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Souvenirs
Riding home late the other night, all the sudden CRACK, something hits me above my right eye, no biggie I thought as it had just rained something must have fallen out of a tree. A few minutes later as I pull up the driveway something falls to my lap from between my face shield and visor of my helmet............
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I hit my first bird at about 45mph coming home from work. Was zipping along on the Stella and a pack of birds were flying across the road, but noticed one was a bit slow. I thought in the back of my mind "Hey, he's flying a little low", but before I could think further...
THWAP!!
Struck me right in the chest point blank and flopped onto the floorboard. It was a 10 or 12 inch long blackbird, and the only thing going through it's head at that moment was it's beak it was not a pretty sight.
After a bit of a shudder, I pushed it off the floorboard, headed home and immediately took the riding jacket in for dry cleaning. It left a decent bruise on my chest. Crappy end to a crappy day at work.
THWAP!!
Struck me right in the chest point blank and flopped onto the floorboard. It was a 10 or 12 inch long blackbird, and the only thing going through it's head at that moment was it's beak it was not a pretty sight.
After a bit of a shudder, I pushed it off the floorboard, headed home and immediately took the riding jacket in for dry cleaning. It left a decent bruise on my chest. Crappy end to a crappy day at work.
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Very glad now I got that windshield and even more glad that I am such a shorty and the medium windshield is to me like a full sized windshield. The reason I got it was bugs. I did not want them splattered on my jacket. Well, were there are bugs there are bats.
Was it dead?
Was it dead?
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Re: Souvenirs
Seriousl.y, hoping you are feeling OK. That is scary!!!KABarash wrote:Riding home late the other night, all the sudden CRACK, something hits me above my right eye, no biggie I thought as it had just rained something must have fallen out of a tree. A few minutes later as I pull up the driveway something falls to my lap from between my face shield and visor of my helmet............
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I think I'm gonna barf....jprestonian wrote:The cicada to the chin at 70MPH required a quick stop to wash guts out of my beard. Identifiable cicada guts, too. Think about that.KABarash wrote:About 30-35Bmph, it snapped my head back!jprestonian wrote:I hope you weren't going very fast...!
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WOW! Did you not notice it caught in your shield? I can't believe it stuck there! That's just nuts.
And yeah I agree about face protection against bugs, birds, and now I guess bats being one of the best daily benefits of a full helmet!
Glad you're alright and I hope the bat stew was delicious. Be careful today, you might get hit with one eye of newt or toe of frog...
And yeah I agree about face protection against bugs, birds, and now I guess bats being one of the best daily benefits of a full helmet!
Glad you're alright and I hope the bat stew was delicious. Be careful today, you might get hit with one eye of newt or toe of frog...
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NOT until after we collided......Stormswift wrote: Was it dead?
I need to start taking an alternate route home, last night, same area (within a couple hundred feet) I had a 'close call' with another bat!
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I thought bats had radar or something. You haven't secretly engineered the first stealth scooter have you?KABarash wrote:NOT until after we collided......Stormswift wrote: Was it dead?
I need to start taking an alternate route home, last night, same area (within a couple hundred feet) I had a 'close call' with another bat!
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unbelievable, so you thought some thing fell from a tree,....? which ,would be bad enough if you were going 30/40 mph, but something was traveling 20-30 mph and then hit u. i wonder what the pounds psi was to you shield 14 oz bat plus speed x your speed, like a 15 pound punch traveling 20 miles per hour
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They are supposedly blind but have some kind of sound sensor.They ping their prey. The little bugger was likely chasing a mosquito or some other bug. I bet there were 2 hits. The bug hit helmet first - the bat followed right behind.GrittyTacoman wrote:I thought bats had radar or something. You haven't secretly engineered the first stealth scooter have you?KABarash wrote:NOT until after we collided......Stormswift wrote: Was it dead?
I need to start taking an alternate route home, last night, same area (within a couple hundred feet) I had a 'close call' with another bat!
I am not a scooter snob.
I am a scooter connoisseur
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Bat's aren't blind, but their vision isn't much help beyond telling the difference between open sky and the ground. Their echo-location has developed to help them locate two kinds of things: tiny flying things like bugs (to chase and eat), and more substantial stationary things like trees and rocks (to avoid). But not quite so good at recognizing 30mph "trees", apparently.Stormswift wrote:They are supposedly blind but have some kind of sound sensor.They ping their prey. The little bugger was likely chasing a mosquito or some other bug. I bet there were 2 hits. The bug hit helmet first - the bat followed right behind.
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You obviously haven't tried riding or driving around ASU. 1 hour there during the semester will make you want to run over every breathing thing you see... if you don't get killed yourself by the 19 y/o trust fund girls driving lifted hummer H2's on their way to class while texting on BOTH their iPhone and Blackberry (Yep. Seen it with my own eyes)Wheelz wrote:Okay that was funny till i got to the children, bicycles, and Mc's
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Wow! I would have had a heart attack once I figured out it was a bat, bats give me the creeps for sure. Rationally I know that they are awesome little creatures that eat lots of pests but I had a freaky experience with one getting in the house when I was a kid and ever since then I don't want them anywhere near me, especially not stuck in my face sheild
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This story sounds familiar....jasondavis48108 wrote:but I had a freaky experience with one getting in the house when I was a kid and ever since then I don't want them anywhere near me, especially not stuck in my face sheild
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My wife was in the barn and reached under a shelf and a bat flew out and bit her on the finger and drew blood. I went out and found it on the floor and it was not doing very good. Caught itand put in a box and off to the emergency room for her first rabies shot. They wanted to start the shots with in 12 hours. Sent to bat to the lab and it had Rabies! She had the rest of the shot sall in the arm and is fine. The worst part they charge $1800 per shot! Thankfully the insurance covers all except $200 ea visit.
Bats are cool but they can get you in a lot of trouble!
55,000 people die world wide from Rabies each year and if you are bitten you have to start the shot before you have any symptoms.
If you ride a night this is a very good reason for a full face.
Bats are cool but they can get you in a lot of trouble!
55,000 people die world wide from Rabies each year and if you are bitten you have to start the shot before you have any symptoms.
If you ride a night this is a very good reason for a full face.
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All kinds of stuff can hit you in the day, too! Bees are a big problem a lot of places I ride. Even with full protection (but my visor up), I've been hit by little rocks, bugs, all kinds of stuff.kenbike wrote:If you ride a night this is a very good reason for a full face.
SkootzKabootz and I were leading two groups on a long ride several months ago and using our Chatterboxes. He was out of range most of the time but the one time I could hear him, it was, "Szzzzch… Eric? Ha, I can hear you… Skkkkzzzzch… Ahhh! Bee in my helmet!" LOL!
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