Bikelover
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posted April 28, 2003 06:38 PM
DAMN DEER !!!!!
A beautiful evening today. I was headed to my friends house a few miles away. Just as I started out of the driveway on the 12, I remember the box of parts I need to take to him. Oh shit, I'll have to take the wife's cage.
On the way back, just at dark, two lane road 65MPH, the whole road in front of me is suddenly full of deer. No where to go and no chance to stop. I center punch a 250 pounder at about 45.
DAMN DEER!! God I'm glad I remembered the box of parts or I woulda been on the 12. I don't like to think about that.
  
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zixxer
Parking Attendant
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posted April 28, 2003 07:52 PM
Glad you're ok, hit a deer once and it was a mess, on a bike and it's a diaster.
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Niuhi
Expert Class
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posted April 28, 2003 08:58 PM
My buddy the end of last year was out riding alone when one jumped out of the woods and was trying to make it across the road. The thing made it as far as the side of the bike and nailed him in the knee with it's head at about 40. Deer staggered off and my friend just made it home before his knee swole up like a watermelon.
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Zhooligan
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posted April 28, 2003 09:24 PM
I center punched a deer on the way to Laguna two years ago. About 6:30 in the morning about a mile outside of Cresant City Calif. Hit the deer at about 65 and did not go down. I saw it , downshift one gear, hammered the throttle, yanked on the bars and tucked. Took about a second to do all of that! The 12 was hurt bad enough I had to rent a truck to haul it the remainder of the way to Laguna. BUt it did work well enough that I limped her back to town to find a truck! Regrdless the trip was fun and I thank my MotoCross skills and luck. The deer was not as fortunate.
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harryzx-12
Needs a job
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posted April 29, 2003 12:21 PM
I almost hit a deer last time I left for home from DG-4. I was on I-40 going 80mph in my truck in the back and I saw what I thought was a deer jump over the concrete dividers in the lane going the opposite way and all of a sudden the stupid fuckin deer jumped over onto my side of the road.I got on my brakes as soon as i saw it and the only thing that saved me hittin that deer was I blew my horn which caused the deer to kick in his afterburner.It was really close.
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ddpete3
Pro
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posted April 29, 2003 02:30 PM
damn good thing you remembered those parts!
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REDRIDER
Expert Class
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posted April 29, 2003 02:40 PM
Went for a ride last fall.Leaves all down,all grasses brown.Gum booting it on a straight stretch way over 100 mph trying to catch a train going in same direction, so I can show the engineers how fast the red one goes.Look up just in time to see a bovine come out of the ditch and stand smack dab in the middle of the road.Couldn't see her because she blended in with the grasses perfectly.Well needless to say I needed to stop and stop now!Thank you kawasaki for putting a great set of brakes on the 12.Had all of 4-6 feet to spare.Stupid fuck just stood their and looked at me.Needless to say,if I had a choice I'd take the deer over the cow.And a small one at that.
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