Jonathan Rea and Hiroshi Aoyama concluded another positive day of private testing at Phillip Island. The Honda World Superbike team is currently working on chassis and suspensions on the 2012 Honda CBR1000RR 2012, however the Irish rider also ran into some trouble with the local fauna.

While Phillip Island is famous for motorcycle racing, but it also famous for their birds who seem to like to wreck mayhem on riders and their bikes.

Rea tweeted that he was their latest victim, but he didn’t take any survivors, “Hit a magpie today about 140mph today with my knee. The old chap didn’t survive and got stuck in my rear-sets! Feel a bit bad to be honest! “

Rea may feel bad but he was pretty lucky, because both Troy Corser and Noriyuki Haga have both suffered bruising injuries caused by ‘kamikaze’ birds.

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