Ran over dead deer!

[dcwsco]

Ok this seems like the place to post this.

Picked up my GSw a couple of months back coming from only ever knowing sports bikes. Would now never look back but a story for another day.

I was out on the back roads stuck behind a lorry but hey, it was sunny and I was on my trusty steed so I was happy just trundling along. All of a sudden this huge honking road kill of a deer appears from in between the lorrys back wheels.... FFCUUUKKK! Bodily response was to make my heart sink before instantly cramming my body full of adrenaline.

Thankfully my brain was working better than my now ridged limbs. I was doing 60 and the bloody thing was taking up my whole lane.... No choice but to go over it. Like in a split second I'm thinking what do I do if I come off, which way is the bike going to go and lastly that it was going to give my bike some great 'character' once I pick it back up.

Then the big moment is upon me and I'm going for it......bump bump as my suspension soaks up the entire deer and it's behind me. No off, no sore back, no crazy flying moments.... WTF! The suspension soaked it all up without even blinking. Apart from some deer guts I had to clean off the engine it was more uneventful than a regular trip through a pot hole.

Afterwards of course I was nervously laughing to myself.... Looking back it was probably some overdose on adrenaline but I was expecting things to go horribly wrong the moment my front tyre hit it. Awesome bike indeed.

On a side note after that I then encountered a newly laid road which was at the 'loose gravel' stage..... FCCCUKKK number 2. I have never ridden on loose stuff before and oh no.... there is also a turn in this road! I'm wondering if these Anakee 3's can handle loose stuff, what is 80/20 anyway! But again no fuss, no emergency the GS just trundled along thinking I was a crazy owner. It felt strange feeling both wheels taking slightly different lines over the gravel but it never even budged on the turn.

A very long story short...... I feel my and my GS have had our first 'moment' and given far more confidence in how much this bike can actually handle. After the gravel I decided to go over it again on the way home and now really want to do some off road courses.

Me and my Mighty GS

 

[Micky]

I'm real glad you got away with that one ... and on any other bike than a GS it might have had far worse consequences

But dead dear don't suddenly appear in the road

 

[bisbee]

There is a school of thought about when following a vehicle use it's tyre tracks rather than in between them
Thanks Mick DB1 for the sound advice

 

[Fanum]

If you're that close to the truck (and as Bisbee hints at , in the middle relatiove to him), you're in the wrong place to line up an overtake, the wrong place to be clear of any spray he chucks up from things in front of him that you couldn't see, and the wrong place to avoid anything that he hits, let alone him if he stops suddenly (as in hitting something else of equal-ish size)

It does sound like you were riding too close, especially IF the lorry was doing 60 and you were following him like that

Glad you made it though, and yes, the GS does take it well

 

[Flipfly]

There is a school of thought about when following a vehicle use it's tyre tracks rather than in between them
Thanks Mick DB1 for the sound advice

I learned that one a long time ago. Following a courier on the A13, he was between the tracks and car drove over a big slab of concrete that fitted right between his tyres, bike hit it, demolished the front wheel and somebodies package was delivered very late. Thankfully the courier was ok, but his wheels were foooked.

 

[Mr K]

Lucky it wasn't an injured person.
You were following too close and badly positioned

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[digga]

'Lorry' / 'back roads' /60mph - they struggle to do above 54 unless he was running with no limiter

as others have said - wrong position in the road.

Aside from that , you have lived to tell the tale

 

[tailscookie]

deer

ive been offered the same animal but its got 8 legs for £20 do you think its too deer ?

 

[Elle]

I'm pleased you managed to stay on the bike, but I think you were really lucky

When driving my van (which has windows at the rear), I frequently see a bike approach then sit behind bang centre of the double doors. Where the doors join, it's only 4-6 inches but I can't see through them! So if I was the type of driver who rarely looked in my mirrors, I wouldn't have a clue that a bike was behind me.
There is no way the rider can see around my vehicle so they have no idea what I'm about to hit or avoid

 

[Sunny Jim]

Was riding behind a mate on our GSA's in the single-track lanes of Whitby once and watched this 'blur' appear to my immediate left, bolt on ahead of me and then take a sudden 90degree turn into his front wheel and I'm thinking 'feck! he's off!'

Small deer ended up being fodder for the wildlife!

The size and weight of the GSA absorbed it with nothing more than a slight wobble...very lucky

 

[Nutty]

ive been offered the same animal but its got 8 legs for £20 do you think its too deer ?

Don't give up your day job!

 

[Dave h]

Bloody hell that was a shock for you,Glad you stayed on well done.

Dave

 

[Kato]

I hit a length of two by four once on a vfr800' it nearly broke my wrists. The wheel and tyre were ok looking tho.

Well done staying upright hitting a deer. Did it take you long to get the seat out of your arse?

 

[mpgscott]

You did well staying on, i hit a rabbit felt like sh*t after it big softy that i am!

 

[AberdeenAngus]

Amazed you survived all those loose chippings.
That's quite a story.

 

[Delboy777]

Amazed you survived all those loose chippings.
That's quite a story.

 

[Silver-Surfer]

I hit one when I was on my 748. I was lucky, stayed on and only a bit of damage to the bike but the deer wasn't as lucky ! My life flashed before me ! I need to get a life

 

[mpgscott]

I was the same hit a wee one on my fireblade slow speed around 50mph but managed to bugger the fairings on the bike. Lucky though the wee dear had to be put down thought it would cost a fortune but up here the estate owners have to pay the vet for the privilage which was good.