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Over the last few weeks I have been going out with a neighbor who just bought a new BV250 so I could share my vast reserves of two-wheeled knowledge.

Deftly I hand signaled to advise of the road kill obstacle up ahead and moved into my own right side maneuver when the damn thing jumped up to its full height of a giant, living breathing groundhog and cut right in front of my front wheel.

Thank God, for my hours of practicing target fixation or I would be reporting a different post. Holy road kill! Unless it's flat, don't thinks it's a splatt!
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2010 Dragon Red GTS 300 Super, 2018 Grigio Titanio Piaggio Liberty S 150
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LOL, that must have been such a shock to see what you thought was road kill suddenly come to life. Wha? emoticon
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Benito wrote:
LOL, that must have been such a shock to see what you thought was road kill suddenly come to life. Wha? emoticon
Indeed!

Congrats on your new scoot. . . your post made me think that there might be a 300 in my future one of these days, but for now, my GT's are getting the job done. I'm racking up the miles and not into "vintage" so I'll get there.

Yeah, I ride to the left of center to allow for a little bit more room for the surprise of wildlife. . . some people don't like that because it puts them closer to oncoming traffic, but I visually track their course and move accordingly.

As David Hough says, two more seconds of getting on the brakes can mean a lot. Saw a dead deer on the side of the road over the weekend whilst on a scooter/camping trip and sure enough, another one launched out of the woods just as we approached. . . an obvious sad victim of the same encounter. . . damn sore sight to see. . .so sorry, buddy. . .
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Vespa 2005 GT200 & Honda Metro
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Stungover wrote:
Benito wrote:
LOL, that must have been such a shock to see what you thought was road kill suddenly come to life. Wha? emoticon
Yeah, I ride to the left of center to allow for a little bit more room for the surprise of wildlife. . . some people don't like that because it puts them closer to oncoming traffic, but I visually track their course and move accordingly.

As David Hough says, two more seconds of getting on the brakes can mean a lot. Saw a dead deer on the side of the road over the weekend whilst on a scooter/camping trip and sure enough, another one launched out of the woods just as we approached. . . an obvious sad victim of the same encounter. . . damn sore sight to see. . .so sorry, buddy. . .
Thanks for the reminder...and yeah I really don't like to see any misfortune to a living creature...sentiments same...
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2010 Dragon Red GTS 300 Super, 2018 Grigio Titanio Piaggio Liberty S 150
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Stungover wrote:
Benito wrote:
LOL, that must have been such a shock to see what you thought was road kill suddenly come to life. Wha? emoticon
Indeed!

Congrats on your new scoot. . . your post made me think that there might be a 300 in my future one of these days, but for now, my GT's are getting the job done. I'm racking up the miles and not into "vintage" so I'll get there.

Yeah, I ride to the left of center to allow for a little bit more room for the surprise of wildlife. . . some people don't like that because it puts them closer to oncoming traffic, but I visually track their course and move accordingly.

As David Hough says, two more seconds of getting on the brakes can mean a lot. Saw a dead deer on the side of the road over the weekend whilst on a scooter/camping trip and sure enough, another one launched out of the woods just as we approached. . . an obvious sad victim of the same encounter. . . damn sore sight to see. . .so sorry, buddy. . .
Thanks I'm enjoying it so much so far. However, I still enjoy jumping on the GT 200, I think it is a bike that we will keep for a very long time, it is a classic in its own right and will likely be a vintage classic someday.
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