{"id":4609,"date":"2013-12-12T13:05:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T20:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=4609"},"modified":"2013-12-11T23:06:11","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T06:06:11","slug":"weird-stuff-on-the-road-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/weird-stuff-on-the-road-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird Stuff on the Road Once Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4613\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ChickenCrossesRoad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4613\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ChickenCrossesRoad.jpg\" vspace=\"10\" alt=\"chickens cross the road\" title=\"Chicken Crosses Road\" width=\"497\" height=\"318\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ChickenCrossesRoad.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ChickenCrossesRoad-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Chickens must have reasons why they cross roads, we just don&#039;t want them doing so in front of us on our bikes.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>So with the snow and cold weather just about one of the weirdest things you might have seen on the road lately was a motorcycle. No, I haven&#8217;t seen any in at least a week, have you? But the weather is warming up, our road is starting to show through the ice, and it looks like there will be riding to do this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it&#8217;s time for another edition of what&#8217;s the weirdest stuff you&#8217;ve encountered on the road, courtesy of a thread from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advrider.com\/forums\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure Riders forum<\/a>. Let&#8217;s not waste time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here&#8217;s a new one, from today&#8217;s ride. I was motoring along home on a two lane highway and see what appears to be a short tree branch in my lane up ahead. I change lane position enough to miss it, and look down as I pass it. WTF? It&#8217;s a disembodied deer foreleg, perfectly intact and not missing any hair, from the hoof up to the knee. No deer carcass anywhere in sight, no grease spot or blood patch anywhere.<\/li>\n<li>The rider in front of me by about 15 feet did not put his hard box on right. That BMW pannier fell off right in front of me and I swerved so fast, I almost high sided. We were going about 70 miles an hour. Make sure they are snapped in place, folks.<\/li>\n<li>Years ago, riding down a back alley, only going about 15 mph, a little robin flew into my right coat pocket. I stopped and tried to find him, but couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see a thing. Next thing I knew, the little guy popped out and flew off. It was the strangest thing.\n<\/li>\n<li>Hit a yellow jacket that landed just below my helmet. It didn&#8217;t die and quickly climbed into my helmet and proceeded to sting me. NOT fun.<\/li>\n<li>A house. First time on a bike (1973) on a Honda 50. Throttle stuck and I slammed right into my folks&#8217; house. Rear tire dug up Mom&#8217;s flowers. They weren&#8217;t home and I wasn&#8217;t allowed to ever ride motorcycles. They never found out.<\/li>\n<li>I did deliberately run over a Barbie Doll that was lying in the street in my neighborhood, the head actually popped off and rolled under a parked car, leaving the headless doll body alone in the street for lookers by to ponder&#8230;&#8221;WHY?&#8221; &#8211; it was almost performance art&#8230;.. <\/li>\n<li>I hit a police car with an angry policman in it. He took my bike and me to jail. Long time ago.<\/li>\n<li>I hit a large pine cone that was rolling across a bend in the road on a windy day. As it was moving I kind of target fixated on it, resulting in front wheel going over it whilst I was slightly leant over in the bend &#8211; very interesting &#8220;rodeo&#8221; moment not exactly sure how I stayed on the bike &#8211; especially as I had not been riding long at the time. <\/li>\n<li>Rode the the rotting carcass of a hog this week on the way to work. Somehow, by no fault of my own, none of the guts got on me. Thank goodness, that thing stunk!<\/li>\n<li>I intercepted a pinecone&#8217;s fall to earth with my face @ about 45mph. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>_______________________<\/p>\n<p>OK, enough for now. More to follow, sooner or later.<\/p>\n<h3>Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n<p>In your helmet, no one can hear you scream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So with the snow and cold weather just about one of the weirdest things you might have seen on the road lately was a motorcycle. No, I haven&#8217;t seen any in at least a week, have you? 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