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Post by americanpsycho on Jun 12, 2013 0:44:37 GMT -5
You have to have your safety gear. On the patio that would be an awning, sunshade, umbrella or hat. Hopefully you averted the real catastrophy and your beer survived the assault. I don't drink  |
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Post by rockynv on Jun 12, 2013 3:31:32 GMT -5
You have to have your safety gear. On the patio that would be an awning, sunshade, umbrella or hat. Hopefully you averted the real catastrophy and your beer survived the assault. I don't drink Then Iced Tea, Sprite, Desani, etc (insert bevereage of choice). |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2013 9:01:06 GMT -5
Mine wears a helmet to bed  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jun 12, 2013 9:24:21 GMT -5
You never know just WHAT you'll "run into" on a bike... HeHeHe...Late one summer evening, back in the day, I was in the middle of nowhere tooling along on my Harley chopper. All was good with the world, and I was relaxed, happy and in the wind, doing about  and quite pleased with my creation. Then, suddenly... WHAM!!!Something smacked me in the face so hard I almost went off my ride backwards. I was only semi-conscious and floundering trying to come to a safe stop. I wobbled into a truck-stop and staggered inside, my appearance being much to the horror of even the burly truckers. I made my way to the mens room and in the mirror I saw my teenage face covered with blood and looking very "shredded". Yup, covered with blood... and... FEATHERS. Hmmmm... FEATHERS? Shaking off my groggy concussion-induced stupor, I realized I had nailed a sparrow dead-center in my forehead at near the century-mark. I washed off the residue, blood, guts, teensy bones and feathers and exited the back door. I fired up "Old Blue" and rode home at a modest speed, thanking the good Lord that the sparrow wasn't a buzzard... LOL! Or, a brick.I had a headache (and a PURPLE face) for a week...Ride safe, Leo (never drinking downstream from the herd, OR looking straight up at a bird...) in Texas
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Post by americanpsycho on Jun 12, 2013 10:03:55 GMT -5
I've swallowed quite a few large insects when I had a Tomos Sprint. Also had a couple of insects get caught in my nose.
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Post by domindart on Jun 12, 2013 11:17:14 GMT -5
Good story, Leo I've never hit anything so far. Let's keep it that way (knock on wood) |
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Post by sailracer on Jun 12, 2013 11:38:32 GMT -5
Up here in R.I. you have to watch for the Gulls! I think they have bombsights on board. They can get you even at 40 MPH!
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Post by rockynv on Jun 13, 2013 4:28:38 GMT -5
The love bugs here in Florida will make you want to toss all your gear in the trash if the swarm you. Another reason to wear a full face helmet and all the gear. Insects as large as love bugs feel like buckshot or gravel at speeds over 45 when they hit a shirt sleeve and even worse on bare flesh. Imagine riding through a swarm of them large enough that it takes an hour to get though at 60 mph.
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Post by domindart on Jun 13, 2013 4:42:42 GMT -5
Another reason I like living in Atl, GA. NEver had bug problems here much Just the other day (something non-scooter related) I had a little bug the size of a lightning bug, fly onto my ear while laying in bed. Attempting to swat it away I guess I was being lazy , I pushed the insect INTO my ear. lol I can laugh now. It went deep into the ear and I couldnt get it out for nothin'! Hurt too. Called Dad, a doctor, who came over later and poured water into ear. The little ear wick (as dad calls them) crawled back out soon after. I was quit relieved. Never had something like that happen....   |
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Post by dragonsparks on Jun 13, 2013 4:44:02 GMT -5
The love bugs here in Florida will make you want to toss all your gear in the trash if the swarm you. Another reason to wear a full face helmet and all the gear. Insects as large as love bugs feel like buckshot or gravel at speeds over 45 when they hit a shirt sleeve and even worse on bare flesh. Imagine riding through a swarm of them large enough that it takes an hour to get though at 60 mph. Wow Really hope you have windshield wiper & washer fluid accessory on helmet. Sounds dangerous. Dave |
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Post by domindart on Jun 13, 2013 4:45:51 GMT -5
The love bugs here in Florida will make you want to toss all your gear in the trash if the swarm you. Another reason to wear a full face helmet and all the gear. Insects as large as love bugs feel like buckshot or gravel at speeds over 45 when they hit a shirt sleeve and even worse on bare flesh. Imagine riding through a swarm of them large enough that it takes an hour to get though at 60 mph. Wow Really hope you have windshield wiper & washer fluid accessory on helmet. Sounds dangerous. Dave  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jun 13, 2013 13:59:35 GMT -5
Good story, Leo I've never hit anything so far. Let's keep it that way (knock on wood) I once had a mid-seventies encounter between my Electra-Glide and a Kamikaze skunk... Sunny day, eight-lane freeway, 80 mph cruising, crazy, squirrely skunk covering all 8 lanes, matching my every move as I tried to MISS him... Wheels locked... broadside-slide left and right... skunk matching every move like a marshal-arts expert. The skunk, in true Kamikaze tradition, was DETERMINED to meet his dear departed ancestors.Harley baggers with mechanical front brakes don't stop very well at highway speeds. The hog was NO match for the ballet-skills of that skunk. I reluctantly BURRIED a nearly-new, hundred-dollar pair of Harley-Davidson riding boots... and the bike had a peculiar aroma until it was stolen in '77. Sometimes, just once in a while, bikes stink... LOL!Ride SAFE, if not FRAGRANT...Leo (avoiding them "woods-pussies" these days, at all cost...) in Texas |
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Post by spandi on Jun 13, 2013 14:11:00 GMT -5
In a non scooter related event. I Took out a ten point buck in a Ford Ranger (who ran ALONGSIDE the truck first!) Flew in the air like a Frisbee, and ended up being propelled from the road and landing in a neighbors front lawn.
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Post by sailracer on Jun 13, 2013 14:23:31 GMT -5
Good story, Leo I've never hit anything so far. Let's keep it that way (knock on wood) I once had a mid-seventies encounter between my Electra-Glide and a Kamikaze skunk... Sunny day, eight-lane freeway, 80 mph cruising, crazy, squirrely skunk covering all 8 lanes, matching my every move as I tried to MISS him... Wheels locked... broadside-slide left and right... skunk matching every move like a marshal-arts expert. The skunk, in true Kamikaze tradition, was DETERMINED to meet his dear departed ancestors.Harley baggers with mechanical front brakes don't stop very well at highway speeds. The hog was NO match for the ballet-skills of that skunk. I reluctantly BURRIED a nearly-new, hundred-dollar pair of Harley-Davidson riding boots... and the bike had a peculiar aroma until it was stolen in '77. Sometimes, just once in a while, bikes stink... LOL!Ride SAFE, if not FRAGRANT...Leo (avoiding them "woods-pussies" these days, at all cost...) in Texas I once had a similar experience with a squirrel.Amazing how these little creatures can move like ninjas! Here, there,everywhere you go like lightning! |
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Post by ramblinman on Jun 13, 2013 14:40:56 GMT -5
i was walking on the sidewalk in newport, ky when a bird crapped on my head. i looked up and i swear it was perched on a wire with a huge smile laughing at me. friggin birds entertaining themselves with target practice on your head. D8
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and quite pleased with my creation. Then, suddenly... WHAM!!!
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