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Re: Run in with a deer



Paul and Dee,
     I'm so sorry to here of your "run in" with the deer. How bad is Dee's
wrist?  How many times is that now for your collar bone? My thoughts and
prayers are with you.
big dawg







- -----Original Message-----
From: Paul Steinbacher <psteinbacher@xxxxxxxxx>
To: SPRINT ST List <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 8:48 PM
Subject: Run in with a deer


>Our weekend RAT Ride in VA/WV ended with a bang. Dee and I started for home
>on back roads Sunday morning, after 10 miles I saw a deer cross the road
and
>noticed 2 more standing on the left side. I kept my eye on the ones on the
>left and started to slow. The one on the right heard the bike and decided
to
>rejoin his companions. I thought, this is going to hurt (I was right), got
>on the brakes, but had no chance. Got it down to about 50 (all this was 2
>seconds) when we hit the front of the deer. Dee says she actually put her
>hand out on the deer in an attempt to push it away. All I can say is a deer
>is a lot harder than it looks, this one was a full grown female, probably
>around 150 lbs. Dee was laying in the opposite lane screaming in pain with
a
>broken wrist and the Sprint slid down the road on it's left side about 150
>yards. I got Dee off to the side of the road and shut off the engine while
>we waited for the ambulance. I had my ever popular broken collarbone and
>cracked ribs, we both have lots of bruising and ugly sore spots. We went
>back and got the ST today, it has lots of trashed plastic, radiator damage
>and water pump that I can see. We are taking it to the dealer tomorrow. I
>guess we were lucky, The Triumph suits took a beating but we sustained no
>road rash. We both feel pretty good considering the circumstances.
>
>Paul & Dee
>Madd Dawg & Dinky Dawg
>1999 Sprint ST
>2000 Buell X1
>
>
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