I took some bird out with my chest one day. That little sucker hurt! He just flew right into me, Hitchcock-style.
Can't say if it survived or not.

 

Yeah a head on with a skunk might have left a lasting impression if you catch my drift. Hitting them with a car stinks bad enough, slapping one with a helmet might be worse!!
A while back I had a large fox run out of the weeds and make a sudden turn beside my bike. It must have just lasted a sec, but he seemed to run beside my bike for a while. Time sure slows down when something bad is about to happen. Just glad he ran back to the woods from which he came.

 

I have had a few encounters with creatures of the night on my bike...many more with ladies of the night

 

That was a great story. I wonder what the skunks version would sound like?

 

3 things I miss living in SF: southwest VA, freedom of firearms, and the Blue Ridge Parkway.... when I get a bagger i'm riding it back out that way.

Anyway, the only thing we gotta watchout for here in the city is dirty hippies and I tend not to slow down for them. I did see the largest coyote I've ever seen in the Presidio, but he looked like he knew better than to cross at that moment.

 

Yeah eviltwin415, I sure do miss that Blue Ridge Parkway and Great Falls too! The Parkway is just beautiful to ride and as inswva said, a LONG way to fall. Hey, eviltwin415, the last time I was in Frisco I was having a drink over at ZEITGEIST and I think that I was the ONLY person in that crowded bar that actually rode a motorcycle over there. What’s up with that?

 

Haha, it's cuz more often than not, biker bars in SF means bicycle riding douchebag hipsters who wear skinny jeans, carry messenger bags, and have androgynous haircuts that match their girlfriends' (or in many cases boyfriends)!!! There's a few decent hole in wall places left here though.

I didn't ride when I lived in VA, but someday I'll go back to see it the right way. I lived in Radford. Used to take my german shepherd up to Buffalo Mountain, an old fire lookout tower on top and you could see for miles. I think it was right off the parkway, but it's been 10 years....

 

I got hit upside the dome a few years back by a suicidal grouse! Came out of a stand of Hemlocks in the Allegheny National Forest, and he was Hellbent to hit me. lol

 

I'm glad you wern't hurt man, but thats a good story! talk about a staring showdown! I hit a dog once that was just hit by the car in front of me, the damn dog got up and tried to move and fell over right in front of me, I looked like Fred Flintstone trying to keep the bike upright, whick I thankfully did.

 

I heard your dick fell off