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Hit a hawk going about 75 mph in 30 degree weather. Saw it coming across the meeting and it seemed like it dive bombed me. Haven't hit but 1 bird in 1million miles of car driving, but take out a bird in less than 20,000. Heard that happens with bikes for some reason. Question- My lower fairing is trashed. The other side got dinged. The one that just got trashed was replaced after being damaged. It seems that these things may get damaged quite east. Any suggestions on protecting these lower fairings? They are quite expensive to replace. -
Well, I survived "dead man's curve" but not without laying her down! The road was full of twisties. The curve was on a hill and I couldn't see beyond the crest, so I swung a little too wide in case there was an oncoming car. After the hill, I couldn't bring it back around and started heading for the soft shoulder of the road. I laid it down to keep from going over the side. I am mostly just banged up - knee, elbow, ribs etc. The wosrt part is that I hurt my wife She has banged up ribs, broke her pinky finger on the the left hand (may have to have surgery - will know after followup). The plus side of this is that we hobbled into our own home last night and we are alive! Praise God for that. Both of our full-faced helmets did exactly what they were supposed to do, but they are trashed. My leather jacket is worn through on the left elbow - to match my beautiful gouges . My wife's gloves are trashed and bloodied and last but not least: the bike. I really don't know - they surrounded us with paramedics so we couldn't see much and towed the bike to "Roys". We were way down in southern Arizona. So now I have to figure out how to get my bike back home to phoenix. I do know that the left side is pretty much trashed - crash bar bent back against the shifter etc... Any ideas on how you guys get your bike back home - would be appreciated. We didn't realize that we didn't have towing until we called. Thanks for listening folks. (Wear your lids ) Shep Oh yeah - the off duty paramedic that showed up first said that the county knows that this stretch of road is graded wrong, and it is scheduled to be fixed - just not yet. They have accidents on this road all the time - and often they are fatal. So again, I am grateful that my wife and I are home...
