STORM WARNING!

As morning commutes go, it wasn’t the best. Riding along the A605 towards Peterborough I’d just overtaken an articulated lorry and was accelerating gently away when Mr. Muntjac Deer decided to cross the road.

I did everything right: I didn’t look at ‘him’ but instead I looked to my escape route as he was doubling back to his side of the road. To get past the prospective collision, I opened the throttle so the Honda FireStorm’s bark grew louder through those twin Remus pipes. Now, loud pipes may well save lives, but they didn’t for Mr. M, who decided (on hearing that 90-degree V-twin howl through those glorious cans) to turn back around and (literally) run through my front wheel. End result was one dead deer and a grand total of £1321.68 worth of damage. Oh, and a broken hand and a re-bent pin in my