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Roadkill at 28 mph
Discussion at Motorized Bicycle Engine Kit Forum in the Travels and Adventures forum. Had a little fun on the way to work yesterday morning, about 6:40 in the am. It was a ...  | | 
10-15-2009, 07:29 AM
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| |  Roadkill at 28 mph
Had a little fun on the way to work yesterday morning, about 6:40 in the am. It was a dark and cold morning in south east Michigan, 40 degrees and dawn hadn't started to break yet. In the middle of scanning the rear veiw, the shoulder for returnables ( they how I finance my life stile after being down sized ). What appears dead ahead ( it was dead and right in front of me ) was a LARGE raccoon, I'd say a 25-30 pounder, laying crossways, and unavoidable. Couldn't sworve arond it had enough time to get up on the pedals, felt like hitting a furry rock, and every thing went dark........
the inpact had broken the zip ties holding my 8ah sla battery in place and disconnecting the lighting wiring. About a 1/2 mile up M50 someone had their driveway lights on so I was able to effect battle damage assesment and repair and made it to work on time, only working part time these days. On my return trip the bike just didn't "feel" right. Turns out that I broke 2 spokes and bent the axle so today after UPS gets here it's off the the bike shop. All I can say is that I'm glad it wasn't a DEER!!!! One of our asset protection people hit one of those yesterday as well (in her car of course).   |
10-15-2009, 07:33 AM
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| |  Re: Roadkill at 28 mph
Hmm - round here we call that dinner! 
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Not really lol - glad yer ok! I hit a dead deer w/a motorcycle in my youth - it was both catastrophic and messy. In a total reversal of yer experience - my motorcycle was fine (street legal dirtbike) but I was a bit bent lol |
10-15-2009, 10:34 AM
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| | Re: Roadkill at 28 mph
Glad you are O.K.
I watch a buddy of mine run over a giant snapping turtle on his ten speed. We came around a corner hauling A and it was right there.
I knew what was going to happen before it happened.
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10-15-2009, 12:36 PM
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| | Re: Roadkill at 28 mph
I'm glad the bike took the brunt of the damage (they can be fixed/replaced)  |
10-15-2009, 01:12 PM
| | Motorized Bicycle Member | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Britton,mi
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| |  Re: Roadkill at 28 mph
 AWWW shucks AZ... I just spent 37.00 on a new wheel! I only paid 2.00 for the bike!But it's faster and less painful to replace parts. Of coure not all of my parts work the same as they did 30 years ago. |
10-17-2009, 07:34 PM
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| | Re: Roadkill at 28 mph
I just did simular last night...hit speed bump goin behind Wal-Mart which dislodged my tool bag which went straight under my back tire...not only that I hit the brakes forgetting to engage the clutch bout went over the handlebars...had to be a funny site for the guy watching the security cameras. Glad U is ok only my pride was hurt this time. |
10-17-2009, 08:15 PM
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| | Re: Roadkill at 28 mph
Putting aside human injury 1 good thing is bicycle parts can be relatively inexpensive to replace compared to a car or m/c unless you ride lance armstrong type bikes. |
10-17-2009, 11:01 PM
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| | Re: Roadkill at 28 mph
One thing I've found is that going by a dead skunk on a MB at 28 is pure agony. 
A friend of my brother hit a buck on his Harley about 10 years ago doing close to 70. The way he tells it he was just riding along one night and everything went brown then black, the next thing he knew he was laying in the middle of the road covered in blood, his bike in the ditch ahead of him and laying in the road behind him was a completely split in two 8 point buck. The guy walked away without a scratch! 
The best part was the reaction he got when he walked up and knocked on the door of the closest house to ask to use the phone. lol
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10-17-2009, 11:06 PM
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| | Re: Roadkill at 28 mph
I haven't hit any roadkill yet (thankfully), but I did come within a few feet of nailing a deer (a young fawn) at 25mph on my Whizzer at the East Coast Rally at Cape Henlopen last month. I'm glad I had just recently switched my wheels to a set by Worksman, as I had to haul that bike to a stop pretty darned quick. The new brakes worked superbly.
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10-18-2009, 10:02 AM
|  | Motorized Bicycle Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Gainesville, FL
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| | Re: Roadkill at 28 mph
I didn't think a 30 MPH bike with 1-2 inch wide tires could kill a squirrel, but somehow the little guy thought he could out-dodge the bike. Should have dashed left one more time. I wasn't about to throw myself and the bike to try to save a suicidal rat. So he got what he bargained for and no damage to me or the bike. Well, his genes wont be passed on to future squirrels. I am helping the species through un-natural selection. Jim | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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