I hate birds....passionatley. - Open Forum

Lotensin22 · 05-20-2004, 06:20 AM

Ok, who here has been driving down the freeway and seen doves etc. swooping down right in front of cars, like their suicidal? Yeah, well tonight on the way to work, I'm riding on the freeway, doing about 80 mph. I had my visor up because it's hot (kinda), but decided to flip it down because I started thinking about a bug in the eye at 80. Well, I flip my visor down, and about 3 seconds later a bird flies into my head. Luckily, it just bounced off the upper side/front of my lid, otherwise it may have really jacked me up. I still have a sore neck about 3 hours later, and my helmet had a big blood splat mark on it. I'm still not sure how I didn't crash, the damn thing scared the hell out of me. Yeah, stupid ass birds.

aNskY · 05-20-2004, 01:02 PM

thats great

a bird flew into the windshield of my car once... never my head though!!

MikeM · 05-20-2004, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lotensin22

Ok, who here has been driving down the freeway and seen doves etc. swooping down right in front of cars, like their suicidal? Yeah, well tonight on the way to work, I'm riding on the freeway, doing about 80 mph. I had my visor up because it's hot (kinda), but decided to flip it down because I started thinking about a bug in the eye at 80. Well, I flip my visor down, and about 3 seconds later a bird flies into my head. Luckily, it just bounced off the upper side/front of my lid, otherwise it may have really jacked me up. I still have a sore neck about 3 hours later, and my helmet had a big blood splat mark on it. I'm still not sure how I didn't crash, the damn thing scared the hell out of me. Yeah, stupid ass birds.

Dont get mad, you won.

cal · 05-20-2004, 02:13 PM

lol on the way to prom last week i was driving thru my neighborhood to main street and two birds flew across the road, one made it, i hit the other one to look back and see it retardedly fly off.

is retardedly a word?

wangsta6 · 05-20-2004, 05:26 PM

i somehow kicked one before

wheeliekid · 05-20-2004, 05:30 PM

I got hit in the head when I was ridin a snowmobile. It swooped down and hit right on the visor and cracked it. There was a lil bit of blood on it.

Angel Of Death · 05-20-2004, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cal

is retardedly a word?

best website ever: www.dictionary.com and the answer is:

No entry found for retardedly.

RRQT · 05-20-2004, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Angel Of Death

best website ever: www.dictionary.com and the answer is:

No entry found for retardedly.

Is this website on your list of 2 websites you could not live without???

freddyspens · 05-20-2004, 06:30 PM

that could have been a lot worse with that bird bro- i was riding with my shield like 2clicks open last fall. i was going like 40mph and something nailed my shield-it sounded like a rock or something hard like that. well it was holloween evening and i turned around thinking some kids threw something. i found a BIG ASS BAT lying dead on the side of the road!!! man, all i could think is if i had my shield open a little more that scummy bat would have hit me in the face

oh, and cal- i think retardedly works just fine. what the hell does that webster guy know anyways

*Erik* · 05-20-2004, 06:32 PM

Try being a pilot, I've seen pictures and seen the results of a few incidences of bird strikes. Best one I've seen was a landing strut on a cessna covered in blood from a canadian goose

There's a few sand cranes on our airport that are asking for it, so if I get one of them i'll take some pics

gixxer750rider · 05-20-2004, 06:52 PM

I ran a bird over on the highway with my bike lol i guess the fugger couldint fly so thats why he didint get out of they way.........long story short i kinda ran over him and almost hit a car and lost it from trying to swerve and miss it lmao

Angel Of Death · 05-20-2004, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RRQT

Is this website on your list of 2 websites you could not live without???

It should be, I use it everyday! it's my #3 then!

bikerboy · 05-20-2004, 07:07 PM

I always rev or gun it at them. I have hit a few thinking they were going to go the opposite way. But for some reaon they don't try to fly higher, they juts fly faster across you. I've had one creme the front end of the bike. He died. I also ran over a huge as rat that was hauling ass across the street and frankly, it was murder she wrote.

I have also come VERY close to getting jacked up by raccoons and armadillos. One armadillo was crossing the street and couldn't decide which way it wanted to go and was scrambling all over the place so I helped him out and kicked the shit out of it and it went flying into the trees to the side. Foot hurt like hell but its better than having my whole body and the bike hurtting b/c of a dumbass creature....

But if you want to hear something weird. Birds are not normally sound responsive like to your bike or what not when you ride by and they are on a branch or whatever oer on the ground. If it is pecking for seeds or whatever then honk, you'll see nothing happens. But Crows are considered (believe it or not) one of the smartest birds (among mnay other animals). It has been documented that crows like pecans but can't get them open. So what all these crows were doing was flying to the top of a stop light and dropping them on the street. When the cars passed and crushed it they'd swoop down and grab the pecan....

Anyways when you see those crows eating the roadkill on the road honk at them. They ALL repond to it. They'll either take off or you'll notice them damn near take off. Everytime. Everytime I see some on my bike I honk and I get a response. Sometimes I'll drive at them and honk to get a laugh.

*Erik* · 05-20-2004, 08:30 PM

I forgot an instance when one tried to fly through my dad's front wheel on his honda sabre

Needless to say there wasn't much besides a few feathers that came out the other side

Angel Of Death · 05-20-2004, 08:40 PM

My dad was driving through Utah in his work truck late one night when the car in the lane next to him and ahead of him struck a deer. The carcus (sp?) flew under my dads truck and got stuck between the rear dif and the ground for a minute and splattered all the insides up all over the back of the truck. He said it had to be the worst smelll he's ever smelled before. yuck

Squeaker · 05-20-2004, 09:39 PM

I hit a bird a couple of weeks ago...it just sort of was flying around without a care in the world...and bam! right into my bumper, off the hood, and into the windshield! I tried to miss it but it's true, I think some bird just have a death wish! What isn't flying enough?!

Albgixxer · 05-20-2004, 11:11 PM

Fukkin Birds!

Lotensin22 · 05-21-2004, 03:54 AM

Yeah, birds suck. I was glad as hell I had put my visor down, if it had hit me in the face....ouch.

Dimarra · 05-21-2004, 08:25 AM

Have you ever noticed there's always the one @$$hole who has to "better" everyone's story? This time that @$$hole is ME!

I've been wracked a few times in the head by birds (Thank you, helmet.) I even once helped a bat commit suicide on my fairing. ...and then there was the buzzard.

I was innocently riding to work. The route was a nice mix of two-lane backroads and some four-lane highway. I'm entering a four-lane via a ramp and catch a glimpse of a buzzard in the median.

This particular ramp is semi-blind. It's safe enough to enter if you have a reasonable (40+mph) speed, but the curvature is such that you don't want to be going any slower for fear of being rear ended. About the time I enter the right lane of the highway, I see Mr Buzzard taking off across my path. ...and the cars coming up fast behind me. ...and the 4-5' string of entrails that Mr Buzzard is "dragging" behind him.

Now, I don't know the physics of aviary flight (I must've been asleep in class that day,) so I couldn't tell you what a carcass-laden buzzard's ascent rate should be, but I CAN tell you it wasn't gaining altitude very quickly. The entrails were mere inches off the ground and our paths were about to cross.

My choices (as I saw them at that particular moment) were:
1) Slow down and hope the driver behind me is paying attention to driving and not doing one of the many moronic actions I see every day (reading the paper, shaving, make-up, etc.)
2) Accelerate and hope for the best,
3) Accelerate to the left lane and hope for the best,
4) Head for the shoulder and BRAKE!

Choices 2, 3 and 4 all appeared to have the same ending. ...one hungry buzzard and one NAS-TEEEE motorcyclist. Choice 1 seemed to be my best one at the time, so I started braking. The traffic behind me wasn't slowing. They must not have been able to see the scenario unfolding. ...or they DID see it and were trying to help Mr Buzzard create an entirely new art form. The outcome wasn't in my choice list because I couldn't have controlled that part of the situation.

For whatever reason, Mr Buzzard decided to drop his deer guts. They landed with a royal splat on the centerline of the highway. I accelerated away from traffic and never saw the faces of the drivers behind me. I can still imagine one of 'em muttering, "That would have been HILARIOUS!" The rest of the ride was without incident and the only evidence I found was a small dark spot on the cuff of my pants.

Rather anti-climactic, huh? I prefer it that way.

That incident took place nearly ten years ago and to this day I cringe when I'm riding and see a buzzard along the road.

05-20-2004, 06:20 AM	#1
Lotensin22 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mesa, Az Age: 26 Bike: '01 Gixxer 6 Gender: Male Posts: 2,125	I hate birds....passionatley. Ok, who here has been driving down the freeway and seen doves etc. swooping down right in front of cars, like their suicidal? Yeah, well tonight on the way to work, I'm riding on the freeway, doing about 80 mph. I had my visor up because it's hot (kinda), but decided to flip it down because I started thinking about a bug in the eye at 80. Well, I flip my visor down, and about 3 seconds later a bird flies into my head. Luckily, it just bounced off the upper side/front of my lid, otherwise it may have really jacked me up. I still have a sore neck about 3 hours later, and my helmet had a big blood splat mark on it. I'm still not sure how I didn't crash, the damn thing scared the hell out of me. Yeah, stupid ass birds. __________________ After "No Fear" usually follows "OH SH*T!" Started on dirtbikes, practiced on women, graduated to Gixxers. Class of 2001!

05-20-2004, 01:02 PM	#2
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05-20-2004, 06:30 PM	#9
freddyspens Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: woodstock,ny Age: Bike: gixxer1000 Gender: Male Posts: 429	Re: I hate birds....passionatley. that could have been a lot worse with that bird bro- i was riding with my shield like 2clicks open last fall. i was going like 40mph and something nailed my shield-it sounded like a rock or something hard like that. well it was holloween evening and i turned around thinking some kids threw something. i found a BIG ASS BAT lying dead on the side of the road!!! man, all i could think is if i had my shield open a little more that scummy bat would have hit me in the face oh, and cal- i think retardedly works just fine. what the hell does that webster guy know anyways __________________ fast,fearless freddy or just plain old sean 9kmi on the gixxer since july and only 1 broken bone,yee haa.........

05-20-2004, 06:32 PM	#10
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05-20-2004, 07:07 PM	#13
bikerboy I Have Too Much Free Time Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: San Diego, Ca Age: 87 Bike: 07 CBR 1000 RR Gender: Male Posts: 10,052	Re: I hate birds....passionatley. I always rev or gun it at them. I have hit a few thinking they were going to go the opposite way. But for some reaon they don't try to fly higher, they juts fly faster across you. I've had one creme the front end of the bike. He died. I also ran over a huge as rat that was hauling ass across the street and frankly, it was murder she wrote. I have also come VERY close to getting jacked up by raccoons and armadillos. One armadillo was crossing the street and couldn't decide which way it wanted to go and was scrambling all over the place so I helped him out and kicked the shit out of it and it went flying into the trees to the side. Foot hurt like hell but its better than having my whole body and the bike hurtting b/c of a dumbass creature.... But if you want to hear something weird. Birds are not normally sound responsive like to your bike or what not when you ride by and they are on a branch or whatever oer on the ground. If it is pecking for seeds or whatever then honk, you'll see nothing happens. But Crows are considered (believe it or not) one of the smartest birds (among mnay other animals). It has been documented that crows like pecans but can't get them open. So what all these crows were doing was flying to the top of a stop light and dropping them on the street. When the cars passed and crushed it they'd swoop down and grab the pecan.... Anyways when you see those crows eating the roadkill on the road honk at them. They ALL repond to it. They'll either take off or you'll notice them damn near take off. Everytime. Everytime I see some on my bike I honk and I get a response. Sometimes I'll drive at them and honk to get a laugh. __________________ thundercats.vpga.com www.richstevens.com -------------------- .................--.. .............../??/) ............,/?../ .........../..../ ...../??/'...'/???`?? ../'/.../..../......./??\ ('(...?...?.... ?~/'...') .\.................'...../ ..'\'...\.......... _.?? ....\..............( ......\.............\

05-20-2004, 08:30 PM	#14
Erik Super-Thread-editor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Back in Indiana,(Muncie) Age: 27 Bike: 95' YZF600R(it still runs!) Gender: Male Posts: 7,354	Re: I hate birds....passionatley. I forgot an instance when one tried to fly through my dad's front wheel on his honda sabre Needless to say there wasn't much besides a few feathers that came out the other side __________________ Super-Moderator: Private Message for help/concerns If you act like a moron, we'll probably treat you like one too

05-20-2004, 08:40 PM	#15
Angel Of Death I Chose to No Longer Post Join Date: Dec 2002 Age: 27 Bike: Gender: Male Posts: 6,269	Re: I hate birds....passionatley. My dad was driving through Utah in his work truck late one night when the car in the lane next to him and ahead of him struck a deer. The carcus (sp?) flew under my dads truck and got stuck between the rear dif and the ground for a minute and splattered all the insides up all over the back of the truck. He said it had to be the worst smelll he's ever smelled before. yuck

05-20-2004, 09:39 PM	#16
Squeaker Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Home Age: 28 Bike: My a$$ looks better on the back of your bike!!! Gender: Female Posts: 447	Re: I hate birds....passionatley. I hit a bird a couple of weeks ago...it just sort of was flying around without a care in the world...and bam! right into my bumper, off the hood, and into the windshield! I tried to miss it but it's true, I think some bird just have a death wish! What isn't flying enough?!

05-20-2004, 11:11 PM	#17
Albgixxer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Albuwhat Age: 35 Bike: GSXR 1000 Gender: Male Posts: 1,218	Re: I hate birds....passionatley. Fukkin Birds! __________________ phuk'em all let god sort them out.

05-21-2004, 03:54 AM	#18
Lotensin22 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mesa, Az Age: 26 Bike: '01 Gixxer 6 Gender: Male Posts: 2,125	Re: I hate birds....passionatley. Yeah, birds suck. I was glad as hell I had put my visor down, if it had hit me in the face....ouch. __________________ After "No Fear" usually follows "OH SH*T!" Started on dirtbikes, practiced on women, graduated to Gixxers. Class of 2001!

05-21-2004, 08:25 AM	#19
Dimarra Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Delmarva Age: 45 Bike: Various Gender: Male Posts: 15	Re: I hate birds....passionatley. Have you ever noticed there's always the one @$$hole who has to "better" everyone's story? This time that @$$hole is ME! I've been wracked a few times in the head by birds (Thank you, helmet.) I even once helped a bat commit suicide on my fairing. ...and then there was the buzzard. I was innocently riding to work. The route was a nice mix of two-lane backroads and some four-lane highway. I'm entering a four-lane via a ramp and catch a glimpse of a buzzard in the median. This particular ramp is semi-blind. It's safe enough to enter if you have a reasonable (40+mph) speed, but the curvature is such that you don't want to be going any slower for fear of being rear ended. About the time I enter the right lane of the highway, I see Mr Buzzard taking off across my path. ...and the cars coming up fast behind me. ...and the 4-5' string of entrails that Mr Buzzard is "dragging" behind him. Now, I don't know the physics of aviary flight (I must've been asleep in class that day,) so I couldn't tell you what a carcass-laden buzzard's ascent rate should be, but I CAN tell you it wasn't gaining altitude very quickly. The entrails were mere inches off the ground and our paths were about to cross. My choices (as I saw them at that particular moment) were: 1) Slow down and hope the driver behind me is paying attention to driving and not doing one of the many moronic actions I see every day (reading the paper, shaving, make-up, etc.) 2) Accelerate and hope for the best, 3) Accelerate to the left lane and hope for the best, 4) Head for the shoulder and BRAKE! Choices 2, 3 and 4 all appeared to have the same ending. ...one hungry buzzard and one NAS-TEEEE motorcyclist. Choice 1 seemed to be my best one at the time, so I started braking. The traffic behind me wasn't slowing. They must not have been able to see the scenario unfolding. ...or they DID see it and were trying to help Mr Buzzard create an entirely new art form. The outcome wasn't in my choice list because I couldn't have controlled that part of the situation. For whatever reason, Mr Buzzard decided to drop his deer guts. They landed with a royal splat on the centerline of the highway. I accelerated away from traffic and never saw the faces of the drivers behind me. I can still imagine one of 'em muttering, "That would have been HILARIOUS!" The rest of the ride was without incident and the only evidence I found was a small dark spot on the cuff of my pants. Rather anti-climactic, huh? I prefer it that way. That incident took place nearly ten years ago and to this day I cringe when I'm riding and see a buzzard along the road.

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