
I hit a wombat........
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Re: I hit a wombat........
Certainly lucky, they can do serious damage.. I slowed for one once on the zed and it charged me only to decide last minute diving straight off the edge of the road was a better option
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Re: I hit a wombat........
Unreal !
Damn good job keeping her the right way up. Keep checking your bike. It's hard to imagine putting it would have come out with no damage. 


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Re: I hit a wombat........
Bloody lucky. Those things are like bricks and they make a mess of wheels and suspension often.
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Re: I hit a wombat........
geez lucky....hitting a wombat and staying on
btw where was this..??
btw where was this..??
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Re: I hit a wombat........
this is crazy. i think if you hit it while swerving it would have been harder to keep upright. Sometimes you just need to power over them 

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Re: I hit a wombat........
Used to call the little F@#%ers hairy bags of bricks...Tough as you can get...well hardStrika wrote:Bloody lucky. Those things are like bricks and they make a mess of wheels and suspension often.
A mate hit one years ago..Exhaust headers were rooted..
I'd be checking your bike over again..
Well done on not binning it and riding away to tell the story
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Re: I hit a wombat........
This was along belgrave-Gembrook road between menzies creek and the round about.
I'll go over the bike on the weekend to make sure all is ok, i'll be surprised if nothing is wrong, i'm expecting to find something. The forks look straight and wrok like normal the rim looks fine but i'll look further just in case it's cracked etc
I'll go over the bike on the weekend to make sure all is ok, i'll be surprised if nothing is wrong, i'm expecting to find something. The forks look straight and wrok like normal the rim looks fine but i'll look further just in case it's cracked etc
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Re: I hit a wombat........
Holy shit! That's insane!
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Re: I hit a wombat........
Don't worry about the bike
did you go back and check that the lovely little wombat was not injured. You might have killed the poor little bugger and left it on the road to be flattened by every other motorist 


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Re: I hit a wombat........
aka ...roadkillsmithy5 wrote:............ You might have killed the poor little bugger and left it on the road to be flattened by every other motorist

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Re: I hit a wombat........
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm roadkillSmitty wrote:aka ...roadkillsmithy5 wrote:............ You might have killed the poor little bugger and left it on the road to be flattened by every other motorist

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Re: I hit a wombat........
back off Jeffro i think smitty wants the road killseiko1 wrote:mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm roadkillSmitty wrote:aka ...roadkillsmithy5 wrote:............ You might have killed the poor little bugger and left it on the road to be flattened by every other motorist

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Re: I hit a wombat........
Hit a dead 'roo coming back from the GP several years ago .... big buggar, dead centre of road. I didn't see it 'cause I was looking to pass the car in front ... next thing I know I'm airborne ... land with a bit of a wobble .... all good !
At the refuel stop, the mate comes over and abuses me ..... his ZZR1100 is covered in digested grass that shot out of 'roos arse !
At the refuel stop, the mate comes over and abuses me ..... his ZZR1100 is covered in digested grass that shot out of 'roos arse !

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Re: I hit a wombat........
sounds like you should be in the isle of man 

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Re: I hit a wombat........
Soon .........chicken_strangler wrote:sounds like you should be in the isle of man

I've spent over 40 years of my life riding bikes .... the rest of it, I wasted ..
If it's got wheels or tits, it's gonna give you trouble !
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If it's got wheels or tits, it's gonna give you trouble !
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