Originally Posted by
no motor?
I rode in between a pair of adult raccoons one night out in the country on a BMW boxer. I'm not sure how I missed them considering how wide those engines are, but I did.
When I was 20yo, I was riding home after dark on my Sportster.
I was doing 55mph around a nice sweeping curve when...OH ****!!!

A mama skunk was leading a caravan of baby skunks across my lane.
Being banked over as I was, and certain a squashed skunk would provide very poor traction, I tried the only option I had: Aim to put my tires between two skunks.
It worked, thank goodness!