Ride around long enough and all sorts of sh*t happens.
Two or three bird strikes, (Pigeons explode when they impact at speed.)
A brick from between the back twin wheels of a site lorry. (Exit one headlight)
A near full drinks can chucked out of a van window. (Exit Citroen radiator grille)
Overtaking a stray lorry wheel all on it’s lonesome but still bounding along at probably 20 mph on a motorway . At least that had the decency to stay in the inside lane.
The worst? A squashed cat thrown up by a lorry wheel into my chest that gently slid down and ended resting wedged between my stomach and the tank. Not the nicest clean up job.
All together it’s a wonder we’re all still alive.
I was riding towards a truck in Bulgaria…about 200 yards between us when I saw one of the trailer tyres blow out. The treading of the tyre came off in one piece and rolled past me at 70+ mph…not nice…
Riding to catch the Cesme ferry in Turkey at 4am I was doing 90ish and spotted a vehicle in the distance…rear light wear not red (not unusual in old cars there due to the sun) Closing speed seemed high and withing seconds I was staring at an old Turkish car coming towards me in the middle lane…dived to the inside and passed him. He continued as though nothing had happened…Frightened the cr4p out of me…
Lucky bird, thats how I wanna die!:w00t:
Riding on A40 in the offside lane, I saw a lorry in the nearside lane full of something that’s covered with canvas. Next a cabbage falls off the lorry and bounces across the road, I hit it with my lower leg at speed and it almost disintegrates, leaving a nice smell of fried cabbage, and me then cleaning the engine and rear of bike from this gastronomy. Dunno what would have happened if it’d hit a wheel.
