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what's the craziest 'ish u ever ran over?!?

Car, truck or bike?

Once in a van I ran over thousands of little, brown field mice. There were all over the place! The noise of crushing their tiny bodies sounded like I was popping pop-corn in the back seat:green

In a truck I ran over a very large porcupine, the size of a pig. I swerved to avoid it, but the trailer swung over and TAGGED IT!:wow

On a bike??? Not much really.. I clipped a dog with my left case cover that ran out from the side of the road and sent him spinning and dazed back to the shoulder. Oh, and a few snakes too.

I've run over quite a few tarantulas coming back from ridding up at Holister Hills ORV park too.

Oh yeah, and there was the ladder on 280.

There's a few more, but I'll keep this short.

-T:teeth
 
budman said:
I watched a buddy from close quarters run over a Jack Rabbit in Turn 8 at Willow Springs in a 24 hour race late at night.

He hit it at about 130mph...stood up for a slit second and carved it right in half :wow The two piece went brake dancing off the track and he carried on like it was nothing.

Amazing that he barely flinched at all..


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Funny, SIN did the same thing, sorta, on the Vegas ride. Didn't split the rabbit but from 2 bikes back it looked like it damn near exploded, landing in the other lane.

He kept going like nothing happened :wow. I told him at the next gas stop and he was like..."I did what???"
 
Hmmm... lots of ground squirrels, a couple snakes, a cardboard box that got wedged between the wheel and the engine. One time, bombing down 25, there were millions of little birds sitting on the fences. When you went by, they flew out right in front of you. I just ducked behind the windscreen. My friend who was behind me said about ten or so at a time would bounce off the fairing up in the air. Stupid little bastards.
 
The weirdest thing i ever hit was a Pheasant at thunderhill. Coming up over 9 (in the cage), suddenly I couldn't see and there were feathers EVERYWHERE. Poof. Pheasant blew up, never even saw it, but there were feathers and bits of bird everywhere. I got it all cleaned off, and then later found a piece of foot stuck in my A/C condenser. grrrr...

little bastard took out my bumper, my fog light, the brake duct tube, and part of the front splitter.
 
In the early 80's I Clipped a squirrel in Saratoga and proceeded to ride on to breakfast at Duarte's in Pescadero. I didn't think much about it until I walked out of Duarte's and the whole place smelled like a BBQ gone wrong.
Turned out the little fellow exploded & all the bits landed on the head pipes of my GPZ. :green
 
A box the size of a 27" television. I was on southbound 85 and the fucking thing comes tumbling off the truck in front of me. I had about a micro-second to swerve and I smacked it with left fairing and left knee. Thank dog it was empty.

Then there was the time a bunch of empty plastic bags came rushing out of a bed from another truck. I was doing the slalom course trying to dodge the damn things.

Nowadays, when there's a open-bed truck in front of me I do everything I can to pass it. Especially if it's one of those Mexican troop carriers with the rakes and lawnmowers in the back. If I have to lanesplit past it at 80MPH I will.
 
Cardboard boxes

I forgot about cardboard boxes.. I too ran over one like the afore mentioned 27 inch TV box with a mixer (concrete truck). It got wedged under the first set of "drivers." I was just going to leave it there till it disintegrated, when I noticed it was starting to smoke and catch fire!!

Not wanting to have to explain to the shop mechanic how I managed to burn my brake pods, air lines and hydraulic hoses, I decided to get stopped, pull out the hose and put it out instead.:blush :blush

I won't do that again!

You have to understand, I was a lot younger back then.. In the early days we used to TRY to hit things with the trucks.:confused :blush

-T:(
 
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With my truck I have run over car bumpers, birds, people and all kinds a shit.

On my mountain bike I ran over a snake once and more people.

On my dirtbike I almost ran over a wild boar at hollister hills, and some rabbits but no people.
 
custom383 said:
With my truck I have run over car bumpers, birds, people and all kinds a shit.

On my mountain bike I ran over a snake once and more people.

On my dirtbike I almost ran over a wild boar at hollister hills, and some rabbits but no people.
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I don't want to ride anywhere near you.











:twofinger
 
Haven't rolled over anything on the bike yet.

In 4-wheel vehicles... I've tagged deer, squirrels, snakes, and drunken pedestrians (yah i know, I'm gonna have someone saying :wtf over that last one).
 
Myself ... Dirt riding a tough uphill, I messed up, and here I am with the bike on me sliding down the hill... Didn't get hurt, but this is not my best riding souvenir ...

Pascal
 
Hit a 16 inch softball once with the front tire of my 66 BSA Hornet. The front wheel launched and skipped over to the left about 6 inches. Managed not to dump it. Last week at the track I was yellow flagged because of a deer that had run across the track in the next turn. Glad it was the NEXT turn. :teeth
 
well i didn't actually RUN over it.... but one time i was coming home late from ken's shop.. and there it was lying on San Pablo... a big glass jar of colorful bubblegum balls :wtf :wtf
it wasn't dropped cuz it was sitting upright and the glass wasn't broken........ i'm not sure why anyone would put that on the road.... anyways, i just drove by it hanging off my bike to get a closer look :wtf
 
a buddy of mine ran over a miata with a suburban back in 8th grade...don't ask :).

Anyone have a smal bird fly sideways into their wheel? Is it like a big confetti bonanza or something? It always reminds me of the video clip when some MLB pitcher nails a bird as it flies in front of the batter :D.
 
I ran over a two by four in highway 280 in Daly City.

On dirt bikes, I ran over squirrels, people and other dirt bikes. Sometimes, you can't help if someone crashes off a jump in front of you. Chasing jack rabbit were fun on a dirt bike. They can change directions so fast.
 
i was on 101 heading north towards the 9th street exit....
as i was taking that left turn before getting off the ramp, i see the car in front of me suddenly swerve towards the left lane almost hitting the guardrail...next thing i know there was a huge plastic garbage container (upside-down) right in front of me.....i hit it head on....i felt the impact on the bike, which wasn't too bad...the container ended up rolling along the lane next to me....whew, that was sketchy....
 
hmmmmm lets see

:cry In the cage: Driving through Texas in a Pinto Squire wagon pulling a Uhaul trailor. I started weaving all over the road. Couldnt figure out WTF...
Stopped and got out to look at the car. WORMS. millions of them. I was sliding on frigin worms! :eek
Bike:
Cat.... bump.... Bump.. The owner came out and I had to pull it out of my Z2 front tire....:cry
Bird in the chest. unknown kind...
Wasp in the belly button...:green
Manta ray, Shark, Harbor seal with the windsurfer.
I hope it doesnt add up at the pearly gates!:shhh
 
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