow and orange star that frightens them away! LOL Neil S. | ||
| Swordsman |
Cure for deer in the road: bar-mounted crossbow.  ~SM | ||
| Oldfz |
I remember a letter in a bike magazine a few years ago where the writer claimed that his whistle didn't seem to have much effect on deer but the cows on the dairy farm that he rode by every day all looked up as he passed and he felt compelled to wave at them. | ||
| Jeffroj |
Alright, I'll throw my two cents in. My family was firm believers in the deer whistles, where I came from they were everywhere, especially during Buck Season. I think the trust in deer whistles came from my grandparents, who eventually hit a deer, with the whistles. Since we have learned that they do not work, from a few others hitting deer, no longer do any of us have deer whistles on our vehicles. Once the deer hears the whistles , it stops dead in its tracks, which is usually right in front of your vehicle going 40 MP.H | ||
| Werewulf |
just wire your horn to activate as long as the motor is running....you will never hit a deer.. |
