Driving to work I came over hill and a car pulled out of a side street. The car had plenty of room so no one was really in the wrong but because I was travelling at speed and he was still getting up to speed I was pretty close to him.

Next thing you know... *Thud-dud* I rode right over a dead possum! Because of my distance from the car in front of me I never saw it.

Thankfully I was only going about 35mph and I coasted right over it without a problem. I was actually surprised how well the bike handled the situation. For whatever reason I found it funny and wanted to share. I'm just glad it was a smaller varmint. However, I suppose if it was any larger the car would have stopped.

Moral of the story: Keep your distance!

Have you ever had such an experience? Whats your worst?

 

I've heard of a guy hitting a racoon at high speed that took him down. He said it was like hitting a bean bag. I know if you can see it comming and you can't avoid it, to go against your instinct and hit the gas to raise the front wheel up, giving you a much better chance of going over it, rather than hitting the brake, diving the front wheel and increasing the impact.

Check out this thread 600rr vs Coyote, CRAZY

 

Freggin ew..... Almost hit a big ol ding dong daddy dead possum yesterday morning myself !

 

i went over a cat last year on the 1500 wing. his head hit the left front rotor cover and his mid section went under the rear wheel. the front end wobbled from the impact but i kept the bike up. there was blood on the rotor cover and i saw the cat run off, i was going maybe 40

 

Scary $hit thats for sure. I have had quite a few deer that were getting ready to cross the road in the morning while I am crusin at 65 mph. Theres a bunch of youtube videos of guys plowing through them, and not going down and some takin a digger. Deff gotta be careful out there fellas !

 

Sick97SS, hows that deer whistle working out for ya?

 

Slice like a ninja, cut like a razor blade, deadly........

A friend of mine that rides a gsxr750 said he was racing around chasing some girl that was driving a car. It was dark and he was fairly close to her so he didnt see the huge oppossum standing in the road. The girl in the car straddled it. He said he just stayed on the gas and braced himself for impact. He ended up cutting straight through it like butter.

 

Wow thats one of the craziest things i've seen. Wild. Good thing he was speeding I suppose haha

 

I've gone over a (insert small furry animal here) and it does feel like a bean bag. I take it like I take railroad tracks, same speed, level headed, and preparing for the uinpredictable.

I did run over a turtle in my car the other day. Now I get the shivers when I straddle road kill, and I still feel weird. But this thing practically made me put my feet on my dashboard. My advice. NEVER run over/straddle a turtle.