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I was informed today that a native possum be added to the kill list.
In over 30 years of riding I can count only one bird for myself (off the helmet).
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Funny, my 620 was known for bagging critters too. chipmunk, some unknown birds, and a bat (yes, a bat) and too many rattlesnakes to count.
Had a close call with a coyote one morning on the way to work. I swear he was trying to get hit.... He ran in front of me by no more than 6-10 feet!
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A bat! Big one? I've had bats follow my bike while riding through the hills on a warm summer night. They flew above and caught the bugs on the edge of my headlight pattern. It was an impressive display. We have some large species, but these were quite small like small birds.
A coyote is fox sized? Edit: whoa, much bigger than a fox. Hate to think of a rattler getting flicked up at you.
I was riding with this very same rider last week and had to avoid two large kangaroos. Clearly his bike lures them.
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I've bagged a couple of rabbits, and three or four small birds to the chest.
I bagged a raven in Oz on that BMW. Picked it up on the right side cylinder and had to kick it off.
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Iirc, I saw the bats when we rode back from the Mt Dandenong lookout.
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Quote from: koko64 on July 21, 2019, 10:08:50 AM
A bat! Big one? I've had bats follow my bike while riding through the hills on a warm summer night. They flew above and caught the bugs on the edge of my headlight pattern. It was an impressive display. We have some large species, but these were quite small like small birds.
A coyote is fox sized? Edit: whoa, much bigger than a fox. Hate to think of a rattler getting flicked up at you.
I was riding with this very same rider last week and had to avoid two large kangaroos. Clearly his bike lures them.
The snakes were often dropped on the road by birds of prey to kill them. I was always worried that I was going to end up with one in my lap...
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Quote from: Dirty Duc on July 21, 2019, 08:39:37 PM
I've bagged a couple of rabbits, and three or four small birds to the chest.
I bagged a raven in Oz on that BMW. Picked it up on the right side cylinder and had to kick it off.
It probably thought it was in the clear not expecting the boxer motor
Not a marsupial which is good.
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I got a hawk, small one, with the mirror.
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That would be a solid bird.
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Quote from: herm on July 22, 2019, 02:30:06 AM
The snakes were often dropped on the road by birds of prey to kill them. I was always worried that I was going to end up with one in my lap...
You'd hope the birds succeeded in killing them. I can only imagine how angry a rattlesnake would be if it wasn't.
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5 or so ground squirrels have started from safe positions and made desperation dives under my front wheel.
Nearly collected a coyote on the freeway *years* ago, lucky for him (and me) he saw me and reversed course.
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5 or so ground squirrels have started from safe positions and made desperation dives under my front wheel.
Nearly collected a coyote on the freeway *years* ago, lucky for him (and me) he saw me and reversed course.
Do the squirrels love headlights?
My buddy on the 620 has anti kangaroo whistles on his bike, but he suspects they lure foxes. The wombats seem to love headlights. As I've said they're not the sharpest tool in the marsupial shed.
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I'm not sure what drives them.
I bear them no ill will, but I'm not risking a crash on their bad decision.
A couple have been in a safe position, *and* facing in the safe direction.
Yet they did a 180 and darted under my wheels.
One chap I rode with long ago was motoring along mid-corner, and a suicide squad of rabbits attacked from the inside and took him down.
His insurance sent him an official letter declaring the rabbits 100% at fault.
He framed it.
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Quote from: Speeddog on July 22, 2019, 10:56:43 PM
One chap I rode with long ago was motoring along mid-corner, and a suicide squad of rabbits attacked from the inside and took him down.
His insurance sent him an official letter declaring the rabbits 100% at fault.
He framed it.
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