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Motorcycle SafetyDiscuss Deer and more Deer in the Other Topics forums; Well it be that time of year again. Deer here in Minnesota run year round. But in the fall........The hunters are chasing more of them on the road.
Sunday I ...
Well it be that time of year again. Deer here in Minnesota run year round. But in the fall........The hunters are chasing more of them on the road.
Sunday I dropped my boys off at their moms. Headed to the store for some supplies. A caravan of deer were crossing the road. It was as if a farmer who raised them left the gate open. These furry fellows made their escape. Backpacks and suitcases in tote. I think one was even rolling a bag of golf clubs.
Now my attention in my cage is just like it is when I am on a bike. You have to keep an eye out for them at all times. Shine in their eyes or motion on the side of the road. You see one there are usally more. I do not like to run into them. Brake or swerve or a combo of both. Practice Practice.
On my way back up north on a real dark road I noticed a car with its light on half onto the shoulder of the road. I slowed and was going to go around....But I had to stop cuz I saw the glare of that black Goldwing laying in the middle of the road. Someone trying to get one last ride in before the snow.
Bike was picked up and moved to the side. Rider had some ribs hurting and a collarbone his helemet was down the road about 40 feet. Peers to have bounced his head a few times before it came off. This brand new bike only had 500 miles on it. I am not sure of the rider.
Now we all pull a bonehead move now and then. This gentleman said he swerved to miss the deer. My question is.......If you did not have contact with the animal and you did not swerve into a ditch...Why is the bike down in the middle of the road. New rider or bad reaction to a scare?
Felt bad for the guy. Once the cops and meat wagon showed up I left. about 5 more miles down the road was a car that did hit a deer. Just maybe the car got the deer that took down the bike rider...
I'd guess his "swerve" consisted of locking up the rear. The problem with swerving is most average people don't know how and never practice it. Don't quote me on this, but I think my brother once said something to the effect of having to fix more cars where people tried to swerve to miss a deer then cars that actually hit one. Maybe someone else said that. It was years ago.
Definitely that time of year. Saw a car on 61 yesterday morning that had just got done creaming a deer.
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Didnt i read somewhere, if you've got time to drop it, you've got time to stop it? You know, "had to lay it down", sticky side stops better than the shiney side...
Another deers here, who crashes cars, called elks or mooses, were close some years back hit a such calf which jumped out the forest 30 ft from my bike those days. Missed that frickin calf with not much more than little more than a meter or so. Slipped behind its a$$ and saw that frickin mountain to a animal just jump in the forest at other side behind me. Those are up 1000 Lbs of muscles and "no so fun" to get as lap animals. full grown mooses at some 1500-2000 Lbs destroy cars at a direct hit. I got very cheap away from that indeed.
They shoot those at yearly basis here and 10.000+ of them are legally shot off every year. I think it are more than 100.000 of them here in our forests and causes numerous car crashes, and one of the most deadly animal/car crashes you can think of. It goes straight off in the worst cases in your lap and kills or injure you very badly. A-Pillars collapses on most the cars due these beast weight at a direct hit.
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Last edited by Bikerbitch; 11-06-2009 at 12:38 PM.
Didnt i read somewhere, if you've got time to drop it, you've got time to stop it? You know, "had to lay it down", sticky side stops better than the shiney side...
Yeah I'd have to agree with that.
Had a run in with Bambi the other week. Back road about 60mph and this pretty good sized doe come bolting out of a corn field of my left... never even got my foot to the breaks. Luckily I was in the truck and not on my bike.
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Had a run in with Bambi the other week. Back road about 60mph and this pretty good sized doe come bolting out of a corn field of my left... never even got my foot to the breaks. Luckily I was in the truck and not on my bike.
Bambi, doe, cornfield....Im getting a flashback. Aint it amazing how fast it happens. I'de have to agree, wish I was in my truck that day. Botz
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