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Still laid up with a knee injury and bored of not being able to get out, I started to think of the strange things I've seen over my biking life.

1.Spain 3 wild Boars ran out In front of me. Never seen wild Boar in real life before. The little ones looked cute but the big one was massive.
2. Mid France I came around a corner and there was the biggest Vulture I've ever seen eating something dead right in the middle of the road.
3. Batman and Superman having a fight outside a night club in Windsor. No sign of Robin or Super Girl.
4. Overtook Micheal Schumacher on the E16. He was driving a sponsorship Merc with his name plastered on the side. Am faster than a F1 driver
There might be more but I can't remember them at the moment.
What strange or weird things have you seen

women drivers at a fuel station getting back in there car and driving off right away.
I've only seen this rare breed a couple of times

I saw an ultra rare car last week while coming home from work - £2.5m 2nd hand https://www.lamborghini.com/en-en/model ... -lpi-800-4

AHH just remembered. I once saw the ultra rare GS rider wave at a non GS bike. Must be having a good day

Many years ago I saw an Audi driver use his indicator.

Had an owl fly straight towards me on a tree lined road in new forest and seen a dalek by side of road are two that spring to mind.

BoB21 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:08 pm Had an owl fly straight towards me on a tree lined road in new forest and seen a dalek by side of road are two that spring to mind.

I had an own fly over meslf in the car going down Beepers shute on the Isle of Wight.Was dark and picked it up with the full beam, very eerie. Then I had a pigeon fly into me windscreen(different time)me doing 70.What a bloody mess that made.I learned that trying to clear it's debris with me wipers is very counter productive.

burridge01 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:49 pm I had an own fly over meslf in the car going down Beepers shute on the Isle of Wight.Was dark and picked it up with the full beam, very eerie. Then I had a pigeon fly into me windscreen(different time)me doing 70.What a bloody mess that made.I learned that trying to clear it's debris with me wipers is very counter productive.

Lol with wipers. It was daylight and over 1,000 meter's away when first saw it flying straight towards me a round blob. Barn owl size. Just kept coming and quite frankly scared me as didn't have a clue what it was. Didn't alter course till about 25 metres ,that's when realised what it was.

People using there indicators.

I was in lane 3 on the M27 and approaching a dumper truck in lane 1 when his gearbox exploded, it was really spectacular with lumps of metal flying all over the place!

Some years later going ‘briskly’ down the A15 in Lincs and saw a large tractor with 4 wheels on the rear axle coming the other way. Suddenly one of the O/S wheels detached itself and rolled across the carriageway, crossing in front of me to disappear into the bushes! That one was a definite “F*****kkk” moment.

I saw a man sweeping our road. The last time was 18 years ago. Couldnt believe my eyes.

Few years ago now I set off from Basildon to pick up a GSF1250.Tootling round the M25 when I glance in the mirror to see the lorry I'd just overtaken madly flashing his lights.Then I saw the strangest thing,this little wheel was overtaking me in the middle lane,then I looked in me side mirror and there it was,or rather wasn't
I pulled the van over,immediately dialled 999 to let them know there was a wheel in the middle lane,as I was on the phone I saw a gap in the lite traffic,ran out and retrieved the wheel,the person on the other end of the phone was not impressed with the retrieval but I didn't want anyone hitting it at speed,would have been a very bad situation.
Anyway, here I am on the hard shoulder with me fecked trailer(the bearing overheated and demolished itself and anything surrounding it)







The trailer wasn't going any further, I could leave it on the hard shoulder so I lifted it(I was on my own)over the barrier up against the battery,jumped in me van and went and got the bike from Southampton. The highway agency called me twice to remove the trailer,I never did go back.Was a crackin little trailer,oh well.

At least bike wasn't on it.

Seen so many of these small 10" wheeled trailers with missing wheels. It's like I Spy, if your old enough to remember those little books

BoB21 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:27 pm At least bike wasn't on it.

Indeed.

Doctor T wrote: ↑Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:35 pm Seen so many of these small 10" wheeled trailers with missing wheels. It's like I Spy, if your old enough to remember those little books

That trailer had been all over Europe behind that T4.Pulled me Bird down to Lake Como,great combination but I suppose it's time was up