Lucky Saturday Evening

[Anonymous]

The wife & I were on a Saturday evening ride. It was about 60 degrees out and perfectly clear. We had rode about 75 miles when we stopped at a little roadside steak house for dinner. After dinner I decided to take the scenic route so we were off. A short stop for some petro and we were on our way.
It was just about dusk and the air was starting to cool off. Now when I ride and the oportunity to go in the twisties comes along I usually go with it.(it makes the wife nervous so I took it easy) Now we`re riding along and have gone about twenty miles when I popped over a rise only to see 3 deer in the middle of the road. I was running along about 50mph so I grabbed a handfull of brakes( Too little, too late). There was a car coming toward me & nowhere to go, So I took sights on the smallest one. ( middle) Just as I got there the last deer saw the car & started sliding to try to stop. (she never did see me). In a split second I dragged the pegs on the GK 3 times, missed the deer and the car, that`s when the wife realized how close we came.
We stopped about a mile up the road to assess any damage ( and clean out my pants). There was deer hair stuck on both sides of my bike and some scratches where one of them kicked us. Truely a lucky day.
So when you are riding you need to ALWAYS expect the unexpected and NEVER let down your guard, even on the nicest rides

[shaftzuki]

Glad to hear your both alright!!

It never seems to fail - you think the weather's great, the road is just right and there isn't any traffic to speak of - that's exactly when all H#^* breaks loose.

Count your blessings and ride on!! 8)

[earlfor]

Glad to hear you got through it OK. I had a 4 deer encounter a while back and I have a good idea how you felt. :-) :-) When stuff happens, the one thing you can usually count on is that there will be very little time to decide what to do about it. :-)

Earl