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).
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).