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Title: You meet the nicest birds on a Honda—or spot the birdy
Post by: Fourplay on June 06, 2021, 10:26:32 AM: Decided to overhaul my front brake this morning but someone had got there before me.

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Hedge sparrows nesting in my hedge. This fledgling flew out across the road where his parents were waiting fussing around him. Phew hopefully safe now.

Definitely needs overhauling now after the mess on my disc/caliper! Good job my cats are too lazy and tend to keep to the back garden otherwise could have been a blood bath as well to clean up!

What's the strangest thing you've found on your bikes?
Title: Re: You meet the nicest birds on a Honda—or spot the birdy
Post by: Bryanj on June 06, 2021, 10:46:17 AM: Me
Title: Re: You meet the nicest birds on a Honda—or spot the birdy
Post by: Rozabikes Tim on June 06, 2021, 12:21:56 PM: A cheep service then....
Title: Re: You meet the nicest birds on a Honda—or spot the birdy
Post by: fogrider on June 06, 2021, 12:27:34 PM: Not ON the bike, but out of the sky : heading to work early one Sunday morning along the M62. Empty, I was on my GPZ750 so decided it was an opportunity for a flat out. I was looking down at the clocks ,125 mph, she's still going well, looked up and there's an A10 fighter , extremely low coming direct at me at a very fast closing speed ! Frightened me to death. It seemed as though it was trying to hit me.
The next day a neighbour who had connections with the RAF told me it would be a photographic bombing run. I would love to have a copy of that !
Title: Re: You meet the nicest birds on a Honda—or spot the birdy
Post by: Fourplay on June 06, 2021, 12:27:46 PM: More like a crap one
Title: Re: You meet the nicest birds on a Honda—or spot the birdy
Post by: haynes66 on June 06, 2021, 04:42:38 PM: similar experience to fogrider. riding my little 125 back in the early eighties around elan valley, about to crest the top of a steep climb and a fighter of some sort shot above me coming out of what is now dubbed tornado alley. nearly crapped myself
Title: Re: You meet the nicest birds on a Honda—or spot the birdy
Post by: Kelly E on June 06, 2021, 06:24:07 PM: For me it was a US Army Chinook helicopter that appeared out of nowhere right over us while driving on Saddle Road on the big island of Hawaii. I was driving a Ford Mustang with the top down so we got a good look at the guys waving at us from the helicopter. 8)
Title: Re: You meet the nicest birds on a Honda—or spot the birdy
Post by: Bryanj on June 06, 2021, 08:13:25 PM: Years back driving an hgv up fro Southampton on A34 thought i had a flat tyre till the helcopter eventually flew over, aparently the pilots used trucks as practice targets
Title: Re: You meet the nicest birds on a Honda—or spot the birdy
Post by: Athame57 on June 07, 2021, 12:22:35 AM: Give it a brake! ;D
Title: Re: You meet the nicest birds on a Honda—or spot the birdy
Post by: Athame57 on June 07, 2021, 12:32:40 AM: I see squirrels on my bike quite often, once there was one sat on the throttle sleeve!
Title: Re: You meet the nicest birds on a Honda—or spot the birdy
Post by: andy120t on June 07, 2021, 06:57:12 AM: I had a pair of A10's buzzing me on the North York Moors years ago too .... always assumed they used to practice attacking whatever was on the roads!