When birds attack.

[Mikoi]

Girlfriend calls me up to come and pick her and the bike up from the side of the road. I was worried more about her then the bike, and she's okay, slightly shaken up.

Bird hit front of bike at about 70km/hr.

[El Skitzo]

Glad she's ok. Good thing it hit the bike and not her.

[Bikergal]

Wholly crap!!! Bad enough when you're in the car and i duck when one comes at me, let alone being on the bike when it happens......glad she's ok mate........

Being Spring they will be more territorial and will swoop, no matter if you're on foot, in the car or on a bike.....another thing to watch out for

[Waikikablukar]

She should have got its rego number

[Lochwood]

Birds can be dangerous. A mate of mine many years ago cracked his sternum when a corbie flew up into his path from the side of the road.

[Mikoi]

yeah, told her when i rocked up did she get its insurance details and contact numbers... she was less then impressed with my joke.

she is shaken up, but nothing more. bikes okay, just need new screen and that's about all.

[valvolux]

Sorry to hear.
i nearly came of my bike while riding hard up the oxford st on ramp onto the freeway and a murder of crows crashed into the top of my helmet. Brown undies

[Phildo]

Stupid bird, should have been impounded for hooning.

[Tezza]

Sorry to hear.
i nearly came of my bike while riding hard up the oxford st on ramp onto the freeway and a murder of crows crashed into the top of my helmet. Brown undies

Murder of crows.... lol you know your animal groups

[FRK]

Glad she's okay! Could have turned out bad if you panicked! but there has been alot of swooping incidents with pedestrains lately, guess its that time of the year haha

[Stavtech]

lol....murder.....

hows the bird? did she find it and step on its neck?

[Para045]

Glad she is OK, I had a 28 Parrot hit me while coming through Gidge/Wooroloo a few years back Was doing a little over the open road limit through a sweeper when the bastard came in from the right, hit the fender and bounced up and hit the screen and then my shoulder Bit of an arse pucker moment

[yaabaa]

A few years ago, on Xmas day, I was riding my GS750 to a midday rellie bash on Fitzgearld St. and got hit in the head by a seagull, or bird of some sort. It kinda stunned me, and I came to and realised that I was on the bike. It hit with enough force to crack a (Fairly old) visor on the Arai Supervent. To this day I get a bit nervous when birds fly near me

In another incident, a friend hit a seagull on his Mk IV Lemans and got dead seagull stuck in the cooling fins of one cylinder - he reckoned it smelt nice, like fried chicken - I don't think he tasted any though...

[Kytty]

It must be the day for it. I got smacked by a kamikaze willy wagtail (or something else relatively same size and colour) this morning .... scared the bejeebus outta me! Thankfully the lil bugger only got me on the arm LOL. Glad to hear she is ok

[PETGIXXER]

Same thing happened to Corser a while back and kept him out of a WSBK race.

Lucky it hit the bike and not her.

[XQZM3]

Glad to hear that all is good. I hit a seagull doing $1.50, it hit the the front brake lever, right hand mirror, and covered me and the Blackbird in blood and guts. It bent the brake lever, only damage. Thankfully.

[Leviathan]

F*cking birds. Got one a few days ago.

Hayabusa 1 - Pigeon 0

Glad you missus is OK dude.

[Mikoi]

She's only just got her L's, like 2 months ago. Kind of a shock, lol. She is however asking when the bike can be back on the road, what is always a good sign.

Yeah, Heard some horror stories about Birds and bikes.

[acegalaxi]

I've heard some good stories about 'Birds and Bikes' too....

[Lochwood]

I've heard some good stories about 'Birds and Bikes' too....

There is a difference in the use of the feathers though, or so I'm lead to believe.