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Has this or similar happened to you ???

Post by kaneg »

I had an absolute ball at EC on the 25th of Oct.
The day was good ( GLORIOUS,I shouls say :lol: )
I was showed into the red group as that was the only available.
Firts session, second lap. I'm setting up to tip it in turn 9 and something starts to crawl accross my visor.......
A bloody BEE, right front of my eyes, it's soo massivelly magnified , since it's closer to your eyes that normal and it wen't right accross the inside of my visor.
Had to get back into the pit to get rid of it. After that it was a good day, followed a guy around on a 600, and he inspired me to gas it up earlier than I'm used to out of the turns, so it was a good learning day.

Have you had an animal (not person) in your helmet ???
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Post by nescius »

I went through a swarm of bees once, none got into my helmet (or anywhere else) but my mate following me copped 3 or 4 stings, turns out he's pretty allergic to bee stings and the poor bloke started to swell up pretty badly. I've also had some flies find their way into my helmet a few times, including one that somehow managed to get into my ear, that was pretty irritating... but so far nothing nasty inside the helmet, and i hope to keep it that way!
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Post by JetPilot »

I've had bees to Pete and ants.
DONT leave ya helmet, or someone elses, on the ground as ants tend to make a home in it....Hey Rach. :( :roll: ;) :lol:
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Post by Richo »

Ive had the occasional fly and bug inside the helmet at times. .. :roll:

but did have a mate that picked up his helmet from the garage floor, tinted visor up ... popped that on and went up the road.... only to find that when he flipped it down when hitting the main road, there was a big arse huntsman parked on the INSIDE of the visor ... :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by MrStompy »

i once got a cigarette butt to the face from some knob in a car throwing one out the window.
i had the visor up at just the wrong time i guess
ever since nothing shits me more than people smoking in cars and ashing out the window.
So much so that i have often pulled up along side them at the lights and "politely" explained to them that they shouldnt do it
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Post by SoundGuy »

Yeah, i've had all sorts of bugs :roll:

Look at it this way Pete, at least it happened to you while your on a track and not on the Road, where it could of been much worst. 8)
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Had a spider crawl out of my helmet on my licence test...
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Post by Tinman »

I had it a few times... once I had my visor open and wack farken bug inda eye eyes started stinging and shit :shock: :shock:

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Post by Ratmick »

Had a beetle fly into my Shoei, somehow made it through the top vent at 110km/h alive and started crawling around in my hair. That was a bit freaky, but managed to put up with it until I got home and then let the little fella out.

I ride with the visor cracked open during hot weather, I get flies in there all the time. Normally just open the helmet up and turn my head sideways and they're gone (I'm normally wearing sunnies so they don't make it into my eyes).

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Post by Wattie »

one of the 1st times i had Michelle on the back of the Z, just left the PITS heading down the hill.

i flipped my visor and started shaking my head and wobbling all over the road. :lol:

my mrs thought we were going to hit the wall :lol:

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Post by corvus2606 »

I copped something with my visor open, right in the middle of the right lense of my glasses, dunno what it was, but it ended up green, and all over my face.
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Post by Smitty »

I unfortunately got stung by a bee on a KSRC ride thru the Spurs outside Melbourne
I guess it had hit the chinguard on the helmet and then went down into the collar on the jacket
and ouch :shock: it hurt (and lucky I am not allergic like some)

my missus was not impressed by the lump on the side of my neck :twisted:


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Post by Stereo »

Some bozo threw a ciggy out of his window when I was right behind him.... ended up burning my cheek (had my visor up), it stung like a bee though... does that count?
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Post by ZX-10R_04 »

one time i was going up this road & a bee got around the collar part of my jacket & stung me on the side of the neck .. then the next day on the same road in the same spot another one done the same on the same side of the neck :o geez being a tasmanian you would of thought it was my other head growing off the side with the swelling :lol: :lol:
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Post by Rossi »

One day at band camp ...............

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