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RE: Close encounter of the deer kind

It has to be deer season. I was riding around West Marin on Sunday, scouting out a route for an Oct ST/RS ride. Stopped in the town of Tomales for a coffe and a bun. Erik, the Prince of Darkness, was seated on the patio. He had a huge hole in his fairing just below the hand grips. Apparently, he was riding his Blackbird slowly along the Nicasio reservoir and a deer flew out in front of him. The deer's hind quarter hit Erik's right leg and bike. He was able to stay up and running.

Seems like everytime I here about accidents and mishaps, I get a chance at them myself. On my way home a deer flew out in front of me and oncoming traffic. I was thankful for the hefty brakes on my RS.  Geez, this was just past noon.

Ride safe, Tai

  At 07:53 AM 9/19/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Glad (for your sake) you didn't hit him. It does seem like deer hunting
>season should be starting any day now. Of course if you hit 'em with the 45
>Kimber there won't be much venison left.
>
>Remember my old buddy Ken Adams? He bought a new VF1000F in '84. He came
>into the bar at Kirkwood one day all shook up from a close encounter of the
>deer kind. When he went to wash his bike the next day we found deer hair
>stuck into his rear turn signal lens.
>
>xox brm
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Jan and Don Draper[SMTP:ddraper@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent:         Tuesday, September 19, 2000 7:44 AM
> > To:   ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc:   donny; DRAPER, Mo
> > Subject:      Close encounter of the deer kind
> > 
> > Yesterday at about 6:45pm I was riding down Hwy 9 through
> > some canyons doing around 60 when all of a sudden a deer
> > flew past the front of my bike, right-to-left.


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