How to pick up a bird!!!!

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How to pick up a bird!!!!

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Had that happen to me once. Blackbird flew out the hedge and lodged itself around the downpipes. Needless to say it was cooked.
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Mine was a pheasant,fork stansion cut it clean in half at 90+.Found 'bits' in the airbox a week later. X_X
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1 Pigeon, 1 Gold finch and a rabbit so far.
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A blackbird hit me in the shoulder at about 70 2nd time out after having my collet bone plated jes that did hurt a bit,if it wasn't dead I would have rung his neck :twisted: :twisted:
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Hit a partridge on the weymouth - west bay road at speed.....cracked fairing , blood and guts all over the engine....smelt like sunday roast :-bd
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Riding my Suzuki TS125x up on the hills outside Wellington a Pigeon hit my helmet straight on at around 60. Blood and feathers all over my visor. Had to stop real quick.

A couple of years ago another one decided to have a go. Riding my CB1300 along that little bit of dual carriageway just before Bridgwater I opned it up and a couple of seconds later BANG. Kamikazi Pigeon San Ni had a go at my radiator/fairing.

No sign of the bird but several weeks later I was still finding feathers.

Oh and the bike stunk of roasted pigeon on the journey back home.
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