Bird Strike

[Ward8124]

Was on the M11 as usual doing a "reasonable" speed and saw this the black object come from my left and **** me on the lid.....it was like someone had swung a shovel in my face full force.....was couching and spitting out feathers for the next few miles!......brains are still spinning in my head even now!

Anyone else had this happen?

[timwilky]

Yup

Got a sky rat, blood & feathers all over my lid/visor.

Just glad it wasn't a pheasant as that would have taken my head off

[Swiss]

I got a smack on the arm from a small bird, feathered type, whilst also doing a "resonable" speed. Felt Like I'd been shot, stung like a Bee-iach and had a sizable bruise for a while!!!!

[Viney]

I got a smack on the arm from a small bird, feathered type, whilst also doing a "resonable" speed. Felt Like I'd been shot, stung like a Bee-iach and had a sizable bruise for a while!!!!

You get hit by a lot of birds Swiss...maybe its your chat up tecnique ;)

[Swiss]

Alais, tis true :roll: You never know I may get one to hang around one day! :lol:

[mysteryjimbo]

It might have been falling out of the sky with bird flu....... :lol:

[Anonymous]

Had a close shave with one.. thankfully saw it coming and ducked, it went over my head.

However i once got hit my a cocshaf (sp), small fly like insect covered in a hard shell.. bout the size of a large bee. I hit it at about 140mph i thought something on my bike had blown up - the BANG was so loud i almost touched cloth.

Pulled up, flipped my lid and started checking my bike. Then my mate asked what the green smear was on my helmet.. holy cow - there it was, smeared all over it..

There was an article in a bike magazine about them approx 12 months ago.. it certainly made one hell of a CRACk when it hit my helmet.

[mysteryjimbo]

I hit it at about 140mph i thought something on my bike had blown up - the BANG was so loud i almost touched cloth.



On his own personal airstrip officer....... :lol:

[Carsick]

I've had a few close calls with animals in general.
I've had pigeons fly across my path then decide that the best way to avoid the bike doing 70mph is to change directions and fly directly in front of me. Just as would have touched it's tail it dived off to the side.
I've had deer dive into the road then suddenly gain common sense and dive straight back over the fence.
I've had mares literally go for me (while going past slowly with the clutch in, might I add)
I've had pheasants pretend they were pedestrians in Soho and cover just about every point in the road within a few seconds. Luckily I no longer swerve for pheasants.
I've even had a flock of seagulls try to attack me while I was on my way to Ally Pally.

None of these beat the time in France when a large bird of prey decided that Topcat's helmet was a furry treat.

[Ed]

Kestrel flew out of a hedge and hit the near side crankcase, I was doing about 50 - bird was killed instantly and then the back wheel went over it, skated a bit but my excellent riding skills saved a serious slide :wink:

[Lionheart]

Know of someone who was driving a sports car, with roof down. Car going the other way hit a Bird - you can guess the rest. Blood and guts ended up all over the bloke in the open topped sports car ! Made me laugh when he told me. :twisted:

[Fizzy Fish]

Just after I started riding I had a pigeon smack into my lid at c. 50mph - bit of a shock!! I was just approaching a bend in the wet and it totally threw me so I panic braked & lost the front :cry:

still, I can laugh about it now...

I know what you mean about it hurting though!!

[Viney]

Had a close shave with one.. thankfully saw it coming and ducked, it went over my head.
Like most things ;) :lol:

[Stingo]

.. it certainly made one hell of a CRACk when it hit my helmet.

:shock: Bet that smarts!!

Asparrow flew into my engine once...just once...foolish mistake!

[fizzwheel]

I had a pidgeon fly up out the hedge one day into my boot. Had a nice collection of feathers and stuff stuck on my boot. it made quite a hard impact and pulled my foot of the peg.

Best one I have had was in the car. I was cracking on a bit and a pidgeon flew up out of the hedge and it hit the car in the near side upper quarter of the windscreen. What was left of the pidgeon smeared itself up the windscreen just like a dead fly does when you hit it in the summer :sick:

[Saint Matt]

I've been hit by a pigeon, was only at about 50mph though on my old moped. Nearly hit a badger in my 106, that would have been interesting!

[haggis]

There's a road on my way to work that's about 20ft from the shore in one place. I was riding along and must have spooked this bugger. It decided to cross the road as a takeoff strip. I've never hugged the tank so close in my life. :shock:
http://www.exzooberance.com/virtual%20zoo/they%20fly/heron/Purple%20Heron%20268004.jpg

[carelesschucca]

oh yes nearly crashed beacuse of it... I was belting round a nice corner when it hit me, my vison went red as it splatted onto my visor, once I got stopped I also noticed the Bird had emptied its bowels all down my front too... At that point I emptied mine out my mouth into the verge... It was all good!!!