Deer Strike

[FJR Bill]

Sorry about the bike, glad you are OK. Good endorsement for Aerostich and the frame sliders. Anytime you walk away it's a happy ending. If the bike is still rideable, it's even happier. Of course if you had actually brought the deer to kaitsdads house and had fresh venison for lunch, it would have made a better story.

Had a friend that T boned a deer in front of a firestation who's members saw the crash. The rider was knocked out and had no memory of the crash. However the witnesses recovered the dead deer and after my freind got out of th hospital they shared fresh Venison cooked on the barby.

Bill

 

[LAF]

ATGATT Living in PA we have the highest statstical number of deer strikes in 48 states. I hate forest rats. So dumb and so big when the impact comes. I try to stay off the valley roads after dark. They have a a nack at being in no way predictable.

 

[Fred W]

While PA does have the highest total number of deer strikes per year, it also is a relatively populous state. The state with the bragging rights for the highest statistical deer collision rate is nearbygod West Virginia, where 1 of every 48 drivers is going to hit a deer in the next twelve months.

Here's a recently compiled table done by State Farm Insurance, so you can all look up your own riding area.

 

[LAF]

While PA does have the highest total number of deer strikes per year, it also is a relatively populous state. The state with the bragging rights for the highest statistical deer collision rate is nearbygod West Virginia, where 1 of every 48 drivers is going to hit a deer in the next twelve months.

Here's a recently compiled table done by State Farm Insurance, so you can all look up your own riding area.

You are correct Fred W. Still too high for me to drive at night unless I must. I just know I want to stay upright if I can, and if I go down, I hope the Stitch is up to the task.

 

[Harald]

Had a friend that T boned a deer in front of a firestation who's members saw the crash. The rider was knocked out and had no memory of the crash. However the witnesses recovered the dead deer and after my freind got out of th hospital they shared fresh Venison cooked on the barby.Bill

That's as it should be. The Deer should pay for the damage in the form of yummy steaks! But regretably in some states like Washington, it's not legal to take the deer home for consumption. Who comes up with these stupid rules anyway?!

 

[Bluebullet]

I'm glad you are ok, I am a four time bambi slayer myself and on my second 05 because of it. Hope things work out in your favor bike wise since you get to ride again.

 

[SacramentoMike]

While PA does have the highest total number of deer strikes per year, it also is a relatively populous state. The state with the bragging rights for the highest statistical deer collision rate is nearbygod West Virginia, where 1 of every 48 drivers is going to hit a deer in the next twelve months.

Here's a recently compiled table done by State Farm Insurance, so you can all look up your own riding area.

Great chart, Fred. I'm relieved to see that California is 48th in deer strikes per driver, so I'm safe. Except I wonder if it matters whether I'm riding in the Los Angeles or SF Bay areas where all the people are, or in the Sierras where all the deer (and the best roads to ride) are.

 

[SkooterG]

I'm glad you are ok, I am a four time bambi slayer myself and on my second 05 because of it. Hope things work out in your favor bike wise since you get to ride again.

Again. This thread is 8 months old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That bike kept on going until he decided to kill the engine on his own a couple months later. Swapped in a new engine and all is good again.

 

[odot]

What do we usually tell radiohowie to do?

 

[Fred W]

While PA does have the highest total number of deer strikes per year, it also is a relatively populous state. The state with the bragging rights for the highest statistical deer collision rate is nearbygod West Virginia, where 1 of every 48 drivers is going to hit a deer in the next twelve months.

Here's a recently compiled table done by State Farm Insurance, so you can all look up your own riding area.

Great chart, Fred. I'm relieved to see that California is 48th in deer strikes per driver, so I'm safe. Except I wonder if it matters whether I'm riding in the Los Angeles or SF Bay areas where all the people are, or in the Sierras where all the deer (and the best roads to ride) are.

Yeah, well... you know what they say about statistics.

Counter-intuitively, New Hampshire is ranked 36th and the odds are 1:302, but I still managed to smack one a couple years ago, so I guess the moral is you aren't safe anywhere.

And now that I've got my deer strike out of the way, take a guess what my odds are of it ever happening again?

Spoiler

It's still 1:302

 

[lonerider]

While PA does have the highest total number of deer strikes per year, it also is a relatively populous state. The state with the bragging rights for the highest statistical deer collision rate is nearbygod West Virginia, where 1 of every 48 drivers is going to hit a deer in the next twelve months.

Here's a recently compiled table done by State Farm Insurance, so you can all look up your own riding area.

Great chart, Fred. I'm relieved to see that California is 48th in deer strikes per driver, so I'm safe. Except I wonder if it matters whether I'm riding in the Los Angeles or SF Bay areas where all the people are, or in the Sierras where all the deer (and the best roads to ride) are.

Yeah, well... you know what they say about statistics.

Counter-intuitively, New Hampshire is ranked 36th and the odds are 1:302, but I still managed to smack one a couple years ago, so I guess the moral is you aren't safe anywhere.

And now that I've got my deer strike out of the way, take a guess what my odds are of it ever happening again?

Spoiler

It's still 1:302

I've hit three of them since 1996, on three different bikes, two of them died right there. I don't even bother buying lottery tickets.

 

[tuggy]

Stick one of these under your headlights. I've stuck one on & haven't had any deer encounters.

https://deerwhistle.com

 

[SkooterG]

Stick one of these under your headlights. I've stuck one on & haven't had any deer encounters. https://deerwhistle.com

Really? It's a good thing it's not Friday!

 

[Fred W]

Not only do they not work, here's why

 

[HotRodZilla]

Fred...Your statistics are all ****** up. Your chances of hitting a deer are 50/50. You're either gonna hit one or your not. Sometimes we're lucky and sometimes we eat ****. It's all a torrid roll of the dice.

Totally with you on the whistles though. I've seen deer run in front of straight piped Harleys, underneath semi trailers, in front of cop cars running lights and sirens, and not move at the sound of a gun shot. There's no accounting for that kind of stupidity.

They're tasty though.

 

[Redfish Hunter]

I agree with Zilla (That feels funny to say!) the deer will do the damnedest things. Their level of stupidity makes them unpredictable. Many a deer hunter was made to look like a fool by something he should easily be able to outsmart.

I can't address the statistical odds but I think it is like this: Sometimes you are the windshield, sometimes you are the bug. You don't always get to make the choice. Last week at work we had a wonderful lunch of fresh venison backstrap courtesy of a co-worker who totaled his car with a delicious young doe. To think of surviving a motorcycle crash with something that can total a Toyota Camry...

I don't feel very strongly about the deer whistles either. If I put one on and don't hit a deer does that automatically mean it worked? I'll bet I wouldn't hit any giraffes, rhinos or elephants either...

 

[doug5551]

Wow,

Good to see the thread necro.

As SkooterG said, the bike is fine, with another 10K miles on it since the incident. The deer strike didn't cost me one dime. I still wear the same armored aerostich, and the message is still very true.

I wrote this post, and documented the incident, in an effort to persuade others to wear their gear and use their sliders.

I am very pleased to see the positive effect it has had on others. My riding partner, Mr. Tcfjr, had kaitsdad install a pair of sliders on his 05 as a direct result of this thread.

Quite simply, it is absolutely amazing what a complete non-event this was for me because of the sliders and gear.

I am here to tell you all once again, that the Corned Beef and Cabbage that Kaitsdad fixed me for dinner that evening was MUCH better than what I would have been served at the emergency room if I had not been geared up.

Thanks again for all the well wishes and glad the post has helped a few others.

 

[HotRodZilla]

^^^^^That right there speaks volumes.

 

[tuggy]

Not only do they not work, here's why

Cheers for the info Fred. It's ok as it was a freebie from Exxon.