06redzx14
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posted June 16, 2009 08:14 PM
ram air works
Happened at No Problem a couple weeks ago.
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dubious
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Needs more time to ride!
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posted June 17, 2009 06:31 AM
Its a land shark!
dunandun dun dun dun dun 
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Wheelie
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Old Man
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posted June 17, 2009 06:49 AM
swallowed a 
wee
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zx-twitch
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the dude abides
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posted June 17, 2009 06:51 AM
damn I have seen that on a car and even and apache helicopter but never ever on a bike. what does the filter look like?
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06redzx14
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posted June 17, 2009 06:55 AM
didn't think to check it. cleanup was kinda nasty removing bird remains from the wire in the intake
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zx14dreamin
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posted June 17, 2009 07:04 AM
Took one out with my foot, they fell fighting from an overpass I was about to go under and guess they were to busy fighting to see me, the dropped right off my left side and felt this THUNK on my boot.
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BIG BLUE_ZX14
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posted June 17, 2009 08:02 AM
Same thing happened to me on Sunday. The bird ruined the metal screen but it did its job keeping the bird out of the air box. That metal screen inside the intake is a $40 part and a pain to replace.
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Douglas Home
Zone Head
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posted June 17, 2009 09:38 AM
no flies / id loose the bird too!
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cycle junkie
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posted June 17, 2009 09:59 AM
My son took on a turkey with his R6 at about 65mph 2 weeks ago...the turkey won!
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SteveWFL
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posted June 17, 2009 10:13 AM
Wow!-
spray some McGuires quik detailer on that R6!
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WARBIRD
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posted June 17, 2009 11:49 AM
 That's a LOT of turkey parts!!!!!!! Hope your son is O.K. 
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mike1024
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posted June 17, 2009 12:57 PM
gobble gobble get a big one for thanksgiving, you can eat your revenge!!!
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LAB3
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posted June 17, 2009 05:33 PM
quote:
swallowed a
wee
Good One Wee :-)
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masszx14
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A mind beside itself!
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posted June 17, 2009 07:14 PM
I hit a sparrow... or something else that small with a car at around
120 mph on the highway a few years ago on an early summer Sun morning.
It got scooped up low- right underneath the licence plate and
it was a major PITA to clean... was no turkey though and nothing broke,
didn't look like that R6 in the pics for sure
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zixxer14
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Damn that was Quick
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posted June 17, 2009 08:08 PM
So was there enough left for a turkey dinner? Sure looks nasty! I'll take sparrows anyday. We got turkey vultures, white egrets & various cranes who all like to fly low around here. So far (knock on wood) I've managed to duck them or veer around their dumb asses.
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dattaway2
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Ninja's rule
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posted June 17, 2009 09:03 PM
I had to clean a small bird that hit top of the radiator once. Some of the rancid meat was found months later throughout the the bike.
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cycle junkie
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posted June 18, 2009 06:44 AM
[q]That's a LOT of turkey parts!!!!!!! Hope your son is O.K. [/q]
Thanks, he was fine.
He was on is way home from school(he's 17) to go for a ride with me.
Luckily, the bird hit right at the headlights and went over his head, spraying him with crap!
He never lost control, stopped put his lowers back together (they were dragging on the ground). Then collected all the parts he find in his jacket and drove home.
Freaked me out when he came in the driveway!
Now we have a set of chinese fairings, windscreen, fairing stay and headlight assembly on order...looks like he's working for me this summer.
I went back to where it happen within an hour...no sign of the bird.
Either a coyote got it or... that bastard is still alive.
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Shane661
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posted June 18, 2009 06:46 AM
We had a guy hit a sparrow at Maxton...at somewhere in the 230 mph range. The people in the tower thought it was a puff of smoke at first! 
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Superman T
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posted June 18, 2009 07:00 AM
I like the busa comment!
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FlatoutBu
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posted June 18, 2009 07:21 AM
Had a uncle hit a crow a few years ago. It got him right in the neck and wrapped around his helmet. He was running 80+ when he hit it. He had some bruises around his neck and alot of blood from the bird in his jacket...
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