nyc zx-14
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posted August 26, 2008 08:00 PM
150mph... then BUGS!!!!
Wondering if anyone else may have an amusing and/or gross story about being hit by anything while riding. My story began on a long stretch of road along Long Island's south shore. I was zipping along at around 80 mph (slow for this particular road) when I blipped the throttle a bit to clear out the cob webs. Upon hitting the 150 mark a swarm of insects simultaneously thought it was the perfect time for a road trip and took off from the grass alongside the road and proceeded to cross just a VERY short distance in front of me. I swear they came out of nowhere!
The result was quite painful on my part, and downright deadly for a few hundred bugs. It felt like I was being sprayed with a bb gun. Pulling to the side of the road I found I was WET with bug juice! The hits were so dense that the liquified bugs actualy penetrated the vents on my Shoei helmet and wet my face a bit! Fighting off the urge to vomit I did my best to clean up, turned around and headed home. Arriving home thirty minutes later, my upper shirt was crusty and stiff with dried bug varnish. Took me damn near two hours to clean up the bike too.
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smokinzx14
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posted August 26, 2008 08:06 PM
Been there done that ...lol....  funny story ...loved the vomit part 
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countersteer
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posted August 26, 2008 08:11 PM
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a long stretch of road along Long Island's south shore.
where were ya on the island? gotta be careful when you come out east, lots of deer and other critters at night!
ive had my share of mishaps, one time i hit a rabbit - the front tire cut it in two.
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nyc zx-14
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posted August 26, 2008 08:14 PM
Ocean Parkway going out towards Robert Moses
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posted August 26, 2008 08:58 PM
One time a looonnnng time ago I running along the north shore of lake Eire in southern Ontario just before dark. Came over a slight rise, down into a depression and almost went down from the number of frogs I ran over. For about 100' the road was covered with frogs migrating from one pond to another. Did not even see them until I was on top of them. Makes for a real greasy road.
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sweetfa65
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posted August 27, 2008 12:36 AM
Not on a bike, nor me, but I once heard a story that a trucker arriving in an Alice Springs truck stop (middle of no-where Australia) in the dead of night with eyes lit up the size of dinner plates ranting about a giant 10 foot tall kangaroo that he'd hit on the way in (obviously taking something to stay awake?). Several other truckers wanting to verify his "tall" tale went outside to inspect his truck, and sure enough it was covered from bumber to windscreen in blood and fur. His story seemed to be true until another trucker arrived saying "ok!, so who's the idiot that collected the camel on the way in?"
Was funny at the time !!!
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bawls
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posted August 27, 2008 04:53 AM
back in the early 80's, my dad one of the huge hornets that catch cicada's (you know the big brown and yellow ones that sound like a twin prop airplane when they fly by). Anyway, he was on his 1000L model running about 130 when it hit him right in the center of the chest. He said that the hit alone almost knocked him off of his bike, but when it hit it stung him as well. He barely made it home because he had an alergic reaction to it. There's something to think about for those of you who are allergic to bees.
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xtro
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posted August 27, 2008 05:10 AM
got to many to tell . lets start a short one ..
warning to those like me in sandles ...nice sunny warm ride .. doing hyw cruising al happy as can "bee", and then splat !!! or should I say squish !. right between the big toe and next one and all above and ender the foot was the biggest wettest damn thing I ever hit .. was so wet I needed to stick out my foot to dry it off .. but was scared another might hit it ... really sucked for a few mins till it dried .. ntohing left by the time I got to where I was going ..
much less pannicky than the time a wasp got caught in me cheek.. could feel it squirming to get a good sting in .. can you say panick helmut removal on the highwy ??
good times eh ? I hate the armour plated ones in the nose too
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butterthegreat
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posted August 27, 2008 05:57 AM
When I first got my 600rr 2 years ago....I was riding in the middle of october just minding my own business and this june bug (the ping pong ball size hard shelled flying bugs) hit 2 inches from the center of my face shield and shattered it. I was going about 65 mph....scared the shit outta me. Good thing home was only 6 miles away and I had a spare shield.....riding with the wind in your eyes @ 60 sucks!
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posted August 27, 2008 09:31 AM
one time i was riding my 57 triumph t-110 n hit a crow that was flying low crossing the road,,,it knocked the wind out of me,,i pulled to the side of the road layed the bike down at a stop,,n layed there n tryed to catch my breathe
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Ninja_Knight
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posted August 27, 2008 09:36 AM
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When I first got my 600rr 2 years ago....I was riding in the middle of october just minding my own business and this june bug (the ping pong ball size hard shelled flying bugs) hit 2 inches from the center of my face shield and shattered it. I was going about 65 mph....scared the shit outta me. Good thing home was only 6 miles away and I had a spare shield.....riding with the wind in your eyes @ 60 sucks!
Thank God for face shields!!!!
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posted August 27, 2008 09:43 AM
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When I first got my 600rr 2 years ago....I was riding in the middle of october just minding my own business and this june bug (the ping pong ball size hard shelled flying bugs) hit 2 inches from the center of my face shield and shattered it. I was going about 65 mph....scared the shit outta me. Good thing home was only 6 miles away and I had a spare shield.....riding with the wind in your eyes @ 60 sucks!
Thank God for face shields!!!!
For real....I dunno how those cruiser guys do it.
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bawls
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posted August 27, 2008 09:56 AM
If they ever crash, they'll never do it again lol
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posted August 27, 2008 10:02 AM
OK here's my novice short story; I use to ride with my visor full tilt open. But this beautiful summer day I was crusing at about 50mph and bee flew into my helmet and was walking along my forehead. Worried that I might get stung still riding at 40mph, I choose to dip to the side of the road and swat the bee away looking like a crazy idiot!.I have Never ride with my visor fully open(the visor's first notch) again
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Ninja_Knight
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posted August 27, 2008 10:03 AM
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If they ever crash, they'll never do it again lol
Sure they will. I speak to cruiser guys all the time with horror stories. One guy at bike night said a rock kicked up from a car in front of him and hit him in the face, just barely missing his eye. He said it was a miracle he kept control of his bike yet he was there without a helmet.... not even a beanie.
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posted August 27, 2008 10:30 AM
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If they ever crash, they'll never do it again lol
Sure they will. I speak to cruiser guys all the time with horror stories. One guy at bike night said a rock kicked up from a car in front of him and hit him in the face, just barely missing his eye. He said it was a miracle he kept control of his bike yet he was there without a helmet.... not even a beanie.
Natural selection will eventually take it's place.
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07zx14blk
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posted August 27, 2008 10:37 AM
 Edited By: 07zx14blk on 27 Aug 2008 13:09
I have twice got pised off wasps inside my visor. On one instance on a road that runs beside the Rideau River in Southern Ontario I had my shield half up and a June bug hit me right in the nose and exploded sending blood and shit into both my eyes (it hit me so hard I thought my nose was broken and had two black eyes for days after).
But the best story (and the worst story), is when about 15 years ago I was driving my bike in Southern Quebec along this rural two-lane highway I came up behind two slow moving transport trucks. The road conditions were the shit and I could not get a good look past them so I drove up nice and close to get ready for a quick pass. It was about that time that I started to smell manure (not uncommon in the country and I figured a local farmers field had just been sprayed). Regardless I continued to follow them for about 5-10Km getting more annoyed that I could not get passed all the time, during that time I was continusely getting pelted with rain / water off the back of the truck I was following (making me even more annoyed).
Finally When the road straitened out an I had a chance to pass the first truck I got on the gas and when I came up beside the truck I realized that it was a semi open sided (Steel Grill) cattle hauler… I quickly realized that it was not water that had been pelting me for the last 5 minutes, I then lost it and rather recklessly passed the second transport as well.
Within 3 min after having passed the second transport I was tagged by a QPP officer (I assume that this was a good spot to set up a radar trap because it was the only place for miles on Hwy 50 that you could pass someone). Only having the ability to speak English and with Ontario Plates I new I was screwed… this was further confirmed by the fact that our conversation started off with (In broken English with a French accent) WHAT THE F%&K WERE YOU THINKING… DO YOU KNOW YOU WERE DOING OVER 180KM AN HOUR… I then started to explain what had happened with the transport truck’s (that soon passed by, helping to confirm my story, along with the fact that I was all wet on a relatively clear day and starting to stink).
To make a long story short he gave me a load of Kleenexes let me off with a warning, and gave me directions to a gas station with a washroom, and I never caught back up with the transport trucks. To this day I cringe every time I am even momentarily stuck behind a transport truck… and even though in the back of my head I think of the cops in Quebec as all shit heads I think of the time this traffic cop with his big score of the week was laughing to hard to give this stupid Anglo a ticket.
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Ninja_Knight
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posted August 27, 2008 11:35 AM
OMG! That brought tears to my eyes!
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posted August 27, 2008 11:38 AM
Edited By: ghostman on 27 Aug 2008 12:45
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a long stretch of road along Long Island's south shore.
where were ya on the island? gotta be careful when you come out east, lots of deer and other critters at night!
ive had my share of mishaps, one time i hit a rabbit - the front tire cut it in two.
Ditto on the rabbit. But of course, at the time it looked as big as a deer!!! 
Had too many experiences with June bugs too!
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butta4hc
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posted August 27, 2008 10:22 PM
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my upper shirt was crusty and stiff with dried bug varnish
You were doing 150 WITHOUT a jacket? Am I reading your story correctly?
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nyc zx-14
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posted August 28, 2008 04:02 AM
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my upper shirt was crusty and stiff with dried bug varnish
You were doing 150 WITHOUT a jacket? Am I reading your story correctly?
T-Shirt, Jeans, MC boots, Shoei Helmet. I USUALLY wear my jacket but then again I don't think going down on a public road (not a race track) at 150+mph would be good with or without a jacket.
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ghostman
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posted August 28, 2008 04:14 AM
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my upper shirt was crusty and stiff with dried bug varnish
You were doing 150 WITHOUT a jacket? Am I reading your story correctly?
T-Shirt, Jeans, MC boots, Shoei Helmet. I USUALLY wear my jacket but then again I don't think going down on a public road (not a race track) at 150+mph would be good with or without a jacket.
Seen too many cases that state otherwise. All it takes is one time without it.
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posted August 28, 2008 08:25 PM
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my upper shirt was crusty and stiff with dried bug varnish
You were doing 150 WITHOUT a jacket? Am I reading your story correctly?
T-Shirt, Jeans, MC boots, Shoei Helmet. I USUALLY wear my jacket but then again I don't think going down on a public road (not a race track) at 150+mph would be good with or without a jacket.
If that is the case you're an immature rider and shouldn't even been posting your story. There are a lot of young14 riders that read this site that might want to copy you. If you were to get caught or crash or kill someone you would give us every sportbike rider in this country a bad name--
If you want excitement, join the Army and go overseas.
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nyc zx-14
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posted August 29, 2008 04:44 AM
Edited By: nyc zx-14 on 29 Aug 2008 05:48
Immature rider??? I'm 42 years old and have been riding since I was 17. I did not mean to say that riding WITHOUT a jacket is/was a good idea, it was just a CHOICE I made. Somtimes I ride with leathers, sometimes without. Crashing without leathers isn't going to hurt anyone else but me. If my dying gives others a bad name, I apologize.
But for the benefit of those younger, impressionable squids on here who need advice:
LEATHERS CAN AND DO SAVE LIVES. WEAR YOURS. IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA.
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ghostman
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posted August 29, 2008 06:12 AM
DAMMIT MAN!!!!!!
NYC, this thread could have gone a full six or seven pages.
But NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Somebody had to . . . . "AGREE" . . . and then . . ."ADMIT THEIR FAULTS" . . . . then on to of that . . . . . ."APOLOGIZE" like a SISSY!!!!!!!
What is this site coming to!?! LOL!!!
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