What strange items have you been pelted by while riding - Page 3

Guzzi · 06-24-2018, 06:39 PM

Mark Moore (RIP) posted on Kawasaki Delphi forums about riding up to Utah and suddenly feeling the worst groin pain he had ever felt. Said he could barely keep the bike up.
He pulled over and found a stinger where no man ever wants to be stung.

markc9503 · 06-30-2018, 04:15 PM

I had to swerve to miss a freakishly large sugar beet. It was bouncing off a truck and down the road toward me and it looked to be the size of a human head.

**Rookie13** · 06-30-2018, 08:03 PM

Mayflies...thick unavoidable cloud of mayflies. Wife was on her bike behind me with no windshield at the time. Thought I was going to have to pressure wash our helmets and chaps after we got home.

mbarr10 · 07-01-2018, 09:26 AM

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Mayflies...thick unavoidable cloud of mayflies. Wife was on her bike behind me with no windshield at the time. Thought I was going to have to pressure wash our helmets and chaps after we got home.

OH YAH, the roads get slick, too. Never hit them on the bike but up at Lake Milacs I have hit them in the truck. Hard to Imagine on a bike. WOW.

**VARider07** · 07-01-2018, 09:54 AM

June Bugs, locusts...thwack, tink, thump. Rocks off knuckles. Was riding first bike as a kid, bumblebee into shirt body. Have eaten a few bugs too...swaller hard.

**smokier** · 07-04-2018, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by VARider07

June Bugs, locusts...thwack, tink, thump. Rocks off knuckles. Was riding first bike as a kid, bumblebee into shirt body. Have eaten a few bugs too...swaller hard.

Have heard and said, a real biker knows the bugs they hit by the taste!

I said that alot before I got behind a windshield and eventually a fairing. Ahh, youth...

Ride safe,
Smokier

lakersfan4lyfe · 07-04-2018, 08:53 AM

Went through a swarm of butterflies in California ..... they hurt and are messy as heck when they splatter.... I had yellow goop all over the bike and myself

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colonel · 07-04-2018, 11:05 PM

Two 10 year old kids, standing at the side of the road waving - nice. Then the little buggers threw handfuls of rocks at me, the bike and my wife on the back and took off. Emergency stop! Both of us chased them into a holiday trailer park and found them hiding in the washroom. Called the cops who attended and found the father. He looked upset so I left the kids in his care and did not lay charges. Few scratches but held her it up so no harm to the two of us. Kids didn't realise how fast a Vulcan can do cross country when the owner is mad!

mike07nad · 07-05-2018, 10:36 AM

Probably the strangest thing - Hit a bee of some sort that ended up between my prescription glasses and sun glasses. 70 MPH Interstate, heavy truck traffic. This thing started walking around on my glasses. (Note - I only have sight in one eye and this bee was walking around on my eye!!!!) I do the only American thing I can think of Rip off my glasses and Sunglasses with my left hand and shooo the bee away. Figured I could maintain speed with my right hand Right. Now glasses in left hand, not much chance of putting them back on, How am I gonna pull the clutch in to ease off the road? (wife asking my over "intercom what's going on up there" "Beeeeeeee") Oh remember the bee - Well I see it crawling up from my crotch area - Saw an acceptable berm and pulled clutch in enough with 2 pair of glasses in hand to get stopped - Exited bike rather quickly. No Sting.. Then there was the time I had a bee go right up my pant leg and sting me on the inside of my upper leg. Pulled off into a drive way and down came the pants to remove that thing from my pants. I did get him and stompped him - "Wife on intercom - "Where's my Camera!!!" I don't like bee's!

Peg · 07-05-2018, 06:20 PM

I was following a friend once... quite some time ago - he had a 500 Titan, I was on my GT380.

Coming into a small town, he suddenly heads for the verge, dumps the bike on it's side, and starts tearing his clothes off... Gloves, ex-army greatcoat, scarf, sweater, all the while jumping around & swearing.

He'd had a yellow-jacket go up his sleeve, & start off stinging him in his armpit & down his chest.

I recall I was about as sympathetic as most teenagers would be... thought it was hilarious.

06-24-2018, 06:39 PM	#31
Guzzi Jr. Member Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 13	Mark Moore (RIP) posted on Kawasaki Delphi forums about riding up to Utah and suddenly feeling the worst groin pain he had ever felt. Said he could barely keep the bike up. He pulled over and found a stinger where no man ever wants to be stung. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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06-30-2018, 04:15 PM	#32
markc9503 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 65	I had to swerve to miss a freakishly large sugar beet. It was bouncing off a truck and down the road toward me and it looked to be the size of a human head. __________________ VROC 4018 VBA 02454 Physics & Astronomy Teacher Boulder High School Boulder, Colorado Mysteriously, wonderfully, I bid farewell to what goes, I greet what comes; for what comes cannot be denied, and what goes cannot be detained. --Master Chuang--
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06-30-2018, 08:03 PM	#33
Rookie13 Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Rochester, Minnesota Posts: 179	Mayflies...thick unavoidable cloud of mayflies. Wife was on her bike behind me with no windshield at the time. Thought I was going to have to pressure wash our helmets and chaps after we got home. __________________ A nation of sheep will soon have a government of wolves- Edward R. Marrow
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07-01-2018, 09:54 AM	#35
VARider07 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 156	June Bugs, locusts...thwack, tink, thump. Rocks off knuckles. Was riding first bike as a kid, bumblebee into shirt body. Have eaten a few bugs too...swaller hard. __________________ VARider07 07 Nomad 1600 Ultimate Seat Harley Bagger Muffs Christian Motorcycle Rider Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-05-2018, 06:20 PM	#40
Peg Sr. Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: West Coast, North Island, New Zealand Posts: 1,375	I was following a friend once... quite some time ago - he had a 500 Titan, I was on my GT380. Coming into a small town, he suddenly heads for the verge, dumps the bike on it's side, and starts tearing his clothes off... Gloves, ex-army greatcoat, scarf, sweater, all the while jumping around & swearing. He'd had a yellow-jacket go up his sleeve, & start off stinging him in his armpit & down his chest. I recall I was about as sympathetic as most teenagers would be... thought it was hilarious. __________________ Nothing screams poor workmanship like wrinkles in the duct tape '02 1500 blonde Nomad (Sold) '97 800 burgundy Classic (Sold)
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07-04-2018, 08:53 AM	#37
lakersfan4lyfe Jr. Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 5	Went through a swarm of butterflies in California ..... they hurt and are messy as heck when they splatter.... I had yellow goop all over the bike and myself Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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07-04-2018, 11:05 PM	#38
colonel Jr. Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 29	Two 10 year old kids, standing at the side of the road waving - nice. Then the little buggers threw handfuls of rocks at me, the bike and my wife on the back and took off. Emergency stop! Both of us chased them into a holiday trailer park and found them hiding in the washroom. Called the cops who attended and found the father. He looked upset so I left the kids in his care and did not lay charges. Few scratches but held her it up so no harm to the two of us. Kids didn't realise how fast a Vulcan can do cross country when the owner is mad!
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07-05-2018, 10:36 AM	#39
mike07nad Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Palmyra, Pa - Near Hershey Posts: 426	Probably the strangest thing - Hit a bee of some sort that ended up between my prescription glasses and sun glasses. 70 MPH Interstate, heavy truck traffic. This thing started walking around on my glasses. (Note - I only have sight in one eye and this bee was walking around on my eye!!!!) I do the only American thing I can think of Rip off my glasses and Sunglasses with my left hand and shooo the bee away. Figured I could maintain speed with my right hand Right. Now glasses in left hand, not much chance of putting them back on, How am I gonna pull the clutch in to ease off the road? (wife asking my over "intercom what's going on up there" "Beeeeeeee") Oh remember the bee - Well I see it crawling up from my crotch area - Saw an acceptable berm and pulled clutch in enough with 2 pair of glasses in hand to get stopped - Exited bike rather quickly. No Sting.. Then there was the time I had a bee go right up my pant leg and sting me on the inside of my upper leg. Pulled off into a drive way and down came the pants to remove that thing from my pants. I did get him and stompped him - "Wife on intercom - "Where's my Camera!!!" I don't like bee's!
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