Another deer

[bwringer]

I hate deer.

I'll refrain from posting the x-ray...

[ddaniels]

Just when you think you have the swerve and miss down, the unpredictable deer will do something "unpredictable". Be careful.

[mrbill5491]

I caught seven of them in this shot. They're not shy in the Sandia Mountains.

Yeah, ya'll try tackling a mule deer we have around here, you have those wimpy white tails lol.

[ratatouille]

Loud pipes save lives. Put some straight pipes on that B-12 Earl.

Actually, I was riding in West Virginia and lost track of time. Got to be dusk, then dark and I was an hour or so away from my destination. I was on my ZZR 1200, with Two Bro's after market slip ons. I was worried about the deer, but saw several run away as I approached. Thought that was interesting. The other method I have, if opportunity is there, is to get close to a car in front and use it as a blocker of sorts. Worked that time anyway.

As for Deer, sorry guys, I try every year during hunting season, but can't kill them all.

[earlfor]

Loud pipes save lives. Put some straight pipes on that B-12 Earl.

Actually, I was riding in West Virginia and lost track of time. Got to be dusk, then dark and I was an hour or so away from my destination. I was on my ZZR 1200, with Two Bro's after market slip ons. I was worried about the deer, but saw several run away as I approached. Thought that was interesting. The other method I have, if opportunity is there, is to get close to a car in front and use it as a blocker of sorts. Worked that time anyway.

As for Deer, sorry guys, I try every year during hunting season, but can't kill them all.

Actually, all the sound of a motorcycle pipe is moving rearwards out of the exhaust. I can't hear a loud bike behind me at all when I'm riding or driving. All loud pipes do is destroy your hearing and pi-ss off every driver beside or behind you and the homeowners on the roads you ride on. They're a great way to make motorcycle haters.

[ratatouille]

Actually, all the sound of a motorcycle pipe is moving rearwards out of the exhaust. I can't hear a loud bike behind me at all when I'm riding or driving. All loud pipes do is destroy your hearing and pi-ss off every driver beside or behind you and the homeowners on the roads you ride on. They're a great way to make motorcycle haters.

Was just teasing about the loud pipes. However, I witnessed the deer running away from my ZZR 1st hand. But, it was the sound reverberating off of the mountains, I'm sure. Something that Fla doesn't have. ;-)

[Sandy]

Was just teasing about the loud pipes. However, I witnessed the deer running away from my ZZR 1st hand. But, it was the sound reverberating off of the mountains, I'm sure. Something that Fla doesn't have. ;-)

I've also seen deer calmly standing in the ditch eating grass startled into oncoming traffic by loud vehicles.

[leftlostcommonsense]

Anyone else notice the ghost head on the second one from left to right?

I caught seven of them in this shot. They're not shy in the Sandia Mountains.

[Burque73]

Anyone else notice the ghost head on the second one from left to right?

Panoramic pics from my phone show strange things.

[themess]

I killed a deer two weeks ago. I was driving a loaded 26' U-Haul, towing a minivan on a trailer, going about 55. Four-lane divided road, central Iowa, 9 PM. I only saw it a second before it jumped. I looked like a fully grown doe. There wouldn't have been a chance of reacting to it with a car at any speed above about 10 mph. It was directly in the center of the truck at impact. A bit of a shudder, but nothing more. A friend driving my Accord just behind me also saw it jump, but nothing was under the truck. We assume that it's momentum vectors bounced it off towards the right side of the road. I didn't even slow down. Traffic was pretty steady, and the shoulder was narrow. Stopping to look for damage would have been dangerous. The truck drove exactly the same as before. All gauges showed normal. I monitored the temperature gauge for a while, against the possibility radiator damage and losing coolant. A half hour later I pulled into a station and gassed up. Plastic trim around right headlight was gone, Grill was bent a bit, but still 2" from the radiator. The bumper was bent into a very shallow "V", perhaps 2" deep.

I called it in to U-Haul, which took a half hour of wading through automated attendants and waiting for a person. They were unconcerned as long as there was no significant damage. I had full coverage insurance, so I didn't need to fork out on extra cent.

Whew!

[Burque73]

Dang Tom, I wanted to have lunch with you before you left town. I hope things go well for you out there. It was nice to have met you.

I hit a deer in Kentucky, kind of the same scenario. Broken plastics and a few dents. The darn thing ran off!

[themess]

Feeling is mutual. Things got crazy near the end. I packed the first third very carefully, tossed a lot of stuff. Second third, OK. Last third, thrown in boxes. Truck wasn't large enough, I left at least $1000 of stuff was left behind, and I had to pay to dispose of it.

In my third week in Cedar Rapids, middle of settling in. My "citizenship" documents are in the thrown-in-boxes category, mixed in with 5 tons in storage. So, to get an Iowa DL, I need a certified birth certificate. The fees for mailing it are much higher than the cost of gas to ride the Wee Strom to Des Moines to get a certified birth certificate in person. So that's on the agenda today. I'll pass the deer strike site both ways. And visit some friends.

We'll find a place to catch up!