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07-16-2008, 12:07 AM
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| BRASS305  Join Date: Jul 10 2008 Location: Twistyville-Georgia-USA Bike(s): 1978 XS 1100Yamaha 2002 silver Blackbird Age: 49 Posts: 26
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Has anyone every had a snake fall out of the sky and almost hit them. No jokes here. It happened to me one day. A Hawk came down on my side of the road (right) caught a snake about a footer. I guess the bike scared him he droped the thing ten feet in front of me from about 15 feet in the air. Then I start thinking. If I was going 5mph faster he could have drop shipped the thing right on the back of my neck. I started thinking that I didn't have enought eye to ride any more. The spaces to scan and plan are bigger all the time.  | ||
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07-16-2008, 12:14 AM
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 Join Date: Mar 02 2008 Location: Bronx, NY Bike(s): RED(the fast color), 2001 CBR1100XX, 2004 ZZR600 Age: 39 Posts: 1,593
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Ya know (tilts head, squints left eye, and places hands on hips), I've never seen a snake here in New York City! I guess there's just as many different things to look out for in the more rural parts of the country as it is in the city! 
__________________ Murphys 6th law of combat operations: If it's stupid but it works, it ain't stupid.  |
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07-16-2008, 12:22 AM
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| BRASS305 Join Date: Jul 10 2008 Location: Twistyville-Georgia-USA Bike(s): 1978 XS 1100Yamaha 2002 silver Blackbird Age: 49 Posts: 26
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Yep they are all out for us on some days. How about a hub cap off a yellow taxi? They have be flying around somewhere in town. Some cabs have em and some don't. Well thanks for reply and if you see a snake kill it. That is one less a bird can drop on you if he gets the chance!! Hey if everyone wasn't out to get me I wouldn't be paranoid. |
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07-16-2008, 12:38 AM
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| Join Date: Mar 02 2008 Location: Bronx, NY Bike(s): RED(the fast color), 2001 CBR1100XX, 2004 ZZR600 Age: 39 Posts: 1,593
|  No yellow cab hub caps yet. Just yer garden variety pothole or two! Check my gallery.
__________________ Murphys 6th law of combat operations: If it's stupid but it works, it ain't stupid. |
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07-16-2008, 6:21 AM
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| BRASS305 Join Date: Jul 10 2008 Location: Twistyville-Georgia-USA Bike(s): 1978 XS 1100Yamaha 2002 silver Blackbird Age: 49 Posts: 26
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Man glad you were able to ride it home and stand. Sorry about that. Me a broke Collar bone 2 years ago. Just ran out off road. Mine was stupid. But I do feel your pain. |
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07-16-2008, 8:19 AM
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 Join Date: Feb 04 2008 Location: Picayune,MS Bike(s): 97 CBR1100XX, 07 CBR1000RR/Repsol Age: 46 Posts: 236
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Never had to dodge a snake but I did get hit in the chest by a bird. Luckly it was only a dove and i wasn't going that fast. Felt like getting hit with a baseball.
__________________ Scott 97 BB "Big Black" "I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead" Jimmy Buffet |
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07-16-2008, 8:55 AM
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| The Original Bird Watcher  Join Date: May 28 2007 Location: Gundagai, Australia Bike(s): 2003 Blue Blackbird Posts: 204
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I have been hit several times by galahs ( cockatoo type parrot but different colour ). I've had some close calls with kangaroos, foxes, echidnas, wombats, blackbirds.....( the feathered variety ) and even a few wild brumbies. I ride a lot in the Snowy Mountains ( Kosciuzko National Park ) and encounter these animals often. We have some pain in the arse native animals here thats for sure....The worst by far are the roos. They are dumb and will stand there and jump at you rather than hop away. Wombats are like hitting a large stone. I have hit one in a car years ago and it ripped the left wheel completely off. Havent hit a brumby and dont want to either.
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07-16-2008, 10:11 AM
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 Join Date: Jun 12 2007 Location: GREECE-ATHENS Bike(s): Cbr1100xx 02 tahitian blue Age: 38 Posts: 636
  |  that was close ....glad you make it...had several "meetings" with animals but nothing that comes close to that...
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07-16-2008, 11:41 AM
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| Join Date: Mar 02 2008 Location: Bronx, NY Bike(s): RED(the fast color), 2001 CBR1100XX, 2004 ZZR600 Age: 39 Posts: 1,593
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