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WOW! Could have been alot worse on you....the bike can always be repaired. Good to hear you'r relativley O.K.
WOW! Could have been alot worse on you....the bike can always be repaired. Good to hear you'r relativley O.K.
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On the way to work this Am. It is a state road through the country, 55 MPH speed limit and I was running right close to that. I saw a flash of brown just in front of me then hear the bang. That deer came out of the weeds and in front of me so quick I didn't have time to say darn. I hit it with the front tire, near the middle of the deer or maybe in the flank, I really couldn't see. Next thing I know I am looking down at the front of the windshield and pulling like heck on the bars to get myself back into the seat. The bars were whipping back and forth but settled down. I got all the brakes I could and pulled to the shoulder.
Looking the trike, and the black marks over it looks like the bars went hard left, (the deer was going right to left). The tire has a scuff mark down onto the sidewall where it folded under, that apparently caused rapid deceleration that pitched me forward.
Damage to me is a bruise on the left thigh, left pinky, and my left forearm is bit sore.
Damage to the trike, front fender broke, (the picture doesn't show it but the fender is split down the middle) the deflector by the radiator air outlet on the left is broken, one of the small pieces that covers the brake lines on the fender is missing, the chrome piece in front of the radiator air outlet is cracked, and the handlebars do not point in the same direction as the front tire. Most of the front pieces on the fairing are popped out of place but none of them look broken. The GPS I had on the handlebars was laying in the grass and it does not work right anymore.
I have no doubt that with the way the front tire moved to the left while I was off the seat I would have been down if I had been on 2 wheels. I am more glad everyday that this is a trike.
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On the way to work this Am. It is a state road through the country, 55 MPH speed limit and I was running right close to that. I saw a flash of brown just in front of me then hear the bang. That deer came out of the weeds and in front of me so quick I didn't have time to say darn. I hit it with the front tire, near the middle of the deer or maybe in the flank, I really couldn't see. Next thing I know I am looking down at the front of the windshield and pulling like heck on the bars to get myself back into the seat. The bars were whipping back and forth but settled down. I got all the brakes I could and pulled to the shoulder.
Looking the trike, and the black marks over it looks like the bars went hard left, (the deer was going right to left). The tire has a scuff mark down onto the sidewall where it folded under, that apparently caused rapid deceleration that pitched me forward.
Damage to me is a bruise on the left thigh, left pinky, and my left forearm is bit sore.
Damage to the trike, front fender broke, (the picture doesn't show it but the fender is split down the middle) the deflector by the radiator air outlet on the left is broken, one of the small pieces that covers the brake lines on the fender is missing, the chrome piece in front of the radiator air outlet is cracked, and the handlebars do not point in the same direction as the front tire. Most of the front pieces on the fairing are popped out of place but none of them look broken. The GPS I had on the handlebars was laying in the grass and it does not work right anymore.
I have no doubt that with the way the front tire moved to the left while I was off the seat I would have been down if I had been on 2 wheels. I am more glad everyday that this is a trike.
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You had a Power looking out for you that day Doug. :waving:Got really lucky.:clapper:
Circumstances could have easily been different.
And ST.... No Doe season is against ALL that is right within so much wrong..
You had a Power looking out for you that day Doug. :waving:Got really lucky.:clapper:
Circumstances could have easily been different.
And ST.... No Doe season is against ALL that is right within so much wrong..
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Ferrarimx5 wrote:
As for deer activity, there is no doubt November is the worst month for them. That is breeding season and they are out there like a bunch of drunken teenagers at spring break chasing after the opposite sex.
Deer crossing areas, yes indeed they have established routes. I travel that road to work and back everyday but this is the first time I have seen a deer in this particular spot.
A note of interest is that this was a small one, still had spots on it. While I was picking up pieces of the trike another little one crossed the road and stopped to look at me, it came from the side of the road to which the one I hit was headed. I think they were siblings but I never saw a doe so they may be separated from the doe and running crazy because they don't know what to do.
John; I do have coverage, I just need to cover the deductible so that's not too bad.
Pete; In this particular case I didn't have time to blink between the time this thing came out of the weeds until I hit it. Air horns can help get them off the road if there is time to use them. I just wish I had some good horns that looked decent.
Ferrarimx5 wrote:
As far as putting Deer Alerts on the Trike, I think the definitive answer is someplace in THIS thread. If you have not read it yet, get yourself a cold one and peruse for a while.
As for deer activity, there is no doubt November is the worst month for them. That is breeding season and they are out there like a bunch of drunken teenagers at spring break chasing after the opposite sex.
Deer crossing areas, yes indeed they have established routes. I travel that road to work and back everyday but this is the first time I have seen a deer in this particular spot.
A note of interest is that this was a small one, still had spots on it. While I was picking up pieces of the trike another little one crossed the road and stopped to look at me, it came from the side of the road to which the one I hit was headed. I think they were siblings but I never saw a doe so they may be separated from the doe and running crazy because they don't know what to do.
John; I do have coverage, I just need to cover the deductible so that's not too bad.
Pete; In this particular case I didn't have time to blink between the time this thing came out of the weeds until I hit it. Air horns can help get them off the road if there is time to use them. I just wish I had some good horns that looked decent.
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