so i hit a dear

[67fire]

Thanks!
I am just trying to get another old soldier back on the road for short trips.

Eric

[piester]

so my like lives. i plugged the hole in the stator cover to see if she would start. threw some oil in and it fired to life. has no gauges, no turn signals, 1 mirror, no exhaust, and has a lot of battle scars. but it runs, thats all that matters .

[C.V.]

PM me if you want the plastic, pay for the postage and they are yours.

[Don-lo]

The cover is on the way

[piester]

Thank you so much. You are a life saver.

[Eli69]

mr. piester, i was wondering if you had stock exhaust or something a little louder on the bike? i'm very curious about if exhaust sound affects deer.

[tkent02]

mr. piester, i was wondering if you had stock exhaust or something a little louder on the bike? i'm very curious about if exhaust sound affects deer.

Might help keep them from attacking from the rear.

[Eli69]

dude give a brother a break, i'm just trying to get some actual scientific type facts.

[Ponderosa]

Actually

Actually exhaust notes don't do much to clear the road ahead. I have sat and watched deer grazing on the side of the road as loud machines approached. They usually just continue to feed until the machine gets closer, then start moving, usually across the road! Thay used to make a deer whistle that mounts on the bumpers of cars/trucks/motorcycles, they found they did little good. They best defense is a lot of light and extreme caution in known deer areas... Heck, if you can sneak through em without spooking them, you are better off..

[piester]

Its a good bit louder than stock. Exhaust won't spook a deer because you can hear it comming. The only type of noise that will spook one is a sudden and rapid increase in db level. Such as a gun shot.

[tkent02]

Its a good bit louder than stock. Exhaust won't spook a deer because you can hear it comming. The only type of noise that will spook one is a sudden and rapid increase in db level. Such as a gun shot.

I wouldn't say a loud bike spooks them, maybe just makes them a little uneasy? They seem to start looking around, wandering and moving a little more when I'm on my loud bikes than they do when I'm on a stealth bike. Wandering and moving can change to bolting every which way in a heartbeat.

Also they seem to hear the change in engine noise when I see them and close the throttle more on the loud bikes. Maybe it's a bit like how you don't notice a steady noise until it suddenly stops?

Over all it seems safer to me as far as deer are concerned on a quiet bike.

I think the deer whistles worked, I was commuting over the Siskiyous at night several times a week a few years ago. Almost hit a deer once every week or so. Saw them near the road quite often. Put on a set of whistles and big bright lights, after that about the only ones I saw were walking slowly and calmly away from the road, most nights would not see any.
Hit a deer in my wife's car, the body shop people at several different shops asked why I didn't have whistles, said they get very few deer hits with whistles.

[Steve]

I think the deer whistles worked, ... the body shop people ... said they get very few deer hits with whistles.

I think the jury is still out on the matter of deer whistles.

However, I CAN verify the efficacy of elephant whistles, gorilla whistles, lion whistles and tiger whistles.
I have THEM on my bike and have not seen a single one in several years of riding.

.

[67fire]

They work VERY well for me, also!




Eric

[piester]

Agreed. Not so sure about deer whisltes. But my hump back whale whistle works like a charm.

[Ponderosa]

Work...

We did a study of our seven work trucks which we used in high deer areas night and day. It seemed that the deer whistles did little to curb deer hits, the KC nightlighters mounted on headache racks did the most good. Cut deer hits by a hunk, from four a year to one, of course grill guards did the most to deter damage..