Chaharly Posted September 29, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 29, 2014 So I work a weekend shift which has some pretty weird hours. We work 5 to 5 friday and saturday and 12 noon to 12 midnight on sundays. Well it was too beautiful outside yesterday to NOT take the bike to work and I was right. It was a nice ride! So anyways we finish up work and a co-worker and I stop at a buddy's for about an hour after work. When we're ready to leave I ask my co worker if i can follow him home, because I'd much rather follow a car in the middle of the night than be out by meself (or so i thought). So we take off and about 5 miles from town I'm riding about 500 ft behind him give or take. And he dries over a huge dead raccoon! He went right over, didnt hit his brakes or swerve or signal in anyway and by the time that i saw the coon in the road it was too late to swerve so I grabbed on tight. I've never hit anything that made me bounce like that before i swear it felt like the front wheel came off the ground. Anyways it just made me think about how easy it is to wreck on a bike. If i would have tried to swerve or have been on a smaller bike I probably could've went down. I decided after that to let him get a quarter mile ahead of me and just rode home that way. Turns out following a car and trying to use his headlights just doesnt work very well. Anyways i havent looked at the bike in the light yet, but if there's any damage i'll let you guys know:fingers-crossed-emo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturous Randy Posted September 29, 2014 Share #2 Posted September 29, 2014 That brought back a memory. Years ago one hot summer afternoon on the way home from work, I was following a car as we topped a hill that I was going t pass if clear. All of a sudden the car passed over a possum that was very swollen up and I centered it. It was so bad that I had to stop on the way home at a spray carwash and wash me and the bike off. Yep, I will never forget that one. RandyA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV1100SE Posted September 29, 2014 Share #3 Posted September 29, 2014 Glad you are okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMCOFFEY Posted September 29, 2014 Share #4 Posted September 29, 2014 I had a buddy who went down and broke his arm, so I waited with him for the ambulance in the middle of nowhere. I was following them to the Hospital at a high rate of speed when they hit a deer and went over it (I think it was already dead). I saw it in just enough time to aim my 2006 R6 at its kneck. So I ramped a deer. I always stay back from vehicles now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncledj Posted September 30, 2014 Share #5 Posted September 30, 2014 Glad to hear you made it through OK. Reminds me of a time (In my 73 Vega) when a van in front of me hit a skunk, and when I went over it, it was spraying straight up in the air. I couldn't get the smell out for a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowrollwv Posted September 30, 2014 Share #6 Posted September 30, 2014 I was getting ready to pass a car on the road that I live or when the car ran over something in the road that was already dead. I was too close to miss it, had to go to the car wash and foam the bike. That helped to take away some of the SKUNK smell. :(:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skid Posted September 30, 2014 Share #7 Posted September 30, 2014 Every time I get close to another car in front of me I think about what would I do if the car straddled something in the road and what options I can take before it happens. I'm always thinking about "what if" while riding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skid Posted September 30, 2014 Share #8 Posted September 30, 2014 Every time I get close to another car in front of me I think about what would I do if the car straddled something in the road and what options I can take before it happens. I'm always thinking about "what if" while riding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill in mn Posted September 30, 2014 Share #9 Posted September 30, 2014 I think about staying out of the center of the lane. Everything that drips or falls off can stay right there in there center. Oil, muffler parts ,recaps and dead things. A couple of weeks ago going to P.I.P . during a down pour I just missed a giant racoon dead in the road didn't' see it and shouldn't have ridding in that hard of rain . If I can see through their wind shield I don't mind following behind but always a ways back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacheedah Posted September 30, 2014 Share #10 Posted September 30, 2014 ride over coons, swerve for opossums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop69gs Posted September 30, 2014 Share #11 Posted September 30, 2014 I thumped a groundhog with both tires while ascending beartooth pass , 2up pulling a trailer, felt like the bike jumped 2 feet in the air. 4 days later after coming back over the beartooth I nailed a deer at dusk on the outskirts of Red Lodge It was a fun hunting trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaharly Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share #12 Posted September 30, 2014 That brought back a memory. Years ago one hot summer afternoon on the way home from work, I was following a car as we topped a hill that I was going t pass if clear. All of a sudden the car passed over a possum that was very swollen up and I centered it. It was so bad that I had to stop on the way home at a spray carwash and wash me and the bike off. Yep, I will never forget that one. RandyA Ohh man I bet the dogs were smelling you fierce when you got home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaharly Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share #13 Posted September 30, 2014 I had a buddy who went down and broke his arm, so I waited with him for the ambulance in the middle of nowhere. I was following them to the Hospital at a high rate of speed when they hit a deer and went over it (I think it was already dead). I saw it in just enough time to aim my 2006 R6 at its kneck. So I ramped a deer. I always stay back from vehicles now. Well if the deer wasnt dead before, we know it is now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaharly Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share #14 Posted September 30, 2014 I thumped a groundhog with both tires while ascending beartooth pass , 2up pulling a trailer, felt like the bike jumped 2 feet in the air. 4 days later after coming back over the beartooth I nailed a deer at dusk on the outskirts of Red Lodge It was a fun hunting trip You got a couple confirmed kills for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop69gs Posted September 30, 2014 Share #15 Posted September 30, 2014 You got a couple confirmed kills for sure Actually only one, the deer jumped up and ran off with my headlight and passing lamp visors embedded in its hind quarters :banghead: if you ever hunt the red lodge area and bag a deer with safety chrome, please return my trinkets Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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