More Flying Object Tales
This is too good not to come back to. I told last time about some flying objects I’ve encountered and the whole topic was raised by a posting I saw on a motorcycle forum. Here’s a link to that forum. You’ll find it just as fascinating and entertaining as I do:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145779
Here’s a sampling of what you’ll find:
I would have to say bats. Three of’em so far, #1 hit under the right edge of the bill on my MX helmet. #2 hit me dead center of my full face, almost went down on that one. #3 hit my left mirror then slid down the post and just sit on my hand hanging on for about 1/4 mile before it fell off.
1. an entire pallet of canned Coke in the fast lane when I lived in China.
2. a bale of straw in the fast lane on 287 around NYC at about 70 mph.
3. a front bumper off a 78 T-bird in the middle lane of 287.
4. a guy taking a dump beside the road in WVa. He was in the apex of a real nice curve…
5. another rider… I was working thru traffic, passing buses, etc in the Alps. I thought he saw me, but he didn’t. His helmet caught my hand gaurd on the GS with a slight tap. His eyes were about as big as saucers. I shouldn’t have been in his lane, but I thought he saw me. Assume….. makes an ASS out of U and ME.
I was riding south on I-77 behind a pickup truck when the mattress that was in the bed of the truck flew up and over my head. whew!
1) A live turkey, back roads, Austell, GA. Spun me around but I did not go down.
2) Aluminum Ladder, I-285 Atlanta. Kinda jumped it, should have wrecked but didn’t.
3) A steel nut, about 2 inches in diameter, straight to the chest (thought it stopped my heart it hit so hard) I-285 Atlanta
4) Muffler and attached exhaust pipe, 575 near Canton, GA. No wreck
5) Water melon, I-75 near Valdosta. Almost, and I mean almost but no wreck.
6) Wooden pallet (empty) East/West Connector, Austell, GA. Scared me shitless.
7) A helmet, unstrapped and blew off another rider in front of me, Daytona. No wreck.
8) German Shepherd, near Bo-Bo’s house. No wreck but torn up a guys fresh grass stopping it.
Weirdest I have heard, guy from Earl Smalls Harley Davidson in Marietta, Ga was headed to the Hard Rock Cafe in Atlantawith a group of bikes. I-75 south after dark. He hit an upside down wheelbarrow tub that already had the wheels and supports knocked off. Was almost a perfect ramp. Said he was about 8 feet off the ground, got some good distance and landed without crashing. LOTS and LOTS of damage to the bike.
OK. You get the picture. Go check it out!
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