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May 6th, 2016, 08:58 AM
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Fighting Texas Aggie '05
Name: Neil
Location: Hutto, TX
Join Date: Feb 2009 Motorcycle(s): '07 ZX6R, '08 Versys, '09 250R Track, '93 F2/F3 Track Posts: A lot.
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Well that sucks
Long story short, took the bike for a ride during my lunch break at work. Two big buzzards came out of the tall grass on the side of a FM road while I was moving about 70 mph.
I threw the binders on, but one of them still hit me. Those damn things are much bigger and scarier when they hit your face/chest. And at speed it is quite an impact too. Front started oscillating and down she went.....hard. Full gear but helmet, mesh jacket, gloves were all destroyed and the bike took a beating. Jacket slid up and I rashed my back, gloves and jacket on the left arm burned through and rashed up my left arm and hand. Right elbow and wrist tweaked and swollen. Various bruising and generally beat up. Walked away though. GEAR ..... WEAR IT. I have some further thoughts on this but will post them later.
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May 6th, 2016, 09:01 AM
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ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Kerry
Location: Ventura, CA
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Ouch! Heal up, and I'm glad you had your gear on.
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May 6th, 2016, 09:02 AM
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Certified looney toon
Name: Teri
Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV)
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Damn! Glad you are ok.
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May 6th, 2016, 09:04 AM
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I'm crazy,your excuse is?
Name: Winston
Location: Connecticut
Join Date: May 2013 Motorcycle(s): 250 2007 ninja Posts: A lot.
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 I am thankful you walked away. |
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May 6th, 2016, 09:07 AM
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The Corner Whisperer
Name: Chris (aka Reactor)
Location: Northern KY
Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much.
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 Glad your good though
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May 6th, 2016, 09:08 AM
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Daily Ninjette rider
Name: Hernan
Location: Florida
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Very sorry to read this
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May 6th, 2016, 09:08 AM
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ninjette.org sage
Name: Aaron
Location: Winder, GA
Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 Ninja 300 Posts: 718
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Wow, that sucks! I've been seeing a LOT of buzzards around here lately, so I'm definitely going to start paying more attention to them!
Glad you came away relatively unscathed. Heal up quickly!
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May 9th, 2016, 07:40 AM
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Fighting Texas Aggie '05
Name: Neil
Location: Hutto, TX
Join Date: Feb 2009 Motorcycle(s): '07 ZX6R, '08 Versys, '09 250R Track, '93 F2/F3 Track Posts: A lot.
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So as I approached that location on the bike on the way back, I see them and slow down and make some noise. They fly off and I go on my way back to work. It was not but maybe 3 miles down the road after that, the unseen suckers that got me flew out of the tall grass/brush and WHAMMM.
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May 9th, 2016, 07:42 AM
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The Corner Whisperer
Name: Chris (aka Reactor)
Location: Northern KY
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So do they taste like chicken or nah?
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May 9th, 2016, 08:27 AM
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cadd cadd cadd
Name: Cadd
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May 9th, 2016, 08:35 AM
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Name: Nick
Location: NY
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I've had my run-ins with the birds, mainly turkeys. I tend to just go by and not try to startle them.
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May 9th, 2016, 08:38 AM
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Fighting Texas Aggie '05
Name: Neil
Location: Hutto, TX
Join Date: Feb 2009 Motorcycle(s): '07 ZX6R, '08 Versys, '09 250R Track, '93 F2/F3 Track Posts: A lot.
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May 9th, 2016, 08:40 AM
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I'm crazy,your excuse is?
Name: Winston
Location: Connecticut
Join Date: May 2013 Motorcycle(s): 250 2007 ninja Posts: A lot.
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So why did the vulture cross the road?
Which came first, the vulture or the egg? 
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May 9th, 2016, 12:18 PM
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Slower than you.
Name: toEleven
Location: NoVA
Join Date: Oct 2015 Motorcycle(s): CBR600RR, CB750, EX300 (半蔵) Posts: 667
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I had a near miss with a large carrion bird yesterday (on an unfamiliar road far-ish from home). Sorry to hear yours wasn't a miss.
Glad to hear the human damage was light.
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May 9th, 2016, 03:40 PM
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Nooblet
Name: Akima
Location: England
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an expensive and painful day. Heal up. I've been a bit concerned about the bigger things (like badgers and deer) jumping out in front of me. There's plenty where I live. They're so damn unpredictable and if the hedges are close to the road you have pretty much no time to react.
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May 9th, 2016, 05:37 PM
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n00bie to wannabie
Name: Bill
Location: St Ives, BC (Shuswap Lake)
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Neil; glad to read you aren't too badly for the worse! heal fast! There's at least a couple of good lessons for others to learn from your misfortune. - You can have a great jacket & pants combo but unless they're zipped together; the jacket will often slide right up & take your under shirt with it exposing your whole torso to the asphalt! - critters don't have to be big to create total havoc and danger! I had two separate incidences that could have been disastrous or fatal if fortunes had gone the other way: The first was many years ago riding at a good clip on a sweeper which passed through an orchard. I had an open faced helmet back in the day with a cool pair of Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses. Suddenly; I'm blinded! I was stung by a bee right between my eyes! I doubt it was the stinger but the impact instantly shut my eyes tight and turned on the waterworks! I have no idea how I managed to slow & stop the bike without falling down or rocketing off the edge of the road. Luckily; there was no other traffic to run into! The second was way out in the backcountry; in the right time & place so to speak. Again; a long, long sweeper that I was taking full advantage of on my VFR800 at full song. The only exposed skin on my body was just below my Adams apple. I hit a large grasshopper. I may as well have been hit by a sledgehammer! I was very close to succumbing to total, uncontrolled shock and I could not draw a breath. I believe the only thing that saved me was my ABS system. I knew I had to stop NOW and before I lost consciousness but no way I would have had the finesse to pull off an emergency stop with my rapidly diminishing vision & awareness. The ABS permitted me to stomp, squeeze and hold until I came to a full stop and in a steady line without locking the rear or tucking the front. It saved my ass. My point is; it doesn't have to be a large animal that gets you. Gear up & gear up properly. And even if you are the master of the universe on the brakes; ABS on the street can still save your butt in some unexpected situations! 
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May 16th, 2016, 06:24 PM
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ninjette.org sage
Name: Alex
Location: Ebensburg, PA
Join Date: Sep 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2015 Yamaha FZ07, Ninja 250r 2012 Limited Edition (Sold) Posts: 529
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Wow crazy act of nature.
Sounds like you got a few battle scars but considering you were going 70mph it couldn't been WAY worse. Go gear.
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May 16th, 2016, 08:04 PM
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The Asian Caucasian
Name: Abu Mishary Mohd Fairus
Location: Malaysia
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Then it depends on the gender of the vultures. All male or some female? They are having an *rgy?
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May 17th, 2016, 05:30 AM
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Fighting Texas Aggie '05
Name: Neil
Location: Hutto, TX
Join Date: Feb 2009 Motorcycle(s): '07 ZX6R, '08 Versys, '09 250R Track, '93 F2/F3 Track Posts: A lot.
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It is funny how you are more aware of the danger after it kicks you in the chin lol. I drive this same road nearly every day and have been noticing quite a few dead buzzards on the size of the road. Cars are apparently more effective buzzard slayers than ninjettes lol.
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May 17th, 2016, 01:44 PM
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Slower than you.
Name: toEleven
Location: NoVA
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Granted buzzards are a bit different than seagulls, but you should've Iannone'd him anyway (youtube for those unfamiliar).
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May 17th, 2016, 01:57 PM
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Nooblet
Name: Akima
Location: England
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@csmith12 - did SLOWn60 just unlock a bug related achievement? ...
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May 17th, 2016, 01:58 PM
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Fighting Texas Aggie '05
Name: Neil
Location: Hutto, TX
Join Date: Feb 2009 Motorcycle(s): '07 ZX6R, '08 Versys, '09 250R Track, '93 F2/F3 Track Posts: A lot.
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^^ lol true. I have even more appreciation than ever for The Maniac Joe. Watching it live I thought he headbutted it. Thought about that later that evening lol.
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May 17th, 2016, 07:13 PM
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The Corner Whisperer
Name: Chris (aka Reactor)
Location: Northern KY
Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much.
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May 18th, 2016, 01:00 AM
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Nooblet
Name: Akima
Location: England
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They're out to get me! I swear! It had this icon: bug.jpeg Could you re-make it?
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