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Mr Speirs · 22-08-09, 09:46 PM

So I am riding on the A5 when in the distance I spot what I think is a baby deer in the distance crossing the road it gets all the way into the central reservation it then hears me coming and pops its head up. I start thinking don't you dare, just stay put.

Of course the thing starts running back and thats when I see that it is the biggest rabbit/hare I have ever seen in my life!!! Is there such thing as a super rabbit? Cos this was mad big.

Anyway I hit it with my front wheel and it made the bike jump off the ground, front first then back. Had a bit of a tankslapper but it subsided thank god.

So I stop to check to see if everything was okay, luckily no broken plastics but there was a big red streak down the side panel then down the swingarm then the wheel, blood and guts everywhere!!

So that was my

Immediately after the lay by after checking the bike I pull out onto the dual carriageway start picking up speed again and turn a bend to see a 2 police cars set up with another further down. So if the super rabbit hadn't hit me I would have certainly been tugged for excessive speed.

So the

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which to me now makes it a

DarrenSV650S · 22-08-09, 09:48 PM

Lucky rabbit foot must have been stuck on your bike

Mr Speirs · 22-08-09, 09:49 PM

Mmm maybe I should look to see if it is stuck in the fairing somewhere.

Wideboy · 22-08-09, 09:51 PM

pheasants are the biggest pain down here, they run or jump at you, i hit one at least once a week

brings my food bills down tho

DarrenSV650S · 22-08-09, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wideboy

pheasants are the biggest pain down here, they run or jump at you, i hit one at least once a week

brings my food bills down tho

Better than kfc?

Lissa · 22-08-09, 09:53 PM

I hope you've cleaned the bike..............rabbit guts isn't a good look!

22-08-09, 09:54 PM

Shame it wasnt the curvy you hit it with, you could have had a cooked roadside dinner

22-08-09, 09:55 PM

murderer

Mr Speirs · 22-08-09, 09:56 PM

Yeah I took it to a jet wash. Wasn't going to touch it with my bare hands. There was a lot of blood and guts.

22-08-09, 09:56 PM

I don't want to bring down the light hearted spirit of the thread, but if I'd seen something running in the road "in the distance" as you say, I'd be slowing down.

22-08-09, 09:46 PM	#1
Mr Speirs Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 2,218	:( + :) = :l So I am riding on the A5 when in the distance I spot what I think is a baby deer in the distance crossing the road it gets all the way into the central reservation it then hears me coming and pops its head up. I start thinking don't you dare, just stay put. Of course the thing starts running back and thats when I see that it is the biggest rabbit/hare I have ever seen in my life!!! Is there such thing as a super rabbit? Cos this was mad big. Anyway I hit it with my front wheel and it made the bike jump off the ground, front first then back. Had a bit of a tankslapper but it subsided thank god. So I stop to check to see if everything was okay, luckily no broken plastics but there was a big red streak down the side panel then down the swingarm then the wheel, blood and guts everywhere!! So that was my Immediately after the lay by after checking the bike I pull out onto the dual carriageway start picking up speed again and turn a bend to see a 2 police cars set up with another further down. So if the super rabbit hadn't hit me I would have certainly been tugged for excessive speed. So the was actually a which to me now makes it a __________________ Smokey Black Burnty 02 - Racetech Smoulderlators + .90kg BBQ Springs, zx10r shockingly toasted, Conti Road Attacks heat up very nicely, R&G Crash Bungs but what f*king use are they, No Colour Matched Hugger, Flame Extenda, Beowulf Titainium Oval Flame Thrower. Last edited by Mr Speirs; 22-08-09 at 09:47 PM.*

22-08-09, 09:48 PM	#2
DarrenSV650S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,414	Re: :( + :) = :l Lucky rabbit foot must have been stuck on your bike

22-08-09, 09:49 PM	#3
Mr Speirs Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 2,218	Re: :( + :) = :l Mmm maybe I should look to see if it is stuck in the fairing somewhere. __________________ Smokey Black Burnty 02 - Racetech Smoulderlators + .90kg BBQ Springs, zx10r shockingly toasted, Conti Road Attacks heat up very nicely, R&G Crash Bungs but what f**king use are they, No Colour Matched Hugger, Flame Extenda, Beowulf Titainium Oval Flame Thrower.

22-08-09, 09:51 PM	#4
Wideboy Evel Knievel Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Eastleigh Posts: 4,641	Re: :( + :) = :l pheasants are the biggest pain down here, they run or jump at you, i hit one at least once a week brings my food bills down tho __________________ 05 DRZ400E RIP hovis

22-08-09, 09:53 PM	#6
Lissa Just Ballast Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rugby, South Mids Group Posts: 4,381	Re: :( + :) = :l I hope you've cleaned the bike..............rabbit guts isn't a good look! __________________ If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old! I'd Rather Have Two Big Bangs Than Four Little Strokes

22-08-09, 09:54 PM	#7
speedplay Guest Posts: n/a	Re: :( + :) = :l Shame it wasnt the curvy you hit it with, you could have had a cooked roadside dinner

22-08-09, 09:55 PM	#8
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22-08-09, 09:56 PM	#9
Mr Speirs Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 2,218	Re: :( + :) = :l Yeah I took it to a jet wash. Wasn't going to touch it with my bare hands. There was a lot of blood and guts. __________________ Smokey Black Burnty 02 - Racetech Smoulderlators + .90kg BBQ Springs, zx10r shockingly toasted, Conti Road Attacks heat up very nicely, R&G Crash Bungs but what f**king use are they, No Colour Matched Hugger, Flame Extenda, Beowulf Titainium Oval Flame Thrower.

22-08-09, 09:56 PM	#10
Woz Guest Posts: n/a	Re: :( + :) = :l I don't want to bring down the light hearted spirit of the thread, but if I'd seen something running in the road "in the distance" as you say, I'd be slowing down.