Dang Birds!

[Ron in MO_imp]

Well after 50 years of riding motorcycles, I had something happen on my ride today that has never happened before!

I was carving up some corners this afternoon and as I was rounding a bend in the road I see this pretty good size hawk munching on some road kill in the opposite lane. As I approached going about 50 miles per hour, the bird decided to fly away. The problem was that he wasn't to quick and he also flew into my lane!

He hits my left mirror first, spinning it and the clutch lever down about a quarter turn on the handlebars. Then he hits me in my helmet and bounces off my left shoulder before going off to who knows where. It felt like someone threw a basketball at me when I was coming at them very fast!

Good news is there was no damage to me or the bike! It certainly broke my concentration on the ride so I headed back home while It was quite an "aw cuss!" moment! All in all it was an interesting ride and first for me.

Moral here is don't trust big birds to get out of your way!