New safety features saved my BACON!!

[SaltyDawg]

Today was maintenance day for my RSV. Gonna get her ready for Myrtle Beach next weekend. Ok so I received my Chrome Stebel air horn Thursday and installed it today; looks and sounds awesome. Thanks Carbonone for the great SS bracket. While I was at it I did a few other things and also changed the headlight to a Sylvania SilverStar H4ST. So the horn scares the crap out of just about anybody around that's great, but I wanted to check out the headlight so I took her out to a nice dark road that happens to go through a swamp to adjust the low beam so I could see but it wasn't too bothersome to oncoming drivers. You can already see where this is going right! Wrong I didn't see anything on that road and I traveled up and down it 4 times. Nice and dark, passed a few cars no one flashed me so I guess I got the alignment right. Anyway on my way back I was going down a road I used to live on and knew pretty well, still out in the sticks. Coming off a corner in a 45 zone that immediately changes into a 55 off the corner; well I was rolling into the throttle marveling at how bright and clear the light was looked down and was passing through 60 looked up and caught sight of two deer running towards the road left to right on a collision course with me. Rolled off the throttle hitting the brakes and "Blasted" the Stebel at them. What happened next was almost comical. Both deer slammed on the brakes and started skidding on the asphalt looking like "Bambi" on ice the first time. Both trying their darnedest to change direction and high tail it the other way. I still had to swerve to avoid one but we both cleared each other.

 

WoW I've got to believe that without that light I wouldn't have seen them and without the Stebel Horn I don't think they would have slowed down.

 

It could have been a really bad situation. I guess turning back around at the auto parts store today and getting that bulb was a good thing.

 

Wayne

[BuddyRich]

Glad all went well.

About half my riding is after dark. A great set of lights is really important. After the Silver Star burns out go to a PIAA extreme white. Its brighter than the Silver Stars and will lost 10 time longer.

 

You know your horn is loud enough when it scares the operator.

[a1bummer]

I've learned the hae hard way the last thing you want to do is lay on the horn or flash the lights at deer crossing the road. Quite often they will just stop and look at you or panic and don't know what to do. Either way it will increase the odds of hitting one. Just have to ride smart and keep an eye out for the wildlife same as you would a cager.

[SilvrT]

Get some "deer whistles" ... they seem to work for me... never seen a deer yet let alone hit one. Gotta warn ya tho... they don't work on bears!! LOL