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Makes And Models => Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ => Topic started by: Justin Andrews on January 26, 2016, 03:16:22 AM
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How tough?
Well, a Fox shot out in front of me today. As it just missed my front wheel its head connected with the front of the battery tray, and the rest of it with my right foot. Luckily (for me) the SR is a heavy bike, so I was able to keep the bike going forward, rubber side down, though not without a serious wobble.
Total damage, a very minor crack on the front plastic cover over the battery, and a wee bit of fox hair trapped between the plastics.
I don't think the fox faired so well, though I did'nt see it post collision, so hopefully it got away with just a serious headache.
Yep, the SR is tough. :o
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Update:
It was actually a small deer. And its headache was terminal... :(
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A very similar thing happened to me a few months ago. It was a fox that jumped out and its head connected with my right foot while I was doing about 60mph. That was also terminal. I headbutted a pheasant a couple of years ago at speed and had to go back and break it's neck. Over 20 years ago I hit a kangaroo that jumped out in front of me. I was lucky with that one! Darwin awards all round I'm afraid.