My ride home last night was interesting!

Actually it was pretty uneventful other than the following experience:  I was almost home, just about to head up the Soldier's Home hill when I saw the car in front of me swerve and hit their brakes.  They hit an opossum.  I didn't have time to do anything except a failed attempt to swerve around it, but it was to no avail.  I saw the poor ugly thing floundering, obviously injured from the car in front of me running it over, and I ran right over the middle of the thing.  It all happened so fast that I didn't think about crashing at the time, just maintaining control of my bike.  I recently read a couple of books on advanced motorcycling techniques and how to handle emergency situations like what to do when your bike starts sliding and other emergency maneuvers; I am glad I did because the information about how to regain control of the bike when it begins front end wobble (which my bike did after hitting the opossum) certainly came in handy.  I think the front end wobble was caused by me trying to swerve and then hitting the critter at an angle, causing my front wheel to momentarily leave the ground, and upon landing I must not have had the front wheel aligned straight with the frame of the bike, causing the wobble.  Anyway, most people instinctively grab a hand full of front brake when this happens, and this is what causes the bike to become unstable and crash.  So I remembered right in that situation to ease on the throttle and accelerate a little bit, which helped me stabilize the bike and continue safely home.  That is something I won't soon forget though.  I just checked my bike out and it appears to be undamaged.  I was mostly worried about my wheel and the front suspension, but everything appears A-OK!! :)  I do need to go and wash some body fluids off of my fairing though.  Anyway, I wanted to share my experience and let everybody know that studying pays off!!  Even studying about motorcycling.  RIP Opossum...