Re: Deer hit!

From: Christopher Orr (corr@manual-override.net)
Date: Sun Jan 20 2008 - 18:56:13 EST


Eh. The way I figure, it doesn't matter.

Filter the BS out and move on with life.

On Jan 20, 2008, at 6:45 PM, Rick Barnes wrote:

>
> I agree Barry. That has to be one of the great works of fiction I
> have ever
> read. I was riding a Harley once and hit a german Shepard that
> stepped out
> in front of me and I was only doing about 50. I went right over him
> but
> though I kept the bike upright, I wound up planting it into the side
> of a
> parked car in a residential driveway and I went right over the car.
> Killed
> the dog and ruined my day. Total BS that some guy cut a deer in
> half doing
> 150 on a ricer.....yeah sure.
>
> Rascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Barry
> Oliver
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 2:40 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Deer hit!
>
>
> Terrible Tom wrote:
>>
>> Dustin Williams wrote:
>>> He was doing
>>> about 150 (or so he says)
>>
>>> after a few months of fun he passed a game warden doing
>>> about 140 or so, got pulled over and got a misdemeanor for reckless
>>
>>> driving and lost his license for a few months.
>>>
>>
>> Shoulda had it taken away for good if ya ask me...
>>
>
> Tom, put the cup down and carefully step away from the haterade...just
> because *your* bike has a hard time going 40 mph... Remember, you
> have
> friends that like to ride fast.
>
> Second... A 150 mph deerstrike with nothing more than a bit of plastic
> broken? I realize that riding a motorbike increases percieved speed
> by
> a factor of 2 or 3, but damn, that stretches credibility. I have seen
> several deerstrikes on bikes, and helped clean a few up myself, and
> almost without exception, anything above 70 or so on a bike into
> anything bigger than a dog, resulted in an unrideable bike and a
> trip to
> the ER - and that was with full leathers on.
>
> Here's a funny story about a deerstrike on a bike:
> http://www.advrider.com/Fame/Deer.html
>
>
>



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