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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:54 pm
by Seetrout
My best friend was riding his XT225 down the road and had a yellow jacket wedge in between his cheekbone and helmet and start stinging away.
Yet another reason to wear a fullface.
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:04 pm
by -Holiday
i was riding two up with my gf at the time once and my face shield was closed. Then, a big wasp slowly trots its way across the INSIDE of my faceshield of my fullface, an inch from my eyes.
I slowly pulled over, told her to get off, put the kickstand down without moving my head, then ripped my helmet off and started flailing around like MC Hammer on crack (humpty).
I didnt get stung luckily. My gf had no idea what I was doing.
I found the bug an hour later at my destination, wedged between my sheild and the helmet near the part where it pivots. It was dead.
Serves him right.
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:06 pm
by VermilionX
-Holiday wrote:i was riding two up with my gf at the time once and my face shield was closed. Then, a big wasp slowly trots its way across the INSIDE of my faceshield of my fullface, an inch from my eyes.
I slowly pulled over, told her to get off, put the kickstand down without moving my head, then ripped my helmet off and started flailing around like MC Hammer on crack (humpty).
I didnt get stung luckily. My gf had no idea what I was doing.
I found the bug an hour later at my destination, wedged between my sheild and the helmet near the part where it pivots. It was dead.
Serves him right.
DAMN!
that's scary!
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:52 am
by rodzbike
Wasp in the helmet...that could get ugly in a hurry!
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:38 am
by SuperRookie
rodzbike wrote:Wasp in the helmet...that could get ugly in a hurry!
+1 F*** I don't even want to imagine that happening to me...
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:14 am
by KarateChick
The little ones that get into the visor are bad enough, I can't imagine a wasp! Then there's the really good aim ones that SPLAT right in front of your eye spreading enough to block your vision at least one the one side. Maybe we should open up and just start eating em all...
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:23 am
by dieziege
It could be worse....
A bunch of honey bees could mistake you for a great big flower and start crawling around looking for your sweet sweet nectar. That was about two weeks ago...
Yellow helmet... and a yellow jacket... and a yellow bike... I'm at a railroad crossing with a freight train crossing the road so I couldn't really leave... and honey bees start flying up. Honey bees really really like yellow... Not just one, but one, two, three, four... I lost track when they started crawling on my neck and trying to get under the chin bar and into my jacket.
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:45 am
by MattL
Now I'm all scared to ride now because of those bee horror stories... You crazy people you...
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:16 pm
by fireguzzi
KarateChick wrote: Maybe we should open up and just start eating em all...
The people in Florida would be full before they got home for dinner.