Author Topic: Just hit a f------- DEER!! (Read 2054 times)

m00ntan · « **on:** July 07, 2007, 08:32:03 AM »

I've got just 250 miles on my k4 and i hit a gd DEER at 50 or 60 mph!! She didn't knock me down, but I got busted headlight, bent ears and dented fender.

Just had to tell somebody.

Dougy Dougy Dune Buggy · « **Reply #1 on:** July 07, 2007, 08:45:12 AM »

YOU are very lucky to be alive
now go play the lotto real quick
really it wasn't your time
bars & headlights are cheap
oh yeah, hide a deer whistle on your bike somewhere, they do it up here in Seattle
DWYJ

mark · « **Reply #2 on:** July 07, 2007, 09:05:31 AM »

Go buy lottery tix right now. Really.
I dunno about the deer call though - at least 80% of the deer hits at the local body shop (Central OR) are wearing them!
Happy trails!

nickjtc · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2007, 09:10:49 AM »

Any close encounter like that which you can walk away from ........count your lucky stars!

Get Derek, aka seaweb, to tell you his deer story!

m00ntan · « **Reply #4 on:** July 07, 2007, 09:21:35 AM »

All I remember is a great big brown furry thing going across the handlebars and knocking me into a countersteer.

Well, gotta go pick hairs out of the headlight.

xtalon · « **Reply #5 on:** July 07, 2007, 09:38:25 AM »

YIKES!!! My worst nightmare.

I hate you messed up your bike, but I'm glad you were unhurt. You were extremely lucky and it could have been A LOT worse.

If you were a cat, I would say you just used one of your 9 lives.

--xTalon

seaweb11 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 07, 2007, 10:36:15 AM »

Been-deer-done-dat

I'm sure there is more than just hair! I scared the sh*t out of mine!

m00ntan · « **Reply #7 on:** July 07, 2007, 10:40:44 AM »

I hope luck comes in three's.

I guess it's time to look at the spare fork ears in the basement.

Got any recommendations on a headlight, bucket is cracked and chipped but not broken?

tramp · « **Reply #8 on:** July 07, 2007, 12:25:40 PM »

as everyone said
you are one lucky so of a b tch

m00ntan · « **Reply #9 on:** July 07, 2007, 12:39:57 PM »

OK I got the retaining ring 33121-300-672, setting ring 33153-300-671 and rim 33101-405-671 bent. I could live with the case 61301-300-020B.

Any body know if this stuff is worth straightening?

I hope the dent in the fender put a hurting to Bambi.

seaweb11 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 07, 2007, 12:56:46 PM »

You mean it didn't die?

m00ntan · « **Reply #11 on:** July 07, 2007, 01:07:17 PM »

Nope, don't think I got a clear shot. Came out of a bush and didn't give me a chance to aim.

m00ntan · « **Reply #12 on:** July 07, 2007, 01:22:07 PM »

Read your post Derek. Amazing.

I've hit birds squirrels, raccoons, possums, skunks and a lot of things i didn't recognize. This is the first time I've hit something bigger than me.

I'm a returning rider that rides in the morning because Baltimore traffic scares me in a Buick. Now I gotta look for deer. It's disappointing. Deer are almost as unpredictable as Baltimore traffic. Damn thing is, you can't see them.

seaweb11 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 07, 2007, 02:31:13 PM »

Yeah, but it was the eagle on the way back that realy spooked me/

keepitrunin · « **Reply #14 on:** July 07, 2007, 04:45:45 PM »

i was riding thru the mountains in n. pennsylvania with my pop and his best friend. my dad went past and a doe ran between us. then a big ass buck jumped the road and clipped the guy in backs front tire and he wiped out. i turned around and couldn't find the rider, just his bike on its side. i look over the edge (about 20-30 foot drop) and he's hangin onto this little f-in weed growing out the side of the ravine just like on the cartoons. he just retired from camden police n.j. all he kept saying was "30 years in the countries most dangerous city and i get killed by a f-in deer".

jtb · « **Reply #15 on:** July 07, 2007, 08:48:26 PM »

Moontan, I got a bucket you can have if you need it. Needs painting. Let me know.

John

ProTeal55 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 07, 2007, 08:48:33 PM »

Glad u are here to tell us about your mishap.
When I worked at a v-twin shop we lost about 2 customers a season from hitting deers..
Consider yourself VERY lucky !

DammitDan · « **Reply #17 on:** July 09, 2007, 06:52:39 AM »

Looks like you pulled one of these:

And ProTeal, that avatar made me laugh for 5 minutes straight!

74cb750 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 09, 2007, 03:20:02 PM »

saying was "30 years in the countries most dangerous city and i get killed by a f-in deer".

That must have been surreal!
peace,
michel

Dusthawk · « **Reply #19 on:** July 09, 2007, 10:22:05 PM »

Another good reason to build a chopper, the drag pipes alone would scare the deer away. You stockers have those quiet pipes, no wonder the deer keep finding you

DammitDan · « **Reply #20 on:** July 09, 2007, 10:33:20 PM »

But Jeff, sound is 100% directional! I can't remember ever being rear-ended by any deer

You bikers with loud pipes just give me a headache when I have to ride behind you

Dusthawk · « **Reply #21 on:** July 10, 2007, 01:35:55 AM »

Ah, but I must disagree. You can always hear a loud bike coming, perfect for warning wildlife.

As for riding behind me, you just go right ahead and go in front, I don't mind being tail wheel

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