Deer Hit on S10 = Ouch!

[terrysig]

Sounds like you did well, considering... not to hijack, but what First Gear kit do you have, and how do you like it? I'm looking at KLIM for waterproofing (among other things) but worried about it being too hot in summer. Not to mention the price (but that's not even that big a deal if it works). How's the waterproofing/breathablity on the First Gear? (you've already answered the question about crash protection ::025:

i used the teton jacket and escape pants. 12k on jacket last season no leaks but venting was only marginal. pants less miles but the same feedback. of course the liners do come out and that makes them much better. but the fit becomes sloppier.

 

[Dirt_Dad]

Sorry to hear of the incident. Glad you sustained mostly minor injuries. Any injury sucks, but considering what it could have been glad it turned out so well.

I hit one of those on my KLR650 with my daughter on the back seat. Managed to only clip the back leg as it crossed in front of us. Last October I nearly had one take me out on the Tenere. I saw a deer head appear at my left foot. That was the first time I saw it. My guess is it hit the road and immediately fell and slid towards the bike. I hate those things.

Heal fast.

 

[mobyfubar]

Glad you're OK more or less and it wasn't worse. Hit one 4 years back on my KLR. Effin' hoof rats, hate 'em!

Heal fast.


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[3putt]

First, very sorry you had to have this accident and hope you heal well and soon.

I'm an old deer hunter, bow hunter. They move most when the moon is straight up or straight down, within a couple of hours, plus dawn and dusk. Also if anyone is messing in the woods, (hunters, surveyors, land buyers).

Spent the weekend in Ingram Texas to ride the hill country with local bike club, sunday the deer were moving 11am, day before around noon.

 

[Maxified]

Sorry to hear of your encounter with the local wildlife. Hope you heal up fully & quickly. You never know what you might drive up on while adventuring in motorcycling. Deer strikes are a problem in many states but there are even larger mammal hazards out there. Never drove up on an elk but have come upon a few moose & one bear.

 

[EricV]

Glad you're going to recover Terry. Like many, I've had my deer encounters too. Got lucky and stayed upright for my two, but the wife nailed a pregnant doe in Alaska a couple of years back that totaled the bike. She managed to kill the doe and twins it was carrying, but limp away to drive a rental car home with some broken ribs and lots of bruising.

it is what it is. We prepare, both mentally and physically with gear, but when the time comes you can't always avoid the impact. At that point it's gear and instinct/training that comes into play. Knowing to stay throttle on helps. That kept me upright, despite being knocked from one side of the lane to the other at 60 mph.

Heal well.

 

[Tolong]

Struth these deer seem so attracted to bikes next time I go hunting im dressing up as my S10 ::018::

 

[MotorcopBBQ]

Struth these deer seem so attracted to bikes next time I go hunting im dressing up as my S10 ::018::

::026:: death to bambi

 

[terrysig]

Glad you are OK. I hit a woods rat on my FJR, lucky as heck, never went down, hardly any damage. Hit her in the leg with the front wheel and kicked her mostly out of the way.

Can I have your old gas tank?
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Insurance adjuster called last night, they won't total it. $9500 to repair and they use the MSRP of $14500. Didn't bother to tell him that I got it for $12K.

He's a car guy but told me the big replacement parts are the forks, front wheel, gas tank and shaft drive housing. Everyting else was plastic structure and fender/panels.

Dealer hasn't called yet but the real question is going to be how long. I have other bikes but the Tenere has places to go and things o see.

I'll ask about damaged parts....I was thinking the same thing about the tank conversion

 

[terrysig]

Checkswrecks

“Having the same jacket, I'd love to see some pix of how it fared. I've wondered about the 3DO armor. A friend with lots of dirt experience hit the street in his and he said that he thought it gave him more localized impact than high end stuff would do but he came through well. David's in his 20s and I'm 56, so know I'm more brittle than he is and that "more impact" idea has” bothered me."


No complaints about the impact and I will get some pics up. I think you’ll be very happy how the gear held up. Again this was no 55mph get off or car hit but 35 mph is nothing to sneeze at. I’m in my 50s also so understand the brittle part. Long time enduro rider so I spend some time on the ground…I know how to fall. But with this deer it happened so fast that the bike was out from underneath me before any reaction.


Tiger_one

“I'm an old deer hunter, bow hunter. They move most when the moon is straight up or straight down, within a couple of hours, plus dawn and dusk. Also if anyone is messing in the woods, (hunters, surveyors, land buyers).”

I take the same commute every day. Same back country roads to avoid interstate. The deer I hit a couple years ago on the FJR was on the way home late at night. This one was 6am. Both fit your criteria even the moon. But I do note that for the last few years deer seem to move all of the time. I don’t know if it’s new housing or what, maybe climate change but I see deer on my commute regardless of time or moon phase?

EricV

“it is what it is. We prepare, both mentally and physically with gear, but when the time comes you can't always avoid the impact. At that point it's gear and instinct/training that comes into play. Knowing to stay throttle on helps. That kept me upright, despite being knocked from one side of the lane to the other at 60 mph.”

Sage advice that should be heeded. Don’t know how many times I’ve been asked how I could ride with all the gear on. That gear saved my @$$.

 

[Bigbore4]

Insurance adjuster called last night, they won't total it. $9500 to repair and they use the MSRP of $14500. Didn't bother to tell him that I got it for $12K.

He's a car guy but told me the big replacement parts are the forks, front wheel, gas tank and shaft drive housing. Everyting else was plastic structure and fender/panels.

Dealer hasn't called yet but the real question is going to be how long. I have other bikes but the Tenere has places to go and things o see.

I'll ask about damaged parts....I was thinking the same thing about the tank conversion

Have your dealer get it in and apart ASAP. Not sure how deep in he is to do the estimate, but they may well come across something that sways them. If they change their mind on the total, and with bikes now in stock, you could be up and at em again pending wrist / arm recovery of course.

 

[bloodline]

To those that have said they hit deer in this thread, can you say what time of day it was?

 

[Bigbore4]

To those that have said they hit deer in this thread, can you say what time of day it was?

Noon in mid summer. Very peculiar time. Northern MN.

 

[terrysig]

To those that have said they hit deer in this thread, can you say what time of day it was?

As stated 10PM mid October & 6AM mid April.

 

[EricV]

To those that have said they hit deer in this thread, can you say what time of day it was?

4pm in late July, back side of Mt Hood, in Oregon on a paved forest road, no water around for ~10 miles, open pine and oak. Had just come down out of heavy woods 6 miles back, and was running on flat ground with good visibility. I was looking for deer. All I saw was a brown blur moments before impact. The rider behind me only saw the deer when it was flying backwards and upside down across the road after impact. Near as we can tell, it was on a dead run perpendicular to the road. Must have been running from something, but who knows what.

Any time is deer time now. The herds are so over populated in most places.

 

[stevepsd]

Have your dealer get it in and apart ASAP. Not sure how deep in he is to do the estimate, but they may well come across something that sways them. If they change their mind on the total, and with bikes now in stock, you could be up and at em again pending wrist / arm recovery of course.

Agree completely. It was not unusual in the M/C shop I worked at for find 'concealed' damage after the bike was further stripped apart (the ins. adjuster normally wants a fairly quick assessment to determine if the bike is totaled or not) and several bikes went from repairable to totaled with a strip down. A cracked frame was one...down behind the motor and not visible until the swing arm was removed.

 

[dcstrom]

it is what it is. We prepare, both mentally and physically with gear, but when the time comes you can't always avoid the impact. At that point it's gear and instinct/training that comes into play. Knowing to stay throttle on helps. That kept me upright, despite being knocked from one side of the lane to the other at 60 mph.

I think this is important - a mate and I were doing 100mph one time when a roo jumped out in front of him. I expected to be picking up the pieces, but he and his girlfriend ploughed straight through him. He said the bike hardly moved.

Not saying 100mph animal hits are a good thing, but sometimes your momentum is your friend, whereas getting hard on the brakes and THEN hitting the animal might cause you to go down when otherwise you wouldn't. Tough call! And has to be made in a millisecond... One of the joys of motorcycling

 

[elizilla]

Glad you are OK and I hope your bike is either fixed or replaced soon!

In 2001 I hit a deer with my bike. I had been at a camping event, but as the evening wore on, other people got deeper into the beer. I hate beer so I wasn't drinking. There was a creep I kept having to dodge, who was getting pushier as he got further into his cups. Tents aren't very secure, and I didn't want to have to kick his ass, and besides, it looked to me like people would start throwing up soon. So I decided to go home. I rode out into the night and hit a deer. The area was typical Michigan farm country - farm fields alternating with woodlots and small lakes, total deer salad bowl. Early August, full moon, close to midnight. An oncoming car turned on their brights and blinded me - I'm guessing they saw the deer before I did, and brighted to look at them more closely or perhaps they thought they were warning me. (NOT HELPFULl!) The first deer jumped clear and I hit the second one. I stayed on the gas and did not go down. I think the deer hit the tank with its nose, spun around and body slammed my left leg. I had no damage to the bike and no broken bones, but I had lots of bruises.

In 1985 I hit one in a car. Same area, but that one was at 6:30am and it was fall.

 

[Swagger]

That sucks. Sorry to hear that. And that's why we shoot all the deer we can.

 

[Checkswrecks]

The one I hit on Skyline was mid-day. Total dirt bike habits from younger years about an upcoming impact took over in sliding my ass back on the seat, throttling up to lighten the front wheel, and I'm convinced it was getting on the throttle to lighten the front that saved me.

Clearly remember thinking "Too bad, as this has been a nice bike." (Ducati ST2). Glad my elbows were locked, as it was like hitting a brick wall at 45-50mph. The next image in my mind was of looking at blue sky through the tree leaves, facing up, and again I clearly remember thinking "When the front comes down I'll speed wobble and this is going to hurt." The Duck put the front wheel on the ground, tracked staight and I came to a stop in the middle of the road. Suddenly, my legs went flubbery from the adrenaline relase and if I hadn't put the kickstand down, I would have fallen over.

There may be somebody who can use the parts that come off.