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Title: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: normzone on August 20, 2015, 04:25:50 PM
Ouch...

http://www.grandviewoutdoors.com/big-game-hunting/bear/black-bear-collides-with-motorcyclist/
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: rodekyll on August 20, 2015, 04:52:43 PM
Ouch!  Glad they could tell the tale!

A local bumblebee GS got disassembled from the engine forward in a brown bear collision on the way home from a run up the haul road to Prudhoe Bay.  He survived and shipped the bike to Montana for reconstruction.  It's home now after a year in surgery and he's planning his next trip.
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: normzone on August 20, 2015, 04:59:08 PM
Damn. When that happens do they let you keep the bear ?
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on August 20, 2015, 05:14:23 PM
  Been there, done that, it f---ing hurts!  Foot black and blue up to mid ankle, bear scrambled away with bad headache.
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: Arizona Wayne on August 20, 2015, 08:10:20 PM
Wow, they got T boned mid section.  I would guess their bike is totaled.   Surprised all 3 survived.  Bears are common @ Yellowstone.

I almost hit a small bear the same way in norCal coming out of dry grass on my LM IV.  I heard something but couldn't see it until it darted out on my right in full run mode.  Both me and a car coming the other way stopped in time to miss it.  Figured if I hit it I would have gone flying over the bars head first.
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: O on August 21, 2015, 09:15:26 PM
Darn bears taking left turns without looking...bet she didn't even signal!
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: rodekyll on August 21, 2015, 11:23:47 PM
(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/YAK4bears_zpsd4c8f09a.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/YAK4bears_zpsd4c8f09a.jpg.html)

They take any lane they like.
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: Arizona Wayne on August 22, 2015, 10:22:46 AM
That's when I say "Oh SHIT !!!!"   :shocked:
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: Stormtruck2 on August 22, 2015, 10:24:41 AM
Quote from: rodekyll on August 21, 2015, 11:23:47 PM
(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/YAK4bears_zpsd4c8f09a.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/YAK4bears_zpsd4c8f09a.jpg.html)

They take any lane they like.

Plaintiffs accident investigation team.
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: lucydad on August 22, 2015, 02:38:20 PM
Sometimes you hit the bear, sometimes the bear hits you....
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: jas67 on August 22, 2015, 10:18:50 PM
I had two black bears cross the road in front of me just south of Lykens, PA earlier in the summer.
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: guzzimike on August 23, 2015, 03:56:13 AM
Quote from: rodekyll on August 21, 2015, 11:23:47 PM
(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/YAK4bears_zpsd4c8f09a.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/YAK4bears_zpsd4c8f09a.jpg.html)

They take any lane they like.

Hey; they look cute...


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Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: redrider90 on August 23, 2015, 02:11:41 PM
what about this 66  year old Vietnam vet who fought one off with the help of his 10# dog......  :grin:  really
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/16/us/california-vietnam-vet-bear-attack/
Title: Re: Riders hit a bear...
Post by: cruzziguzzi on August 23, 2015, 06:28:16 PM
Friggin' bears... Smashing into our bikes and pissin' in our pools!

Though... Rockaway? Could be that nasty gal from "Jersey Shore" and her family.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Bears-in-Pool-Rockaway-Township-New-Jersey-NJ-Swimming-Black-Bear-322493262.html


Todd.