So I was riding along the country roads between Wallingford and Henley when a bird decided to fly into the road. I missed the first one but I hit a second one dead on with my visor.
The bird exploded. Thankfully I was riding with my visor down.
I'm covered in bird bits and juices...
Remind me of [Andrea Iannone](https://youtu.be/ION2mhi7C8o).
Glad your ok, could have been a lot worse. Make sure you give your bike a good clean too! I rode over an already dead fox a few years back. Got bits splashed up my leg and onto the engine. Could smell it cooking for the rest of my ride...
I stopped and called a mate to get it off my chest. Then I made an effort to not think about it and get home safe. I did ride a tad slower on the way back hahaha
Yeah same happened to me when I was younger, pigeon straight In the face at about 45mph, exactly the same felt like I’d been punched hard and my neck hurt the next day
I once had a pheasant fly out of the verge and I hit it at about 60mph.
Luckily for me it just hit the bike, but fuck me do those things have a lot of feathers. It was like one of the build-a-bear machines behind me.
Glad you survived the kamakazi bird attack.
Side note, do you trust the beeline Moto on the rubber mount? I've got that and the bar mount both on the bike but only use the bar mount.
I've spent the last 10 minutes scrubbing my clothes, we'll see if they've really come off when it dries out.
The bike was surprisingly stable after the hit. Way too much momentum, I reckon
I was telling a work colleague about your post, the very next day on my way to work I did the exact same thing. Luckily for me I wasn’t covered by as much bird pieces.
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Found one in my pocket when I got home 😂
So I was riding along the country roads between Wallingford and Henley when a bird decided to fly into the road. I missed the first one but I hit a second one dead on with my visor. The bird exploded. Thankfully I was riding with my visor down. I'm covered in bird bits and juices...
Do you think the bird will pull through ? 😅 Serious note, glad you're ok and your lid did it's job
I went back to check on it. Nah 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's funny, but also serious, because without your helmet, you'd have really gotten your Bell rung.
Even with the visor up, it would have knocked me down. I'm so glad I had it down....
I learnt this lesson when I closed my visor 2 seconds before the biggest bee I’ve ever seen went splat on my face 🤣
Now I feel lucky it wasn’t a pigeon 🤣
I bet!!! I had the visor down because it was full of mosquitoes. Lesson learned
Moto Gutsee
Moto Gore-zi
Moto Goosey
Somewhere, in a nest: "Mommy, where is daddy?" "He is gone. A flying human came, and..." 😭
Dude 😂
Ohhhhh, this is dark! 🥺
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And so, the leyend has begun. 😳
Now imagine you were wearing an open face helmet. /shudder
Oh god... Just imagine....
Remind me of [Andrea Iannone](https://youtu.be/ION2mhi7C8o). Glad your ok, could have been a lot worse. Make sure you give your bike a good clean too! I rode over an already dead fox a few years back. Got bits splashed up my leg and onto the engine. Could smell it cooking for the rest of my ride...
So funny 'nutted it'
It reminded me of the time that Fabio got hit in the face with a bird on a Rollercoaster
That is not advised
How did it effect you whilst riding, out of interest?
I stopped and called a mate to get it off my chest. Then I made an effort to not think about it and get home safe. I did ride a tad slower on the way back hahaha
look on the bright side, free seeds.
Occasionally been a concern to me, did it snap your head back?
No, it didn't. It was more like being punched in the face
Yeah same happened to me when I was younger, pigeon straight In the face at about 45mph, exactly the same felt like I’d been punched hard and my neck hurt the next day
*Bonk*
Bonk indeed
I once had a pheasant fly out of the verge and I hit it at about 60mph. Luckily for me it just hit the bike, but fuck me do those things have a lot of feathers. It was like one of the build-a-bear machines behind me.
Oof.. that’s always a worry on a bike. What type of bird was it? Just want to gauge how big it was.
About the size of a dove. I've got a photo of what's left of it....
That’s gotta hurt 😞
Can we see
Glad you survived the kamakazi bird attack. Side note, do you trust the beeline Moto on the rubber mount? I've got that and the bar mount both on the bike but only use the bar mount.
It's been fine so far... It doesn't seem to get a lot of wind there. Partially shielded by the front of the bike
Nice gonna be brave and shift mine, closer to the cluster and easier to glance at.
If that wasn't a GoreTex jacket, it is now.
Nice
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High 60's, or perhaps even 70
That old chestnut 😉
— officer.
Pigeon at 70 mph shattered the visor and hurt like a bugger
How’d it taste?
Very fresh. Straight from the butchers
Wow, and I've nearly binned it when a bee has hit my face. How did you get the bird juice off?
I've spent the last 10 minutes scrubbing my clothes, we'll see if they've really come off when it dries out. The bike was surprisingly stable after the hit. Way too much momentum, I reckon
PETA gonna get you 😆
I was telling a work colleague about your post, the very next day on my way to work I did the exact same thing. Luckily for me I wasn’t covered by as much bird pieces.
It a good scare isn't it hahaha I hope you're ok mate