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Since: Apr 20, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:52 pm
Post subject: Saturday is deer attack day ( but not for me)
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So I am on the way home from Marin, and as I headed down in to Mill Valley I
was following a young couple on a smallish yellow scooter. They were around
100 feet or so ahead traveling at about 30-35 mph, when ....
you guessed it, a medium size black tail deer ran right into them. Whack.
The deer spun around a couple of turns, then lay splat out in a driveway,
the scooter people stayed upright , but suffered sever plastic degradation
as well as a badly bent up front axle (or whatever that is).
I pulled over in back of them a ways down the road, and they said they were
OK.
I parked and went back to check on the spun out deer.
Just as I got to it, it took off sporting a rather bloody nose, but still
able to leap tall fences and imperil small motor vehicles.
All I could think of was....
that easily could have been me....again.
No thanks. Never again. No way.
Jim S
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:22 am
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I had a bad accident decades ago, when I was 21. I had to drop out of
college for the semester. My parents sort of decided for me that I
wouldn't ride bikes again.
Well let's see, it was about 6 years later that I decided I just -had-
to have a scooter or moped or something to get around the neighorhood.
I got a 50cc bike. Loved it so much I upgraded to a 175 and then a
350. Then I got a new job for a lot more money and decided it was
time to get one of those BMW airheads I'd always admired. I've been
riding ever since, more than 20 years. Haven't had a serious accident
since that one when I was 21.
If you really love riding, you'll come back to it. You might be more
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:36 pm
Post subject: Re: Saturday is deer attack day ( but not for me) [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On May 14, 11:13 pm, "pablo" wrote:
> So what are you going to do?
I am certainly NOT going to give up riding
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But I am not going to get flattened out by any deer, ever , again.
So there.
Now, Pablo, I expect you to get over your heebiesjeebies, too.
It may take a while but it gets better with miles.
Jim >> Stay informed about: Saturday is deer attack day ( but not for me) |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:40 pm
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:15 am
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 6:53 pm
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On Mon, 14 May 2007 23:13:30 -0700, "pablo"
wrote:
<snip>
>I guess I am still battling the mental scar more than anything else. The
>thought that next time it could be worse, and how lucky I have been all
>these years... and my right hand still throbs with pain with some
>regularity, which doesn't help...
Sometimes it's like that. The last time I came off (at least, I hope
i's the last time!) I hurt plenty, having landed firmly on my right
shoulder -- I lost the use of that arm for several days. For six
months afterwards, every time I headed into a right turn, I felt a
little twinge there to remind me.
Still, I followed the folk wisdom of the West: "When you get bucked
off, get back on."
Al Moore
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:17 pm
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On May 15, 10:40 pm, "pablo" wrote:
> "Moto-Rama" wrote in message
> > Now, Pablo, I expect you to get over your heebiesjeebies, too.
> > It may take a while but it gets better with miles.
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> OK. You are right. I am ready for a ride. Any group rides coming up?
Maybe a Sunday AM blast to the aforementioned Bovine Bakery in Point
Reyes. I volunteer to sweep the road for antlered menaces.
Jim >> Stay informed about: Saturday is deer attack day ( but not for me) |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 1:06 am
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Moto-Rama wrote:
> On May 15, 10:40 pm, "pablo" wrote:
>> "Moto-Rama" wrote in message
>>> Now, Pablo, I expect you to get over your heebiesjeebies, too.
>>> It may take a while but it gets better with miles.
>> OK. You are right. I am ready for a ride. Any group rides coming up?
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> Maybe a Sunday AM blast to the aforementioned Bovine Bakery in Point
> Reyes. I volunteer to sweep the road for antlered menaces.
> Jim
>
Given your previous posts on that subject, I'd say this is a major act
of altruism on your part, though pastry promises to be a better reward
than virtue ;-}
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 2:24 pm
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A week later would work better for me - have a major deadline at work coming
up next week.
PS: I rode the R1100S to work today.
"Moto-Rama" wrote in message
> On May 15, 10:40 pm, "pablo" wrote:
>> "Moto-Rama" wrote in message
>> > Now, Pablo, I expect you to get over your heebiesjeebies, too.
>> > It may take a while but it gets better with miles.
>>
>> OK. You are right. I am ready for a ride. Any group rides coming up?
>
> Maybe a Sunday AM blast to the aforementioned Bovine Bakery in Point
> Reyes. I volunteer to sweep the road for antlered menaces.
> Jim
> >> Stay informed about: Saturday is deer attack day ( but not for me) |
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 5:05 pm
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:28 pm
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I had a friend, riding his new Harley on a fine Spring day in blooming
PA backroads, when I deer jumped outa' the thicket on the hill
roadside, landing on him and killing them both.
In article , Jim S.
wrote:
> So I am on the way home from Marin, and as I headed down in to Mill Valley I
> was following a young couple on a smallish yellow scooter. They were around
> 100 feet or so ahead traveling at about 30-35 mph, when ....
> you guessed it, a medium size black tail deer ran right into them. Whack.
> The deer spun around a couple of turns, then lay splat out in a driveway,
> the scooter people stayed upright , but suffered sever plastic degradation
> as well as a badly bent up front axle (or whatever that is).
> I pulled over in back of them a ways down the road, and they said they were
> OK.
> I parked and went back to check on the spun out deer.
> Just as I got to it, it took off sporting a rather bloody nose, but still
> able to leap tall fences and imperil small motor vehicles.
> All I could think of was....
> that easily could have been me....again.
> No thanks. Never again. No way.
> Jim S
> R1100RS
> YZF R1
> NX250
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> >> Stay informed about: Saturday is deer attack day ( but not for me) |
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:28 pm
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I had a major dump in the early 80's, in my early 30's. Lucky to have
survived it at all, and took a couple of years to get mostly over the
injuries, including wearing a brack and using a cane.
I swore off owning/riding motos then, figuring that all the rest of
this life was a bonus, anyway. Some years later, I just went for a
brief ride on a friend's. Again, once or twice over the next years.
A few years back, I bought a KZ1000. Last year, I also got an airhead.
And have to watch myself, to keep from riding as ... spiritedly... as I
did as a young man.
I had some minor dumps on the KZ. But also rode traffic escort and
those decommissioned hiway patrol Beemers.
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wrote:
> I had a bad accident decades ago, when I was 21. I had to drop out of
> college for the semester. My parents sort of decided for me that I
> wouldn't ride bikes again.
>
> Well let's see, it was about 6 years later that I decided I just -had-
> to have a scooter or moped or something to get around the neighorhood.
> I got a 50cc bike. Loved it so much I upgraded to a 175 and then a
> 350. Then I got a new job for a lot more money and decided it was
> time to get one of those BMW airheads I'd always admired. I've been
> riding ever since, more than 20 years. Haven't had a serious accident
> since that one when I was 21.
>
> If you really love riding, you'll come back to it. You might be more
> careful, not take so many chances, and hopefully you'll be luckier. >> Stay informed about: Saturday is deer attack day ( but not for me) |
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 7:44 am
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 7:44 am
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Bob Rowlands wrote:
> I used to ride a lot in Nothern CA and put deer whistles on my bike. I'm not
> sure they realy work, but saw lots of glowing eyes as I drove at night! No
> deer hits yet!
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There are two schools of thought here. I had deer whistles on my front
fender, and have actually seen animals (dogs) start to cross in front of
me pause, ears cocked, trying to figure out where that noise is coming
from and saving them from becoming dogburger. I imagine they work the
same way with deer. Except the hearing impaired ones, of course.
Other people say they don't work. I guess results may vary. 
--
Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC (wdne)
"Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to
have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous,
ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can
produce."
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 7:58 am
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In article ,
barbz wrote:
> Bob Rowlands wrote:
> > I used to ride a lot in Nothern CA and put deer whistles on my bike. I'm
> > not
> > sure they realy work, but saw lots of glowing eyes as I drove at night! No
> > deer hits yet!
> >
> >
> There are two schools of thought here. I had deer whistles on my front
> fender, and have actually seen animals (dogs) start to cross in front of
> me pause, ears cocked, trying to figure out where that noise is coming
> from and saving them from becoming dogburger. I imagine they work the
> same way with deer. Except the hearing impaired ones, of course.
>
> Other people say they don't work. I guess results may vary.
There's another school of thought: no one has ever demonstrated that
deer can hear them or that they have any effect on them.
--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>
faq: http://www.timberwoof.com/motorcycle/faq.shtml
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