shaggystyle
Hummingbird slayer.
Lame pun intended.
I hit a deer tonight....or more accurately it hit me. The stupid thing ran into the left side of my bike. Didn't do much damage: broke/bent the left front turn signal, cracked the fairing just under the left headlight, broke the plastic covering the left headlight. I'm perfectly unhurt, never lost control of the bike for a sec. Just came to a quick, smooth stop and looked back in time to see it hop through some guys yard and out of site. I didn't see it until it was too late. I was on a two lane road, had just crested a small rise and it was hiding behind the glare of an oncoming car (why couldn't it have hit them instead?). Anyways, as soon as the car passed I saw it standing on the edge of the road and it made a bee line straight for me. I rolled on hard trying to get by before it got into my lane, but I didn't have enough time. Still, I'll take a smack in the leg over getting thrown any day.
I'm going to try and get an estimate from the dealer tomorrow. I imagine it's going to need a new fairing and maybe a new signal. What do you guys think, $400 sound about right? Gotta call and find out what my insurance deductible is.
Oh yeah, when I got home I had a nice size patch of fur stuck to my riding pant....no blood though, so I imagine it'll live.
I hit a deer tonight....or more accurately it hit me. The stupid thing ran into the left side of my bike. Didn't do much damage: broke/bent the left front turn signal, cracked the fairing just under the left headlight, broke the plastic covering the left headlight. I'm perfectly unhurt, never lost control of the bike for a sec. Just came to a quick, smooth stop and looked back in time to see it hop through some guys yard and out of site. I didn't see it until it was too late. I was on a two lane road, had just crested a small rise and it was hiding behind the glare of an oncoming car (why couldn't it have hit them instead?). Anyways, as soon as the car passed I saw it standing on the edge of the road and it made a bee line straight for me. I rolled on hard trying to get by before it got into my lane, but I didn't have enough time. Still, I'll take a smack in the leg over getting thrown any day.
I'm going to try and get an estimate from the dealer tomorrow. I imagine it's going to need a new fairing and maybe a new signal. What do you guys think, $400 sound about right? Gotta call and find out what my insurance deductible is.
Oh yeah, when I got home I had a nice size patch of fur stuck to my riding pant....no blood though, so I imagine it'll live.