Anyone ever hit a bird?

[JamesMio]

Twice so far - first one was similar to above, blackbird in a glancing blow but I was only doing about 40 - it bounced off my lid and emptied its guts all down my front, nice.

The other one, just a wee sparrow, swooped down in front of me and bounced off my foot.

It's the umpteem near misses with pheasants that bother me - I've had at least half a dozen of the dozy things shooting out at my head from the verge now already.

[Biker Biggles]

I slapped the missus for f&rting too loud.Does that count?

Hahah

[Paul the 6th]

fail biggles.... shoulda kicked her in the eyebrow

its always bloody pigeons! they launch off from hedge height then swoop into the road to get enough lift, had to dodge a few already this year. got my own back and "punched" one last year though, stupid thing did the whole swooping thing as I was giving it some beans up a sweeping uphill right hander, saw it and hoped I would miss it but didn't let up on the throttle as I was cornering....

it missed most of my bike but my hand on the handlebar caught it a good blow. was surprised how weighty it was, always think of them moving pretty swiftly and being light, this was a right lardass. Full contact sent it spiralling into the verge, checked the mirrors and it still looked to be moving and getting up so I think it survived, bloody lethal things they are.

Pheasants with a death wish are the next thing thats going to annoy me on my rural roads, hey ho. I've been lucky so far, hope it continues.

oh and there was the time in the dark, cresting a small rise in the road after a dip on my old CBR125, something smacked into my helmet pretty hard, was so dark I can only surmise I headbutted a dozy bat!

Paul kicks me in the eyebrow all the time..

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

I slapped the missus for f&rting too loud.Does that count?

hahaha...

22 posts before the 1st reference to domestic abuse.... what restraint, well done!!

[Geodude]

Not a bird exactly but a bumblebee hit me in between the eyes once (visor up) and almost had me off the bike.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Geodude

Not a bird exactly but a bumblebee hit me in between the eyes once (visor up) and almost had me off the bike.

lol my mate had a bee in his helmet, he had my ex on the back of bike at the time, He wasn't impressed at the speed he went up the slip road off the M62 with his helmet waggling up and down on his head!
aggghh aggghhh get it out!!!

Ive had a bumble bee too, hit me visor at 60 down the A50 and just went bang, it felt like id been hit in the head with a brick and I couldnt see a damn thing with teh amount of mess it made, i was cleaning it off for hours.