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02-09-11, 09:44 AM
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Bird Strike!
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02-09-11, 09:57 AM
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Re: Bird Strike!!!
Ouch, glad he is recovering. That sounds very nasty.
I have had one bounce off my lid and that hurt my neck. But, the worse I have seen was a pheasant take out a complete fairing, ripping off the clocks etc of a brand new TDM I was following. About £800 of damage with no insurance to claim back the damage from. When I checked the rider was alright, he was shaking.
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02-09-11, 10:06 AM
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Re: Bird Strike!!!
I can't believe he managed to stay on his bike right upto 140mph without hitting another road user.
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02-09-11, 10:06 AM
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02-09-11, 10:15 AM
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Re: Bird Strike!!!
100cc bike doing 140mph
 ? Not likely.Am I the only one sceptical that he was probably doing 50mph lol? |
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02-09-11, 10:19 AM
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Re: Bird Strike!!!
NO!!!
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02-09-11, 11:05 AM
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Re: Bird Strike!!!
Only doing 50mph whilst conscious eh.
Last edited by beabert; 03-09-11 at 10:36 AM. |
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02-09-11, 11:10 AM
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Re: Bird Strike!!!
Tbh ive it was a 30mph zone then 50 is resonable to believe. If it was NSL I be amazed if he want under 80 especially as it said it was on a straight - I could be wrong of course, not everyone is a throttle *****.
Taking nothing away from teh bloke though, he's a lucky fecker and Im glad for his family etc that he's not brown bread and would wish him all the best in his recovery. |
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02-09-11, 12:16 PM
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Re: Bird Strike!!!
Yeah 50mph my ass! :P Lucky guy!
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03-09-11, 09:44 AM
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Re: Bird Strike!!!
John McGuinness hit a bird on the TT practice at over 100mph
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