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Cataract2
Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 03:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Was coming up to a light that was green right behind a big car driving by what had to be an 80 year old woman in it. Well, we get to about 100 feet from the intersection and the light turns yellow and I kid you not, she slams on the brakes. I'm watching this thinking wtf? So I put on my brakes only to find that I was not slowing fast enough. I had about 2 seconds to make a decision of if I should rear end her on my bike or swerve. I choose to swerve. Went through the intersection on yellow between her and an SUV. Man was my heart racing. All I can say is thank you MSF for teaching us that swerve technique. Think I'll be going to parking lots more often to practice those.
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Ingemar
Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 03:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Fwew. Glad it turned out oke. I had a few similar ones. I learned to keep a slightly larger distance nearing intersections etc.
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Cataract2
Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 05:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Something I will have to keep in mind Ingemar.
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Charlieboy6649


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 06:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Glad you're still with us! I too had to re-examine my following distance after riding in California for six weeks on business, then returning to retiree central here in Yuma...
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M2nc
Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 06:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Me too. Close ones happen. I had an 80 year old man save my life. Because it took him so long to cross an intersection, I was not hit by the kid playing with the radio and missed the red light. The kid slid right out into the intersection where I should have been, but because the old man I was behind seem to take five minutes to cross half the intersection, I was not there.
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Tucsonxb9s


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 07:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Had a close one myself today. Actually, way too close for the dove...he's now pillow stuffing! Cruisin' about 80 on the way home and a bunch of doves decided they needed to be somewhere else. I just ducked and heard the thump on my fly screen. I've got great dust print of wings on the flyscreen and my right headlight!

(Message edited by Tucsonxb9s on January 17, 2005)
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S2pengy


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 08:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have seen birds leave very weird very detailed prints on commercial jet aircraft noses..
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Robxb


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 08:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Try dodging a wild turkey. I had one take flight from the side of the road when it heard my bike, I leaned on the tank and all I heard was the woosh of it's wings.
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Charlieboy6649


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 10:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've seen birds embed themselves in the leading edge of the wings of some of our fighter aircraft. Wonder what the last thing to go through his head was???

Hey Brian,

I pinged one off the top of my helmet once. Rung my bell pretty good!

(Message edited by charlieboy6649 on January 17, 2005)
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Wyckedflesh


Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 11:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Cataract you must have been riding in Sun City here in Phoenix. I DOUBLE the following distance or ROCKET past any of the cars until I am in the clear out of habit in that area. Its alot easier on my stress level that way : )
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Black_sunshine


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 06:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Last thing to go through his mind? His Arse.
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Cataract2
Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 07:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I wish Wycked. I'm in retirement capital Florida. Space Coast to be exact.
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Dsergison


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 09:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

YOU LET AN 80 YEAR OLD GRANDMA OUT-BRAKE YOU????

for shame!!!

stay safe.....
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Glitch


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Try dodging a wild turkey.
Highly over-rated activity I believe; )
How many wild animals did we see that day?
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Bcordb3


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 11:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

This morning I saw a rabbit racing a coyote just up the street. I don't know the outcome, but I would bet it wasn't pretty.
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Wyckedflesh


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 01:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Bill I saw a Coyote chasing the neighbors CAT last night : D
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Shanetbolt


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 02:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Something don't seem right, you are following a senior citizen on your bike and she was able to stop but you could not. You got out braked by a car let alone a senior citizen on your bike????

I suspect there are some details to your story that are hard to admit to which you forgot to include. Maybe not paying attention or following too close. Otherwise that is a great story.
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Ben_k
Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 03:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

How bout driving through a herd of deer? Like where your shoulder and elbow brush against the deers arse. ahhhh...good times in Iowa.
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Cataract2
Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 03:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ok, I was a bit distracted because something caught the corner of my eye to my left and I looked to check it and when I looked back she was breaking. Now, I've been down the road up crashing up on the front wheel, no, I was not stunting, and I'm still a bit edgy over that so I choose the next best alternative and swerved. Come on guys, let me keep some of my pride...

(Message edited by cataract2 on January 18, 2005)
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Shanetbolt


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 05:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Is'nt that better to finally get that off your chest.
Thank your lucky stars that MSF class taught evasive maneuvers which saved your behind. I can now appreciate your story. It is nice to hear that you came out of it on the positive side.
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Chainsaw


Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 08:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I took a bird in the shoulder on my Harley at about 80mph. Hit with all the force of a snowball. The view from behind me must have been something to see. A big ol' puff of feathers.
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Cataract2
Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 04:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Little bit Shanetbolt. I've got to go kick myself in the for a bit now.
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Rick_a


Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 12:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I had some huge turkey vultures almost nail me at about 100mph. That was scary. I had to plaster myself against my tank and swerve.

Glad you made it through ok.
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Cataract2
Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 02:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Know of someone who hit a buzzard. Sent him off the road and into a barb wire fence. He's ok, cept for the scars.
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Jlnance


Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 06:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Met a guy last summer in Minnapolis. He was riding 2 up with his wife and hit a turkey. Was airlifted away to get brain surgery. He is ok now.
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Cataract2
Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 07:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Scary birds....
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Charlieboy6649


Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 07:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"When large birds attack" roll video
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M2nc
Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 07:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I do not know why, but a Crane will sit still for an eighteen wheeler but not a bike. Every time I see a bike pass a Crane, they try to fly away. Not the fastest birds in the world are they Ayden?
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Ocbueller


Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 08:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Close Encounters of the Bird Kind!
Mine was with a peacock(really!)
SteveH
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Swampy


Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 09:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

And they say Pterodactyls(Cranes) are extinct. They are thriving in our area. I have a decoy that we use when duck hunting, Pterodactyls apparently don't eat ducks but they do attack moving vehicles, thats why we wear camo when duck hunting.
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M2nc
Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 10:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Plenty of Cranes and Turkey Buzzards in eastern NC. I had a close encounter with a Turkey Buzzard while I was riding in a car. His wings seem to span the entire width of the lane.
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