Night riding

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Mogs

Sheep don't double back, they keep going, so aim for the tail. Trouble is there's usually another you haven't seen that follows like er.. sheep.

Sheep totally do double back, all the time. They fall over sometimes when they do it too, just to make things interesting

Sheep can also just try to out run you. I have come off mountain roads, into herds of sheep, and ended up with one sheep on the wheel, unable to figure out which way to run. And they just go straight. Literally ****ting themselves.
I clocked one at 30mph once.

[northwind]

Basically, what we're seeing here is that sheep hate us. The wooly ****s.

Originally Posted by northwind

Basically, what we're seeing here is that sheep hate us. The wooly ****s.

Here, have you ever caught a sheep in your headlights at night?

Ehhh, Satan much?

I know a good rider whose career was ended by a sheep. Ruined his knee, and smashed collar bone. I think the sheep was a bit bollixed too. Which didnt help the situations appearance when the group caught up.

Road racing in Ireland.

Slow down and brace for night blindness...

Originally Posted by bikageboy

im a regular night rider.

We know what you mean

Nice one cloggs.
My boss just walked past at the split second I opened that page...

She just gave me a slightly anxious look and went about her business.
Gift.

I like riding a familiar route at night. Because you already know the corners and you can take them at faster speeds, cross the white line and take the "racing line" because you know when something is coming the other way before you even get to see it because of the headlights.

Down side to this is the wild life. In my case cows, deer and rodents of various sizes. I have already had an encounter with a deer. Luckily it was only a small one and damage was very limited.

pootling down a country lane late one night, big bang on screen and a thump on my helmet. frightened the squid out of me.

pulled over when got back on main road to find the bottom half of a pheasant stuck all over the screen. top half obliterated all over me jacket and lid. eugh