That is all.
That is all.
I hate it when that happens.
I had one fly right in my mouth once, while riding down the highway at 60mph. Stung me right on the tongue. 
I caught one in my hip on my bicycle. Spandex cycling shorts do little to stop a singer. :(
racinginc215 wrote: Not as much as a sparrow in the chest at 65.
Oof. Hope the beak didn't punch a hole in you.
wait'll you get one down your butt crack.
I've just had one sting my neck while riding a motorcycle. I'm sure the frantic stripping of clothes of some kid in the middle of a field was hilarious to onlookers. Kinda like the sight of somebody walking through a spider web and freaking out.
The funny thing is I've never found the bee afterward, just basically hits it and quits it. I had two stings in a month, one driving in the car and once on the buell and neither time I ever found the bee except for the stinger.
How about when they fly up your pant leg, think, hold on a min, this isn't right, turn around and fly back down... into your boot, at which point they freak out and start stinging?
benzbaron wrote: The funny thing is I've never found the bee afterward, just basically hits it and quits it. I had two stings in a month, one driving in the car and once on the buell and neither time I ever found the bee except for the stinger.
I thought I'd shaken it out after pulling off to the side of the road. Then I got to work this morning and found the wasp was hiding inside my shirt collar, rather dazed.
Wait until you're riding with a couple of gerbils running around inside your clothes. Now that is interesting!
My mother tells a story about a bat flying up her grandma's dress. She put on quite a dance while pulling off her dress in the front yard.
Going on ramp from 480 W to 71S near Cleveland airport, 70 mph on my 83 Shadow, bee lands on my face shield, walks across face shield, I watch in crosseyed horor as bee finds thumb detent on shield, walks right inside shield, about this time I'm heavy on the brakes, stop and rip off my helmet and dont get stung or run over!
I got a june bug in the face a few weeks ago at highways speed. It prompted me to buy a helmet with a shield. I had a bee fly up my shorts one time when I was driving. That sting caught me by surprise 
Rowin' through the gears of the RD on a twisty country road, dog runs out into the side of front wheel then kathunk goes under the rear wheel. Killed the dog. Dog hair and skin stuck in the front axle lock nut and seared on the exhaust. Just lucky that day I guess.
Had a bumble bee down the back of my jacket once while riding a back country road. Tried to get the bee out, maintain control of the motorcycle while trying to keep up with dad on another motorcycle and signal him we need to stop all at the same time. I was wearing a tank top under a nylon jacket that puffed up in the wind and caught the bumble bee. Exciting moment. Not!
fasted58 wrote: Rowin' through the gears of the RD on a twisty country road, dog runs out into the side of front wheel then kathunk goes under the rear wheel. Killed the dog. Dog hair and skin stuck in the front axle lock nut and seared on the exhaust. Just lucky that day I guess.
Riding home from work a few years ago at midnight, the rain was so heavy, I could barely see where I was going. That was secondary to the fact that I was riding a 250 dual sport at highway speeds, on knobbys in heavy traffic. How could it get better? Going up a 100 foot hill, trying to see where I was going, and stay vertical, I nailed a skunk about as square as could be.
I had a June bug hit me square in the chest at ~65 MPH. The weird thing was I saw it coming from a ways off. It nearly drove me off the back of the bike (Seca 750) and left a bruise about 2" on my sternum. I can't imagine getting hit by a sparrow!
I also ran into a garden spider once, that was on a dirt bike in the Manchester State Forest down here. I ran through a web that I didn't see, looked down and there was this HUGE spider on my chest protector. My brother was behind me, he said I just BAILED at about 25 MPH and started running in circles screaming the whole time. 
Bees and wasps are a fact of off road riding. In the enduro world it wasn't unusual to have an announcement at the rider's meeting: 'At mile so and so, watch for bees.'
pilotbraden wrote: My mother tells a story about a bat flying up her grandma's dress. She put on quite a dance while pulling off her dress in the front yard.
It's a shame you don't have that on video.
Curmudgeon wrote: I had a June bug hit me square in the chest at ~65 MPH........ It nearly drove me off the back of the bike (Seca 750) and left a bruise about 2" on my sternum.....
Ditto. It felt like a bullet. That's why I'll never own a bike again without at least a windshield.
1988RedT2 wrote:pilotbraden wrote: My mother tells a story about a bat flying up her grandma's dress. She put on quite a dance while pulling off her dress in the front yard.It's a shame you don't have that on video.
I agree. It happened in the mid fifties when my mom was about 10 years old. Not too many cameras with low light capability were owned by my family back then.
minimac wrote:Curmudgeon wrote: I had a June bug hit me square in the chest at ~65 MPH........ It nearly drove me off the back of the bike (Seca 750) and left a bruise about 2" on my sternum.....Ditto. It felt like a bullet. That's why I'll never own a bike again without at least a windshield.
Caught one in that little pocket at the base of the throat/neck at 40-45.
Cough-hack-dry heave-watery eyes, barely got the bike stopped at the side of the road (rural two lane). And spent twenty minutes doing the cough-hack-dry heave-watery eyes.
Full-face helmets and zipped-up leather or mesh jacket minimum for me. I was very glad for zero traffic.
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