Of Birds and Center Stands

[dcarver]

To weird things on the ride home tonight.

1. Bird strike at 83 mph. Saw the critters, all except one. Amazing how much force a low mass object can impart on your cranium scareabellium at 80+. My neck still hurts. Bad.
   
2. Stopped at store on way home.. I'm riding Wabs, a DL650 with Moose center stand. The road slopes downhill, bike backside. Get on Wabs, all hooked up with heated gear and tunes... and I can NOT rock the sucker off the center stand! WTFO?
   
   Mustering up all might, and a groan too... no result other than the old guy on a cane laughing at me. I can hear him through my earbuds...
   
   OK, then, just ride it off the center stand. Yeah. Right. The center stand is too tall, the back tire does not but make a nice burnout. Complete with smoke. The old man on the cane is practically dying from lack of breath, he's laughing so hard. Even I'm laughing now.
   
   I comment 'I may never make it home at this rate' and now the old man and I laughing our ***** off. Eventually had to dismount, push her off the CS, then climb on side saddle like gurlimen HotRodZilla do!
   

And that was my day.

 

[HotRodZilla]

Yup, but gurlieman HRZ does not get laughed at by old men. Dork!

 

[Niehart]

Well that makes three of counting the old man because I was laughing pretty hard reading this.

Yup, but gurlieman HRZ does not get laughed at by old men. Dork!

Don't know how to tell you this but I have laughed my butt off at you a few times.

PS: And I have the shirt to prove it.

 

[Bugnatr]

Sounds a bit candy butt.

 

[Redfish Hunter]

Your neck might be hurting because it is attached to that ugly head of yours. You should not blame that on the poor bird.

I have had those "Oh no, how am I going to get this elephant off the centerstand" moments before. It is always more fun with an audience.

 

[FJRay]

I thought we got rid of the center stand on that bike. You must have tried a different one.

 

[escapefjrtist]

Sounds a bit candy butt.

Zing...

--G

 

[FJRay]

I had a bird strike on the windshield of a Yamaha Venture. Split the shield, scared the **** out of me and my daughter thought it was funny as hell. Glad it got the shield and not my face.

 

[Surly]

Neck pain should heal, embarrassment may not.

Thanks for the laugh.

 

[Hudson]

A real man would've reached out, grabbed that bird by the neck mid flight, and bit its widdle head off, teach em who's boss.

U a gurlieman, Don. Crystal thinks so too....

 

[garyahouse]

Imagine meeting that bird with a doo-rag on yer head 'stead of a proper helmet

 

[beemerdons]

Imagine meeting that bird with a doo-rag on yer head 'stead of a proper helmet

Uh Gary, we are talking about Don Carver; whose head is a lot harder and way uglier than a proper helmet, by a long shot! jes' sayin' and nuff said, Candy Butt!

 

[hppants]

Thanks to Don, after this post, I'll have to excuse myself to find something to wipe the coffee spray off my laptop screen. Much obliged, sir.

What kind of bird - a buzzard by any chance? I did have a close call with one of those once - they are a LOT larger than we realize.

 

[El Toro Joe]

Glad you had a great day...

 

[garyahouse]

Imagine meeting that bird with a doo-rag on yer head 'stead of a proper helmet

Uh Gary, we are talking about Don Carver; whose head is a lot harder and way uglier than a proper helmet, by a long shot! jes' sayin' and nuff said, Candy Butt!

Jeez Don, ya can't get no respect around here...

 

[puppychow]

Candy butt with gurlie bike problems.. who'dathunkit?