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Skunk meets deer!!
« on: November 07, 2012, 11:40:02 AM »

Hit my first deer this past Sunday night doing about 60mph. He showed up so fast I never even had a chance to get off the throttle. He hit me square in the side of the faring and then spun around the rear of the bike hitting my leg, the saddle bag, and the around to the rear fender. Luckily I was able to keep the bike up and suprisingly rode right thru him. I'm convinced if I had been on my UC, the force to the faring would have altered my steering and probably sent me out of control. Major kudo's to the RG and it's frame mounted faring. I came out the other side without even a scratch.  :orange: :orange:
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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2012, 11:40:31 AM »

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Re: Skunk meets deer!!
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2012, 11:43:59 AM »

 Sorry about your skunk.  Glad you're okay.  How is the deer?     :oops:    :(
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Re: Skunk meets deer!!
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2012, 11:44:00 AM »

You were very lucky. Glad you got through it unscathed.
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« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2012, 11:44:32 AM »

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Re: Skunk meets deer!!
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2012, 11:46:14 AM »


I came out the other side without even a scratch.  :orange: :orange:



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Re: Skunk meets deer!!
« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2012, 11:51:07 AM »

You are one lucky dude!
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Re: Skunk meets deer!!
« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2012, 12:09:30 PM »

 
Where's his left antler?  Hard to believe you're OK after that! :o
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