Back to the Weird Stuff in the Road
It’s been awhile since I passed along some of these weird, crazy, scary things people have hit or nearly hit on their bikes. These posts come from the Adventure Riders site. Be careful out there.
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IT425G, I hit a mountain lion on an old RR bed running wide ass open in Colorado, front end was in the air and hit the rock pan. Scared the hell out of me but the old suspension carried me thru. Never saw it coming.
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An ultralight,,,, landed on my head, got a concussion so don’t remember what happened. The guy landed on the road and I hit his tail as he swung into his yard.
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I slid on a big pile of water buffalo shit in a turn, got completely sideways and came within inches of hitting a monk in Thailand on Christmas day about ten years ago. It was the fast reaction of the monk that prevented a really ugly crash.
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I got rearended by a goldwing, at 60 mph, does that count?
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I hit an automobile hood that blew out the back of a pick-up truck at highway speeds 130 km hr. Nowhere to go but over it. Busy 4 lane with cars in every direction. Thought for sure I was dead. Rode it out, wasn’t my turn to die I guess…
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I’m glad I was young when I T-boned an LTD and ran into the rear of a dump truck.
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A cat with its head stuck in a can crossing the road.
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Almost ran over a roadkill porcupine coming out of a dusty corner, that would’ve stung.
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A huge owl when I was a teenager. It swooped down in front of me. My little bro was on back. I ducked and it hit him right in the head, busted his faceshield and gave him two black eyes.
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I was in a pack of traffic when there was a sudden huge cloud of dust ahead. Cars started swerving – out of my lane – yep, I was headed right for it! No room to swerve to another lane – hit the brakes as much as I could before I got to the dust cloud. Blew through it, and saw the remains of… a SHOP VACUUM, rolling along on its wheels next to me at 40 mph like R2-friggin-D2 joined the Hell’s Angels.
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Ran into a kid on a bicycle many years ago. I was putting pretty slow because 2 little kids were all over the place on their bikes. I’m just starting to pass one of them on his left when he suddenly jerks the bike to the left- right in front of me. So- I hit him. He was OK, but I was PO’d.
OK. Till next time . . . ride aware. And keep your fingers crossed.
Biker Quote for Today
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Tags: Road hazards
