After riding motorcycles for probably 200K miles, it has finally happened.

On my way to work, 5AM, 40 degrees out, I hit a deer.

The deer went down and under just left of center. I was on the brakes hard; I remember steering to keep the bike straight with the braking force. The left front went airborne, and I actually remember seeing the the wheel and fender as it climbed up and over. The bike slammed down, and that was it.
Of course, all of this happened in about 1 second. Talk about temporal distortion!

Fortunately, 2 weeks ago I installed the new Rivco bumper for the RT. It let the nose go over the deer without touching the bodywork. I think it might have bent the left bumper support some. I haven't had a chance to measure it. But not a scratch on the Tupperware!

Boy am I glad to be at work this morning!!