Modern Vespa

Going to work last week, a deer ran out in front of me, and crashed into the left front tire area. I drove over him at about 50mph. If I had been on a conventional 2 wheeler, I'm sure I would have gone down. It was like a very large bump in the road. I stopped and went back...it was dying, I had apparently broke it's back. It torn apart my left front wheel mud flap and tore the left turn signal wheel flare off. I cut the wires to the turn signal and removed the wheel flare and put it under my seat. The mud flap was in several pieces. I went on to work...everything else seemed normal. When I got home,I re-secured the wheel flare with some stainless small screws...it is held in place with some small plastic ears...they broke off. The mud flap was $44.00. The only tricky part was jacking up the left front to remove the tire, re-bolting and installing the tinnerman clips that hold the mud flap in place. It's back on the road and doing fine. The MP3 is as strong as a tank. It was a hell of a hit. motorcycle bill

WOW........

This the reason I got the MP3, so stable. I am glad you are alright. That is quite a story. It would have been worse on 2 wheels.

To quote a great motorcycle rider. WOW

Wow crazy story, glad to hear you and the bike are alright.

Crazy thing is if you were driving a Fuoco, the deer probably would have looked at it and died of fright on the spot before you even had a chance to hit it.

WOW good to hear a happy outcome although I don't think the outcome is typical. Especially at 50 mph

Did you take the deer home for the freezer

I like to schmuck them at no more than 33 mph when driving the truck. Not much damage to the deer, plenty of good meat untainted and only about $800 damage to the truck.

If you do this about 4 times a season and only submitt for insurance once a year you are ahead of the game.

WI is so full of forest rats that it is hard to limit youself to 4 tho.

jammy git!

i would have hit it at 70 and idd probably be all over the pavement trying to remember my name.

good job your alright!

Good story.
Makes me feel even better about this front end.
Must be bullet proof.

Do you have any pics of the aftermath? I'm trying to envision exactly how you hit a deer at 50mph and didn't end up 'feasting on asphalt' to use the title of a favorite show of mine