Whats the craziest thing you hit with your gen III?

[Wraiths Empire]

This happened last year but I'm new here and just gotta know.... Have any of you crapped your pants whilst hitting something with your Busa? I have cameras front/rear with DVR because - why not? Got this footage on my ride home from work. It went under me but I have many nightmares where it knocked me off my bike.

 

[mabupa]

This happened last year but I'm new here and just gotta know.... Have any of you crapped your pants whilst hitting something with your Busa? I have cameras front/rear with DVR because - why not? Got this footage on my ride home from work. It went under me but I have many nightmares where it knocked me off my bike.

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Didn’t hit it, but had a mattress fly off a truck 1 car ahead of me. Thankfully, it hit the windshield on the truck in front of me and I was able to tuck down as it went over me. I’ll never forget that day. It could’ve been really bad for me.

 

[Hayabusa4life]

Wow, glad that both of you are here to tell the story, could end up worse.

 

[Wraiths Empire]

Didn’t hit it, but had a mattress fly off a truck 1 car ahead of me. Thankfully, it hit the windshield on the truck in front of me and I was able to tuck down as it went over me. I’ll never forget that day. It could’ve been really bad for me.

And we don't learn.... Hop on the bike again tomorrow

 

[Dustin02]

Rode over a pallet on a highway doing about 70mph on my old 2005 Yamaha R6. Happened so fast and was surprisingly smooth. Bike was fine.

 

[mysticblu999]

I ran over a turtle once. Thought it was going to be a big bump, but I just flattened it. Poor turtle...

 

[mabupa]

I ran over a turtle once. Thought it was going to be a big bump, but I just flattened it. Poor turtle...

Wonder if the results would be the same regardless the kind of turtle it is or if there are some with shells hard enough to cause the bike to jump. Poor little guys are everywhere here in Florida.

 

[Bumblebee]

Wonder if the results would be the same regardless the kind of turtle it is or if there are some with shells hard enough to cause the bike to jump. Poor little guys are everywhere here in Florida.

Was probably a soft shell turtle....if someone was to hit an alligator snapping turtle which can weigh over 60lbs, I reckon they'd be in trouble....

 

[mysticblu999]

It was a terrapin so the shell was pretty thin I think.

 

[mabupa]

Was probably a soft shell turtle....if someone was to hit an alligator snapping turtle which can weigh over 60lbs, I reckon they'd be in trouble....

Good point. The busa is heavy, specially with me on it, but some of those shells are extremely hard.

 

[Bumblebee]

Good point. The busa is heavy, specially with me on it, but some of those shells are extremely hard.

I've seen someone hit a big snapping turtle and wreck the front end on their pick up......

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

Is this for Gen 3s only?

 

[mabupa]

Is this for Gen 3s only?

I didn’t even notice it said gen3 and posted as a gen2 owner…. Might as well post your story so we can have all 3 gens covered. Lol

 

[pashnit]

I was leading a motorcycle tour in Oregon and turkey vulture (carrion birds very common around here) flew up and I center punched with my forehead of my helmet. Hit me so hard in the forehead, I heard bells. I had to stop the tour group and pull over because my head was ringing so much.

Leading another tour and hit a turkey in the road with the Busa. I center-punched it with the Clearwater Light, bent the light bracket pretty good. Guy behind me on the S1000R got a shower of blood & guts, guts were stuck in his radiator, that was gross.

Worst we've had on the tours is one of our riders hit a cow and broke the bike in half. She kept the bike upright which was very lucky and she was okay. Also lucky. That could have been very bad. It was a calf that got through the fence, the entire group rode by it, then as she was almost the last bike and the calf jumped out into the highway & she hit it the calf in the hindquarters. It couldn't move (broke its back) and was put down.

 

[Wraiths Empire]

I ran over a turtle once. Thought it was going to be a big bump, but I just flattened it. Poor turtle...

He tried to get out of your way

 

[Wraiths Empire]

I was leading a motorcycle tour in Oregon and turkey vulture (carrion birds very common around here) flew up and I center punched with my forehead of my helmet. Hit me so hard in the forehead, I heard bells. I had to stop the tour group and pull over because my head was ringing so much.

Leading another tour and hit a turkey in the road with the Busa. I center-punched it with the Clearwater Light, bent the light bracket pretty good. Guy behind me on the S1000R got a shower of blood & guts, guts were stuck in his radiator, that was gross.

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Worst we've had on the tours is one of our riders hit a cow and broke the bike in half. She kept the bike upright which was very lucky and she was okay. Also lucky. That could have been very bad. It was a calf that got through the fence, the entire group rode by it, then as she was almost the last bike and the calf jumped out into the highway & she hit it the calf in the hindquarters. It couldn't move (broke its back) and was put down.


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That is a lot to take in...

 

[Spudley]

The rev limiter and the speed limiter !.

 

[sixpack577]

Several birds, a squirrel, a couple snakes, a dog, and 2 deer.
The dog and one of the deer survived(I hate to hit and kill anything).
I didn't go down for any of them, but the last deer I hit at 81mph, and did over $3k in cosmetic damage to the '18 gsxr1k.
I've been fortunate to narrowly miss several buzzards too, lmao

 

[Bumblebee]

Years ago I was behind a guy who was riding a cruiser and he hit a crow...the beak penetrated the zipper on his jacket and cut his chest and he had the beginnings of a bruise on his chest......he said the strike almost took him off his bike....

All I saw was a shower of black feathers and him weaving all over the road until he pulled over....

I've been lucky and haven't hit anything....

 

[wellcraft]

I hit a deer on my 2016 BMW K16GTL, hit the deer then hit a car head-on, totaled the bike and I ended up with a broken leg and dislocated ankle but it could have been a lot worse.