hit a taco bell dog,

[MelodicMetalGod]

Try avoiding these hopping buggers.

Wow! That's a funny lookin' deer! Australian doe?

 

[MelodicMetalGod]

In the late 80's, on the way home, three blocks from my house I encountered a squirrel in the road. He ran from the left curb to the parked cars on my right. Figured he'd gotten where he was going and I would just cruise on by. At just the wrong moment, he decides to run back to the left. Didn't go well for him at all. He missed my front tire by hit his head on my headers and the back wheel ran right over him. In my reviews all I could see was him twitching in the middle of the road...broke my heart. I had no idea what to do an rode on. To this day I wish I'd returned to put him out of his misery.

Natures got a lotta cute little critters that mean well enough, but they're none too bright at dealing with traffic.

 

[jeepinbanditrider]

Animanls and me did not get along when i was young. Back in the late 70's early 80's. At 15 i hit a dog that came out from under a pick-up leaving my friends house. I was on my 76 yamaha enduro 250 no liscense no gear other than my helmet. took all the skin off my right elbow and broke my rear turn signal. The lady that owned the dog came out of her house and started yelling at me about killing her dog. I said your dog almost killed me and she said she was going to call the cops. I hopped back on my bike and took off out of there.

At 18 i hit a deer at night at possum kingdom state park. To much to drink on a twisty road going way to fast on my 72 honda 750 four. Came around a corner and there he was standing in the middle of the road. If i hadn't been drinking i think i could have avoided him but that didn't happen. Hit him mid section about 50 MPH this time with no helmet. All i could think was keep your head up. Luckily i went down on top of the bike and just slid to a stop.

Awesome I grew up in Palo Pinto. Spent my fair share of time up at PK lake

 

[DanTheMan]

The NH manual says to slow down, and swerve away from a dog as far as possible, traffic permitting, then when along side said dog, accelerate away. If it does approach close, you actually are supposed to kick at it. I seriously don't think I'm balanced or coordinated enough to pull it off yet.

I thought NH was a heavy MSF state? In the our MSF training we teach to NEVER, EVER kick at a dog, and the way to avoid a dog intent on catching you, you must slow down, first to throw off the dog's timing sense and then accelerate away from it, a proven method that works if you notice the dog first.

 

[GS550ES-Hank]

It's only as a last resort if you're stuck in traffic, or otherwise where you can't get away from the animal.

 

[sean doan]

hit a bid dog

hit a bid dog

when i was about 14 i was riding a honda 250 dirt bike witch was way to big for me i was following my buddy on his quad and my neirbors 150lb great peiraneze dog ran out in front of me. i was going about 55mph and i flew over the bars about 50ft before i touched ground. had some bad road rash and i actuall killed the dog. when i told my parents the couldnt belive i hit it. we always joked about it looking like a cow walking around.

 

[sschering]

I've been lucky so far on the bike (Cross fingers) I'm a rolling death machine in a car or truck.. I've been hit by pheasant, a UFF (Unidentified Flying Fowl), run over rabbits (with 3 girls in the, aww poor bunny!), Dogs, quail (stupid birds) and some unknown quantity of field mice.. My wife managed to take out a Deer in Oregon and still drive away. She hit that one dead center on a 78 Camaro. It launched it high enough to clear the roof and land on the opposite shoulder of the road.

One bike related road Kill tale.
About 10 years ago We were heading down the west side of Snoqualmie pass at night.. About half way down we see the highway is just covered in blood..
State Patrol officer was in the road hauling half an elk off the highway, Semi is parked on the side a bit down the road from the stater.. Just past him was a visibly shaken Rider standing by his bike.. Poor guy had just ridden through a river of blood and guts.

 

[kyscootertrash]

Critters

Critters

I've been riding street bikes for about 27 years, and hit my share of animals. Thanks to the pucker factor, I remember most of them.

Dogs: St Bernard, 2 labs, Beagle, and a Shih Tzu that apperently had nothing else to live for. Little bugger didn't even leave a suicide note.

Misc: Several rabbits, several possums (One of the possums cost me a $500 header), a couple of squirrels, a chicken, even a darn skunk. For at least a year afterward, you could still smell it when the motor got hot.

None of these caused a wipe-out. If possible, make sure your running in a straight line, Have a firm grip on the bars, ease off the throttle, and gently apply the brakes. The bike will either knock em out of the way, or go over them.

 

[KEITH KRAUSE]

Only thing those little chee-wow-wows are good for is snake food.:twistedevil:

 

[MelodicMetalGod]

Only thing those little chee-wow-wows are good for is snake food.:twistedevil:

Hey now! Don't disrespect the small pups. They've got just as much right to the planet as the rest of us and they'll defend their humans and their homes with just as much courage and ferocity as the next pup...maybe not as successfully , but they'll stand in there as if they were the biggest dog within 500 miles. They don't all travel with in the purse of a rich girl named Paris.

 

[KEITH KRAUSE]

Hey now! Don't disrespect the small pups. They've got just as much right to the planet as the rest of us and they'll defend their humans and their homes with just as much courage and ferocity as the next pup...maybe not as successfully , but they'll stand in there as if they were the biggest dog within 500 miles. They don't all travel with in the purse of a rich girl named Paris.

:lol: I like little dogs too. Though not as small as snak..., uh, chee-wow-wows, I've owned Boston Terriers for years and they're great dogs.
Now some of the more yappy ones can get on your nerves. Just as a joke, I have this vision of a next door neighbor who can't take the yapping anymore. One day as he's about to go to the pet store to get food for his pet snake, an 18 foot Python named "Satan", he hears the little PIA yapping away and thinks he'll save a trip. He takes Satan over to the fence and lowers him over like a vacuum cleaner. Just like fishing, sorta.:twistedevil:
A few days later the collar and the tinkly bell pop out and the neighbor writes "thanks" on the collar and slings it over the fence.

 

[Zooks]

You're a bad man Keith (but I like it). :twistedevil:

 

[MelodicMetalGod]

:lol: I like little dogs too. Though not as small as snak..., uh, chee-wow-wows, I've owned Boston Terriers for years and they're great dogs.
Now some of the more yappy ones can get on your nerves. Just as a joke, I have this vision of a next door neighbor who can't take the yapping anymore. One day as he's about to go to the pet store to get food for his pet snake, an 18 foot Python named "Satan", he hears the little PIA yapping away and thinks he'll save a trip. He takes Satan over to the fence and lowers him over like a vacuum cleaner. Just like fishing, sorta.:twistedevil:
A few days later the collar and the tinkly bell pop out and the neighbor writes "thanks" on the collar and slings it over the fence.

Oh, no. Truly scary thoughts...but, still, a bit humorous.

I prefer medium to small dogs - I wanna be able to kick their ass if it ever comes down to that! I'm pretty sure that a larger to massive dog would destroy me and I'm just not that ready to give up control over my own environment. Regardless of dog size, I completely agree about any consistently noisy pet or animal. I like 'em quiet unless there's good reason to get loud, such as

"My favorite chew toy is somehow stuck under the couch, AGAIN!, and I seem to recall that you DO NOT want me to dig/chew the couch apart to get it. NOTE: This will be your only opportunity to save the couch in this matter." Fortunately, I understand dog in these situations.

 

[Zooks]

I'd have thought the - "there's a guy out the front stealing your car" - type of barking would be even more beneficial.

 

[skidMarkNZ]

What breed of dog are they serving at Taco Bell?

Sewer rat

 

[Nessism]

I don't have any animal stories related to motorcycle riding, but I've had countless run ins with dogs while riding my bicycle. One of my favorites involved having a good sized dog coming at me from the side, and then from behind when the cirtter made it to the road. Had plenty of time so reached down and grabbed my water bottle. Just as the dog came up along side, I gave him a blast of water in the face. Dog jerked violently to the left and plowed head first into a cluster of trashbags at about 20 mph. Great memory.:twistedevil:

 

[tkent02]

I don't have any animal stories related to motorcycle riding, but I've had countless run ins with dogs while riding my bicycle. One of my favorites involved having a good sized dog coming at me from the side, and then from behind when the cirtter made it to the road. Had plenty of time so reached down and grabbed my water bottle. Just as the dog came up along side, I gave him a blast of water in the face. Dog jerked violently to the left and plowed head first into a cluster of trashbags at about 20 mph. Great memory.:twistedevil:

Ok, bike story. Big bad dog chased me almost every day on my paper route, he was vicious. I knew the owners, they were ass holes and did nothing to control the beast. He lived just past the top of a big hill so I was slow and tired. The dog was a real danger. Finally I got my chance, a car was coming, had to time it right.... wait...wait. had to go slow enough that he almost got me to let the car arrive...wait.... NOW !

Back kicked his face, he swerved to the side and directly into the front of the car. Didn't see him again for a few weeks, he never chased me again.

 

[Nessism]

Ok, bike story. Big bad dog chased me almost every day on my paper route, he was vicious. I knew the owners, they were ass holes and did nothing to control the beast. He lived just past the top of a big hill so I was slow and tired. The dog was a real danger. Finally I got my chance, a car was coming, had to time it right.... wait...wait. had to go slow enough that he almost got me to let the car arrive...wait.... NOW !

Back kicked his face, he swerved to the side and directly into the front of the car. Didn't see him again for a few weeks, he never chased me again.

Nice:twistedevil::evil::clap:

When I lived in Ohio there was one dog that used to come after me all the time. House sat well back from the road and that stinker would come off the front porch in full gallop after me. By the time he caught up he covered a good 300 feet or even more...if I slowed down a smig to egg him on...and on. Became a game to see how far down the road I could get him to chase me.

 

[officerbill]

Don't kick 'em

Don't kick 'em

A friend I used to ride with, had an old Hardly Ableson and a dog problem. On our way home there was a neighbohood we had to ride through and a rather large black and tan Rottie that thought we looked leather wrapped chew toys. Tried the accelerating trick, dog learned a counter. My buddy found a broke building brick, set it on seat between him and the tank. Dog chased, cought up and was just about to chop, when the brick bounced off his head. The next day as we passed the dog stood up looked at us and layed back down. I still think the dog is still trying to think of a way to counter the brick to the head manuver.

 

[MelodicMetalGod]

I'd have thought the - "there's a guy out the front stealing your car" - type of barking would be even more beneficial.

That barking is in place as well. But given my 12 year old "rat" car, it's rarely called for.