October 11th, 2010, 08:26 AM | #1 |
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what's the biggest bug to hit your helmet?
I was riding home yesterday and I see this thing come out of nowhere and smack my visor just where the lift tab is. It left a yellow stain the size of a quarter. haha. So what's the biggest bug you've ever hit? I can't imagine what the cruiser guys hit with their open face helmets. That bug would have left a good dent in my face.
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October 11th, 2010, 08:54 AM | #2 |
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I don't know what it was that hit me the other day but it sure made a noise. I suspect that it may have been an acorn.
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October 11th, 2010, 09:06 AM | #3 |
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I hit a friggin cicada on the back roads a bit ago...long story short I had to pull over to clean my visor, its guts covered about 80% of it lol ..was a friggin mess. From then on I vowed to always have a rag on my bike at all times.
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October 11th, 2010, 09:08 AM | #4 |
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wow. those things are nasty. lol. I also need to start bringing a towel or handkerchief with me.
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October 11th, 2010, 09:23 AM | #5 |
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October 11th, 2010, 09:35 AM | #6 |
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i've only been hit by bees so far, 2 actually. top of my helmet...
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October 11th, 2010, 09:40 AM | #7 |
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LOL. I was just reminded that when I got off my bike the other day, I had a bee stuck in the mesh of my jacket. He was still alive, just trying to get out.
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October 11th, 2010, 09:41 AM | #8 |
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I don't know what I hit the other day but it scared the crap out of me. Sounded like someone threw a rock at my helmet. Butterflys on the other hand make no sound at impact yet spread their guts like nobodys business.
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October 11th, 2010, 10:44 AM | #9 |
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one day last month I was riding and a bee got stuck between either my chin strap or my jacket... stung my neck while riding on some twisty back roads. Scared the crap out of me and hurt like a
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October 11th, 2010, 12:12 PM | #10 |
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i splatered a dragonfly on my helmet 2 weeks back. Sounded like a rock.
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October 11th, 2010, 01:02 PM | #11 |
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dragonflies are indestructible! I hear ya snake.
Bees suck, and somehow, they always get INSIDE the helmet or jacket, nothing like grasshoppers and such that aim for the visor..... Note: non-alcoholic baby wipes work great for cleaning visors...
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October 11th, 2010, 01:37 PM | #12 |
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A pigeon.Its not a bug .But it Just about killed me .It did him. They say helmet laws suck . If I did not have a helmet on I would be dead.I was going through a bridge .He jumped off the edge and hit me in my head.
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October 11th, 2010, 01:48 PM | #13 |
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Eric, That is exactly how a good friend was killed 40 years ago. He was riding a BSA Lightning, went under a bridge and collided with a pigeon. In those days a Bell Magnum was the state of the art helmet. We didn't have faceshields--just goggles. That's something you should put out on this forum--Slow down under bridges--particularly railroad bridges. Pigeons like RR bridges.
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October 11th, 2010, 02:53 PM | #14 |
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Clipped a seagull over a bay bridge on Long Island
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October 11th, 2010, 03:58 PM | #15 |
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It is a tie between the dragonfly I last hit and the last bumblebee. The dragonfly was VERY LOUD, and splattered the top of my helmet. So I knew it was a whopper.
Now the bumblebee had a more precise guiding system. That sucker aimed for in between the eyes and got it. My entire front field of view went blurry. I had to turn my head hard to the right and guide myself off the highway using more peripheral vision than anything else. I got off the road and had to use my water bottle to clean it off. I was thirsty too, so I couldn't drink it. That sucked...
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October 11th, 2010, 04:20 PM | #16 |
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Lotsa bugs that left good splats
1 Sparrow and somekind of larger bird didnt get a good look at cause was trying to dodge it but still got clipped.
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October 11th, 2010, 04:28 PM | #17 |
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Twice I've nailed something that left splatter over 3" across that was thick enough to fully obstruct vision through it. Once I spent a couple of miles riding with my head turned so that I could see out of the edges of my visor until I could get to an exit and clean it off.
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October 11th, 2010, 04:34 PM | #18 |
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Wait until you get one fly up IN your helmet. Happened to me (of all places) in Deal's Gap while in mid-corner. Not cool, but somehow, you gotta keep your cool!
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October 11th, 2010, 04:35 PM | #19 |
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Not counting the couple of different birds I have had contact with over the years...
This little beastie was encountered on the freeway at speed on I-85 outside of Greenville, SC...Took me damn near an HOUR to relearn how to breath and had a fist sized black and blue bruise for over a month. How do I know what it looked like? I had my jacket half zipped and it landed inside.
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October 11th, 2010, 06:18 PM | #20 | |
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October 11th, 2010, 07:20 PM | #21 |
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The big blue bug, he guards Rte95 in RI
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October 11th, 2010, 08:02 PM | #22 |
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Dunno if this counts....maybe I should just keep to myself.Ah what the hell its only pride...
I grew up on a farm. I had an ATC70 three wheeler for a first bike. My dad had chicken houses that we raised broilers in, we also had yard game chickens that he raised for eggs and to sell. Everynight before they roosted he would go down and feed them at the rear of our property. One night he drove down pretty late. The chickens had already gone to roost. He was in front of me driving his truck. I passed him in the field and got in front of him on my three wheeler. Rounding the corner the chickens started flying down out of the trees to eat. Craziest thing I ever saw... probably over 75 chickens all flying out of the trees AT ME ALL AT THE SAME TIME! No helmet of course.... one hen flew right into my head/face and knocked me off my lil red honda. I guess I was around 7 or so... UNFORGETTABLE...
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October 11th, 2010, 08:15 PM | #23 |
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i remember those little ATC70 - big balloon tires, no suspension, pull start?
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October 11th, 2010, 11:05 PM | #24 |
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Off-roading, I would often smack into Golden silk spiders (also called Golden silk orb-weavers and Banana spiders). These things are gigantic with their bodies about 2-3X the size of a cigarette butt.
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October 11th, 2010, 11:09 PM | #25 |
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My brother in law got smacked in the face by a bat. It left a nice swelling.
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October 11th, 2010, 11:09 PM | #26 |
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Got a wasp jammed in a forehead vent. It was still alive when I pried it out 30 miles later. Tough son 'beech.
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October 12th, 2010, 10:43 AM | #28 |
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I smoked a butterfly once. Sadly it totally exploded on my shoulder... looked like I got hit by a yellow paintball. Poor little guy
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October 12th, 2010, 11:03 AM | #29 |
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I wonder if these bugs have internet forums where they discuss how another fellow bug got splattered due to bikers. lol
yes, i have a weird imagination
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October 12th, 2010, 11:17 AM | #30 |
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^^^ haha that is funny. maybe they have polls on what kind of bike would you most like to fly into
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LOL! Well, maybe not in THIS dimension. Maybe they have their own kind of computers. Hell, maybe when our computers "get a bug", it's a bug's way of surfing the net.
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October 13th, 2010, 08:12 AM | #34 |
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do bug's computers get humans?
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October 13th, 2010, 08:40 AM | #35 |
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