K12GT-- t-bones deer at 70mph

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Kiki

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A good friend recently purchased a beautiful new GT, and has been racking up the miles like ..... well, like warchild..

anyway, on monday afternoon while travelling on a wet backroad, a deer came leaping across his path. He hit it in the chest just above the headlamp (from what he rememebers) -- almost completely cutting the animal in two.

the impact litterally blew off all of the bark north of the tank.

When i heard on tuesday, I figured he would be up to his nuts in guts, but.....

The bike did not go down, nor did he get a scratch. In fact he drove the bike to a service station a mile down the road, and had it hauled to the dealer from there.

whew!!

 
I hit Bambi Jr wth my Ducati ST2 and stayed up. Actually, right after impact I was looking at the sky through the tree-tops, thinking this is going to hurt when I come down and speed-wobble. The bike saved my ass, no two ways about it. I had to replace the front fender and weld/paint the front fairings.

Bob

 
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