I was just wondering what is was like and what actions you had to take when running over a small animal (i.e. cat, squirrel, etc.)

I almost hit a pheasant the other day. It was near the edge of the road and I was exiting a curve and was on the outside edge.

 

many times... well at least four times. Rabbits are the culprits here in so cal in the spring time. They are all very small and stupid, so they sit in the middle of the road on a local mountain Hwy. I have seen a car take out a full size deer while riding.

 

One of my dad's riding buddies hit a deer on his BMW R/T. Cut it in half.

 

I saw a vid earlier (still trying to find it again) of a 600rr hitting a deer at 65 wasn't pretty

 

a bird flew into my arm once when i was going about 60mph. wasnt to much fun left a nice bruse. but thats all i remember hitting

 

Hit a dog on a dirtbike - my own dog nonetheless! Dog was fine, but flipped me over the bars. Caught a handlebar in the gut and grass-stained my face, complete with bloody nose. Actually I guess it wasn't as bad as it could have been, especially since I had no gear on {dumbass}.

 

I swerved to avoid roadkill and went down going 10-15 mph in a grass field.

 

I hit bugs about 1000 a day....bees that explode all over my damn visor...

Ive barely missed roadkill quite a few times...

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my friend wrote his gixxer off hitting a deer, at about 60, it was not nice, but he got a brand new bike once his hands healed.

 

i heard from an officer who went to check out a motorcycle crash...the dude hit a dear and the guy was sliced to hell from the dears antlers,cop said the rider was fileted

 

Guys,

I'm talking about alive stuff, not roadkill. I have to dodge roadkill alot.

It must be a bumper year for Cottontails here because there had to be at least 1000 bunny greasespots on Hwy 20/26 from Shoshoni to Casper.

 

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It must be a bumper year for Cottontails here because there had to be at least 1000 bunny greasespots on Hwy 20/26 from Shoshoni to Casper.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah same here... literally you can have 3-4 bnnies per corner during the height of there humping season here in the So Cal Alpine areas

 

I hit a possum (SP?) back in 96 doing like 45 mph with someone on the back of a gsxr600. Momentary air and a little headshake. Had to change my underwear but other than that it was fine. Just scared the crap out of me.

 

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Ive barely missed roadkill quite a few times...
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barley missed...... hrmmm kind of an odd concept..... barely missed would imply you hit the stuff.... i think... or maybe my head is just not all there...

 

I hit a large bug one time doing around 90-110. It was a cicada(sp) dragonfly or something, it could have been a humming bird idk. It slit open my right arm below the shoulder. No stiches but fairly deep. I laughed.

 

haha, yeah I've hit some pretty big bugs out here too. They make a pretty loud noise when they hit my facesheild.

 

yeah i hit a squirrel one night, lil bastards

 

I hit a ground hog going 40-50 a month ago. I have pics

 

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I hit a cat, nearly had me off little fxcker. Rabbits are absolutely obsessed with killing themselves round where I live and I have hit one of them too. If there is any adice it would be to relax, get off the power and try to keep off the brakes, not easy to do. End of the day if a deer walks out in front of you the proceedure would be hit deer, fall off.

 

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They say the softest part is just in front of the hind legs...

 

When I see deer or antelope on the side of the road I actually beep my little horn at them, and they run away. lol, not kidding.

 

http://www.msgroup.org/TIP058.html
That article highlights about what I did. I braked as much as possible before hitting the ground hog; rolled on the throttle gently; didn't sit completely on the seat (kinda standing kinda not), I realesed the throttle before the rear wheel hit it. DO NOT TRY TO SWERVE because you will almost surely go down.

 

Thanks for the article. It's very interesting.

 

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I can email them to to you; I dont have host and dont feel like signing up for one. I'll be in Canada all this week.
The pics are of the dead ground hog and the marks on the road not a vid

 

Very good article. We learned how to run over a little board in the MSF class but I've always wondered how different a squirrel or cat or something would be . . . Hopefully I won't find out anytime soon. *knocks on wood*