Little banged up but okay

[redneckdan]

I had a run in with a deer last evening on the bike. My friend Howie was fortunately (he had a passenger on the back of his bike) able to swerve left to clear Momma and little one number 1, I swerved left to give him room to work and little one number 2 railed the back of the bike from the left side, broke the rear tire loose and the bike started goin down. I felt it start goin down on the right and I was able to roll left and get on top of the bike and ride it across the pavement for about 40 feet before the handle bar caught a crack and lauched me off the top. Not much damage to me, a jambed thumb, most of the skin on my right knee is gone. Nothin brokin though. First guy on the scene thought I was dead until I yelled at him to help me get the damn helmet off and the bike out of the road. Heres a pic of the jacket. The scratches don't show up well, its pretty much torn up all the way around the jacket, rolled probably 5 or 6 times down the road.





the bike will need work. the gauge pod is destroyed, along with the head light housing, its leaking anti-freeze from somewhere... But it will ride again someday.

[45nut]

Wow, sorry to hear that Dan. Glad your mostly unhurt, nothing too serious anyway.
Glad you were wearing leather and a helmet, that knee will be ok,, in a while huh.
Dang Deer!

[Phil]

Hi Dan,

Glad you came out of it with little injury. I know those knee skins hurt like heck, been there, done that, got the t shirt. But they will heal and the bike will be back on the road. Just glad you're ok.

Cheers,

Phil

[Jim]

Whew! Man, Dan, I'm sure glad you're OK! I know you're tight about the bike, but they still be makin' plenny of them boys. As for RedNeckDans, there's only one that I know about.

[waksupi]

Ah, the smell of autumn, and the refreshing feeling of a good case of road rash! Glad you came out of it more or less ok. I suggest you contact Gussy's wife, and start a Cast Boolits Wheeled Hunting Society.

[hivoltfl]

That your first time down? sounds to me like maybe it was not, I rode a Goldwing on its side for almost a quarter mile, stringing fiberglass and chrome the whole way. Glad to hear you made it without bad injury, next time use a gun and a cast boolit on them deer,

Rick

[redbear705]

Even Though you did not get hurt too badly you are gonna be pretty sore for awhile ! and I am not just talking about your knee...hitting the ground and rolling over and over beating yourself up will take some time for you to heal!

Glad you and your group made it with out more extensive injuries....JR

[ovendoctor]

glad your ok[glad ya didnt have jen on back]

ya dem deers have a funny way of sacking you wen ya dont expect it

remember your starting a new month with a clean slate[like we talked about]

by the way its howies family that has the bet with him about making it to 25

have a restful weekend

[trickyasafox]

glad your ok!

[scrapcan]

you now know the true worth of a good set of leathers. Glad you are ok. Also hope you were not bending the limits while in the process of smoking Bambi. Remember it is their environment also.

[MT Gianni]

Glad you walked away from it. That is the important part. Gianni.

[Bret4207]

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. My next deer hit will be #14, 1 at 90mph+. I'd rather not talk about the cow I hit....

[dragonrider]

Ya road rash can be a pain, btdt, glad your ok,

[beemer]

Glad you are OK,close call. I have thought about getting some stickers with animal pictures on them to put on my faring.I have hit coons, possums, rabbits , cats,dogs, deer, skunks, cats and even a bat. The skunk caused the most commotion, the deer was the most dangerous. It was an 70-75 pound doe that ran in between the forks and engine on my old Beemer. The cylinder guard broke her back amd I ran on over her. Living out in the boonies and riding at night probably causes most of these problems.

beemer

[Bret4207]

Caught a Snowy Owl (I think thats the name, the one on the White Owl Cigar box) in the light bar at 120+. After I changed my underwear, I discovered I no longer had a light bar. Didn't so much for the owl either. Took quite a ribbing after I got to the scene and we got the knuckleheads corralled.

[Boz330]

Glad you are ok Dan. You need to make it to 50 so you can truly enjoy the pleasures of all those youthful activities when you think that you are bullet proof.

Bob

[BD]

Be thankful it wasn't worse. You'll forget all about in a while, only to remember it again getting out of bed some morning about 30 years from now.

The top three signs that motocross is not for you:

1. Your friends nickname you "crash", and it sticks.
2. You have an open account at the radiologist.
3. The amount of time you're putting into it is inversely proportional to the sponsorship you're recieving.

I'm not saying how I know this.


BD

[dnepr]

Good to here you are alright . I have been down a couple times myself but I have always had the good furtune to be able walk away and not be carried away. Glad to see you were wearing good leathers. I hope your ride isn't to badly messed up. I haven't tangled with a deer but the day is probably coming . We have a lot of deer around here and I have had some close ones.

[KB291]

Glad you survived this encounter. Had a moose put me down in Yellowstone right at dusk one September. Got lucky in that I went into a ditch instead of going down on asphalt.

Gives true meaning to LFFTCMW....little furry ffellows that cause motorcycle wrecks!

[HORNET]

Dan, glad you got away with only minor damage. The bike can be fixed, the jacket can be replaced (if necessary), the hide will grow back, and you'll never ever hear the end of it from Jen.