I hit a deer!!!
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I hit a deer!!!
Well if finally happened, my biggest fear of riding has always been animals and last night I had a deer run right out in front of me. It happened so quick I never got to the brakes. I hit him at around 50mph dead center. I had always wondered, if I hit deer would I be able to keep the bike up. The answer is no! The bike hit the pavement faster than I could think "Oh Crap! Once on the pavement, I started sliding and then tumbling. It was ground ,stars, ground, stars etc. I didn't think I was ever going to stop. All this time I was hearing my bike tumbling along the road. When I finally stopped, I quickly realized I was still in the road. I don't know exactly how I knew which way to roll (my head was still spinning) but I managed to roll into the ditch. While lying in the ditch taking a inventory of my injuries, a man walked up and assured me a ambulance was on the way and try not to move. After about a minute I knew I only had minor injuries and that I needed to get off the side of the road. I was fortunate that I wrecked in the mans front yard. He said it was so loud that he thought someone was breaking into the house. I am very sore but all right. I am glad I had most of my protective gear on. My jacket and gloves looks like they battled a tiger. They're nothing but ribbons of leather and fabric left. I had my half helmet on and it has one big road gouge in the forehead. The steel toe boots I was wearing had no leather around the toes and the shoe laces were gone. One more thing, I was 1/2 mile from home.
Mark
Mark
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Cant believe you're collected enough to be writing about it here. I hope you're okay and it's not just the adrenaline talking. At the very least you're gonna be sore for awhile. The bike will get fixed or totaled but at least you're okay. Must have scared the @##$ out of you. Just heal and the rest will take care of itself. Good luck buddy.
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