Killed A Pigeon This Morning

[Daveb]

picture the scene, about 6:30am on my way to work this morning at a nice and safe speed, the road is lines with hedgerow and trees, when a pigeon fly out out the hedge straight into my path, it glanced off the front screen in an explosion of feathers.

4 thoughts raced through my head
1st thought was this is going to hurt. but supprisingly how soft and spoongy a pigeon is, not a thud.
2nd thought was whats damaged
3rd thought is it stuck onto the bike, wow how cool will the photos be :grin
4th and final thought.....oh bugger my action camera is in my top.

no damage, just bird shit and greasy marks on my screen. the most upsetting thing is I washed the bike last night

Pigeon skidmarks


Now 3 bikes I have managed to kill 3 birds.

on my bandit I killed a thrush when it flew out of a hedge and struck my shoulder. The TDM850 I found a sparrow roasting on top of the rocker cover and now a pigeon on the Tiger.

[dapleb]

Poor pigeon.

They go a bit nutso this time o year.

[Matlock]

Lucky escape Dave, Treadman hit a pheasant a couple of years back. He told me it smashed all the plastics, the cost of repair almost meant the bike was beyond economical repair [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img]

[Studley Ramrod]

So your wanna these guys that birds just flock to, are ya ? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

[Guest]

Be glad you don't have deer and elk everywhere. Those hurt, especially the elk.

[masterbrewer]

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Better than a Kangaroo I hit recently



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[Daveb]

thinking of you this morn Masterbrewer when I was typing this up, I was hoping to post this

<!--coloro:#0000FF--><!--/coloro-->'Bet MasterBrewer is glad Roos dont have wings' <!--colorc-->
<!--/colorc-->but you beat me to the post.

SR, the birds flock to me, but sadly its the feathered type.

[apw99]

Ì was going to say 'at least no-one was hurt' but it's gonna be quiet for Mrs Pidge and the chicks in the nest tonight! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img]

This post was last modified: 18-05-2010, 12:42 PM by apw99.

[Daveb]

In my defence m'lud.... pigeons are flying vermin.... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] .

[marko67]

Bird strike is a bloody good reason to have hand guards. Had my brake lever hit a while back. Luckily I did not come off but the quick lock up caused a brown trouser moment.

[Lagotete]

<!--quoteo(post=162842:date=Tue 18th May 2010, 07:59 AM:name=Daveb)-->QUOTE(Daveb @ Tue 18th May 2010, 07:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->picture the scene, about 6:30am on my way to work this morning at a nice and safe speed, the road is lines with hedgerow and trees, when a pigeon fly out out the hedge straight into my path, it glanced off the front screen in an explosion of feathers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I walk through Trafalgar often and I recently realised that their are no more pigeons there. The pigeons have been victim of a genocide. Your "accident" is further evidence of pigeon's rebellion. You can consider yourself victim of a kamikaze pigeons. I am not sure why they target bikers first.

It is so unfair and pigeons should know that the tactic has not worked to help the moskito campain against pesticides. Despite millions of kamikaze, farmers continue to eraticate insects. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif[/img]

[jollygiant]

I prefer a air rifle!!

I've had loads of bird strikes over the years worst one being a pheasnt to the head (how the hell it stayed on I do not know) [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img]

[Daveb]

JG, does this mean your a Pheasant plucker

[dmmsta]

Kinda bike related, but when I was at school doing a morning paper round, I took out a duck on my pedal bike.

In fact it took me out as well...

Fly out between 2 houses on my route, hit me in the side, and fell down and got caught up in the rear wheel / gears...messy

Have yet to do anything to our feathered friends while on a motorbike tho.

[jquinn3004]

This must be the time of the year for mad birds .. I live in the country so all my runs start on the back roads .. great but for getting attacked by Kamikaze flying beasties... this week I hit 2 hedge sparrows.. 1 black bird and 1 pigeon... have to say they make a bigger mess than the flies [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif[/img]

[Lagotete]

<!--quoteo(post=164772:date=Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 10:57 PM:name=jim850wav)-->QUOTE(jim850wav @ Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 10:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This must be the time of the year for mad birds .. I live in the country so all my runs start on the back roads .. great but for getting attacked by Kamikaze flying beasties... this week I hit 2 hedge sparrows.. 1 black bird and 1 pigeon... have to say they make a bigger mess than the flies [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
At this rate, you must have a technic. Do you normally raise your arm or your leg to hit the poor animals ? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img]

[jquinn3004]

<!--quoteo(post=164800:date=Fri 4th Jun 2010, 08:04 AM:name=Fernihough)-->QUOTE(Fernihough @ Fri 4th Jun 2010, 08:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->At this rate, you must have a technic. Do you normally raise your arm or your leg to hit the poor animals ? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
" 2 with the bike and 2 full head on with the helmet " its like something out of that hitchcock movie.. funny but scares the sh*t out of you at the time [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img]

[TonyDevil]

run a pigeon over tonight in the car, just a big cloud of feathers behind me [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
the stupid thing was sat in the middle of a roundabout, normally they move....

[jquinn3004]

<!--quoteo(post=164898:date=Fri 4th Jun 2010, 11:56 PM:name=TonyDevil)-->QUOTE(TonyDevil @ Fri 4th Jun 2010, 11:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->run a pigeon over tonight in the car, just a big cloud of feathers behind me [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
the stupid thing was sat in the middle of a roundabout, normally they move....<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
done that one Saturday afternoon coming up the middle of the town on a XS750... as you say they normally move.. feathers everywere.. A wee old lady shouted something and waved at me.. well maybe not wave but you get what I mean.. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wacko.gif[/img]

[KickStarter]

<!--quoteo(post=164899:date=Sat 5th Jun 2010, 12:05 AM:name=jim850wav)-->QUOTE(jim850wav @ Sat 5th Jun 2010, 12:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->.. A wee old lady shouted something and waved at me..<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
"Thanks for saving me the walk to the butchers" ???
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