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Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:48 pm
by Possum
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........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:49 pm
by dutchy
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.
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:03 pm
by Strika
Bloody lucky. Those things are like bricks and they make a mess of wheels and suspension often.
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:21 pm
by Smitty
geez lucky....hitting a wombat and staying on
btw where was this..??
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:22 pm
by zx-10r
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
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:39 pm
by Maddog
Strika wrote:Bloody lucky. Those things are like bricks and they make a mess of wheels and suspension often.
Used to call the little F@#%ers hairy bags of bricks...Tough as you can get...well hard
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
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:43 pm
by Steve71
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
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:45 pm
by Cath
Holy shit! That's insane!
Go buy a lottery ticket - you're in the lucky zone
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:44 pm
by smithy5
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
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:59 pm
by Smitty
smithy5 wrote:............ You might have killed the poor little bugger and left it on the road to be flattened by every other motorist
aka ...roadkill
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:29 pm
by seiko1
Smitty wrote:smithy5 wrote:............ You might have killed the poor little bugger and left it on the road to be flattened by every other motorist
aka ...roadkill
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm roadkill
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:01 pm
by h.b.bear
seiko1 wrote:Smitty wrote:smithy5 wrote:............ You might have killed the poor little bugger and left it on the road to be flattened by every other motorist
aka ...roadkill
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm roadkill
back off Jeffro i think smitty wants the road kill
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:06 pm
by 6maniac
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 !
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:04 pm
by chicken_strangler
sounds like you should be in the isle of man
Re: I hit a wombat........
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:15 pm
by 6maniac
chicken_strangler wrote:sounds like you should be in the isle of man
Soon .........