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« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2011, 06:41:12 AM » |
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One of the days we were riding up at InZane, I had one get me multiple times  First, just riding along, then all of a sudden, it feels like I'm getting pricked just above my belly... Grab the shirt and shake it out, and the lil' bastard starts in on my left side... Swat, scratch, ruffle the shirt, and the damn thing starts in on my back... Pulled over, took the shirt off, and shook it out... Already had welts in all three places... No clue what it was... Black Dog |
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« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2011, 06:52:39 AM » |
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Steve, you were nice and juicy and he liked the taste.
Sorry, I had to say it.
Wife and I were riding one time and all of a sudden she is a bouncing around on the back seat, flipping us from side to side, so I stopped. A bee had gotten in her bra. Can we say ouch........ If memory serves me correctly, he nailed her about 4 times. I wanted to laugh, but I knew if I did I'd be dead meat. Actually, she hasn't ridden more than twice since then.
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2011, 06:57:10 AM » |
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Yowza! That hadda hurt. The things we put up with to ride!: body welts, monkey butt, flying obstacles, helmet hair, sunburn, windburn, and associated wrinkles....   ....and worth every bit of it! |
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RainMaker
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« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2011, 06:58:09 AM » |
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Time to come back home. The air is so hot here the Klingon's can't get enough lift to fly. |
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« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2011, 07:21:24 AM » |
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Heal quickly Pat. If that eye swells to the close position, at least you can ride one sided.
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doubletee
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« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2011, 07:33:29 AM » |
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Steve, you were nice and juicy and he liked the taste.
Sorry, I had to say it.
Wife and I were riding one time and all of a sudden she is a bouncing around on the back seat, flipping us from side to side, so I stopped. A bee had gotten in her bra. Can we say ouch........ If memory serves me correctly, he nailed her about 4 times. I wanted to laugh, but I knew if I did I'd be dead meat. Actually, she hasn't ridden more than twice since then.
Had a very similar situation with my wife. Stopped, she had me look down the back of her shirt, saw nothing. Got back on the bike and less than a mile down the road she starts again about something stinging her back. Stop, look again. Nothing. Then I realized she had two tank tops on. Somehow the little b@stard got in between the two tank tops. Nailed her 5 or 6 times before I finally got him out of there. |
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« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2011, 07:42:51 AM » |
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Been There, Done That! We were in Virginia and I saw the varmit coming right over the windshield and directly into my helmet. It happened so quick there was nothing I could do. Stung me on the inside of my ear. I guess I was allergic to the sting because in less than 10 minutes my head had swollen to the point I could not wear my helmet. We went to the next town where I went to hospital ER and they gave me a shot to reduce the swelling and had me laying there for about four hours. By then the swelling had subsided and they released me and we were on the way again. It was a very painful (and expensive) ordeal, but I did not let it ruin our trip. Anyone who rides a lot has probably experienced a sting at one time or the other....it goes with riding. Ride Safe, Hef
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« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2011, 08:12:32 AM » |
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A danged bee came inside my helmet and got in between my sunglasses and my eyeball... and didn't sting me. He left all his pollen on the inside of my glasses...  -Mike |
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Westernbiker
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« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2011, 08:36:03 AM » |
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I hear that a bee in your shirt at 75MPH doubles your vocabulary! Hey Pat, hope that swelling goes away soon! |
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« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2011, 10:21:28 AM » |
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That sucks like a new Hoover.
We get hives relocating in the rainy season here and if you see a greyish cloud try to hide behind the windshield. I got beeguts all ofer the front of the bike last year but my windshieldless compadre darn near crashed. He was fulla bees.
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« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2011, 11:11:14 AM » |
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Had a very similar situation with my wife. Stopped, she had me look down the back of her shirt, saw nothing. Got back on the bike and less than a mile down the road she starts again about something stinging her back. Stop, look again. Nothing. Then I realized she had two tank tops on. Somehow the little b@stard got in between the two tank tops. Nailed her 5 or 6 times before I finally got him out of there.
If that had happened to my wife, I would have gotten slapped silly. I don't think she would have appreciated me "getting mixed up" and looking down what she would call the wrong side of her shirt at a time like that. |
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csj
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« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2011, 11:13:40 AM » |
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I've had the bee inside the full face helmet before. A bit nasty,
but got through it, couple welts.
Way back when, on my first bike, I had on my first full face, was
rollin down the road, saw a Monarch butterfly some ways in front,
swerved, tried to avoid it, but it decided to implant itself on the
visor, splash. That one musta been on steroids, completely covered
the visor, and somehow glued the visor in the closed position.
Spent 30 min. at a gas station trying to squeegey off the orange
and black.
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doubletee
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« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2011, 01:28:16 PM » |
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Had a very similar situation with my wife. Stopped, she had me look down the back of her shirt, saw nothing. Got back on the bike and less than a mile down the road she starts again about something stinging her back. Stop, look again. Nothing. Then I realized she had two tank tops on. Somehow the little b@stard got in between the two tank tops. Nailed her 5 or 6 times before I finally got him out of there.
If that had happened to my wife, I would have gotten slapped silly. I don't think she would have appreciated me "getting mixed up" and looking down what she would call the wrong side of her shirt at a time like that.  |
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« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2011, 04:30:10 PM » |
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Ridin' with three buds quite a while back. Guy in back got a bee in his helmet and stung a bunch of times. When we stopped at a light he told me what happened and asked me to let the leader know so we could pull over as a group. I told the number two guy who then rolled up and told the point man with a puzzled look. "We need to pull over, Jim has to pee in his helmet."
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Traveler-MI
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« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2011, 04:37:44 PM » |
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... i have learned all green flying things taste bad.
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« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2011, 05:11:59 PM » |
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Awhile ago (my 73 cb 500 was still fairly new) Goin in to work one nite had an open face bell with one of those clear shields with the 5 snaps that hold it to the helmet. The ride to work was about 30 miles and long before i got there the shield was bug encrusted. Took it off and tied it to the sissy bar. A moth about the size of a small bird decided to wrap itself around the right lens of my glasses. As soon as the juice from the now dead moth got into my eye-instant pain and the right eye swelled shut. Found a closed gas station that had left the windshield wash water out and the paper towels. Got enough of the crud off the lens and out of my eye to get to work but the eye stayed swollen closed for about 3 more days. Night riding in the summer be lotsa fun most anywhere. RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2011, 05:55:59 PM » |
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If'n you're alergic, you should ask your Doc about carrying an Epi (spelling???) Pen. You could die from stings. I've had a beard, or at least a Goatee for a long time. Had a Wasp hit me in the beard once, and the hair cushioned his impact so that instead of being dead he was pissed. Stung me about three times before I got him out. Damn near fell off my bike trying to escape from him. Amazing how a grown man can be scared of a little winged creature.  Been There, Done That! We were in Virginia and I saw the varmit coming right over the windshield and directly into my helmet. It happened so quick there was nothing I could do. Stung me on the inside of my ear. I guess I was allergic to the sting because in less than 10 minutes my head had swollen to the point I could not wear my helmet. We went to the next town where I went to hospital ER and they gave me a shot to reduce the swelling and had me laying there for about four hours. By then the swelling had subsided and they released me and we were on the way again. It was a very painful (and expensive) ordeal, but I did not let it ruin our trip. Anyone who rides a lot has probably experienced a sting at one time or the other....it goes with riding. Ride Safe, Hef
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« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2011, 06:43:49 AM » |
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Years ago, ridin my CB750K (w. vetter) up North in MI on I-75, I got a bee inside my 3/4 helmet.
He was not dead, but was pissed, and it's amazing how loud the buzzing is..... he was trying to escape, and the only place available was my ear, and he proceeded to crawl into my ear hole as far as he could get. I think he was trying to sting, but didn't have the clearance for a butt strike.
I was already freaked... then creeped out as I wildly maneuvered to the center median, did a crash brake, jumped off the bike, threw my helmet up in the air, and began swatting my ears and head while dancing around. He departed and I never got stung. But as I watched the heavy traffic fly by with people looking and pointing, I realized most people thought I had got a hold of some bad acid (early '70's).
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Traveler-MI
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« Reply #19 on: August 06, 2011, 07:01:25 AM » |
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I can imagine that. 
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« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2011, 11:07:08 AM » |
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I've got all this beat. At work one day while in the bathroom a red wasp came in through the window. I was reading a mag with valk parts in it. ( Now it related)
After I finished my reading and without knowledge of the wasp being located in the whitey tightys I was wearing in one smooth motion I pulled up my pants and undies, at this time the wasp decided he didn't want to be there and nailed me in the nadds. As I came out of the bathroom and informed my boss of my problem he said to write the report and he'd sign it. Needless to said that report was never written. All I can say is it hurt like H377 and the swelling was hard to put ice on.
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« Reply #21 on: August 09, 2011, 08:31:18 AM » |
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You fellows keep saying "he" when you mean "she". The males of those species you are not likely to encounter and are not likely to harm you if you do.
Back when I rode a lot in a tee shirt with no jacket I caught several inside my shirt. Riding without a screen, I believe, increases the chances. I was slightly pained and they lost their lives in the encounters. Fortunately I don't have an extreme allergic reaction to the stings.
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« Reply #22 on: August 09, 2011, 11:34:23 AM » |
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Willow you are so correct that the females are the ones that sting. A male wasp would sting another male where that one stung me. Some females I know would though.
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KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)
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« Reply #23 on: August 09, 2011, 12:26:46 PM » |
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While riding once, I yawned and .............you guessed it. Felt him hit the back of my mouth and got me once before I chwed him up, pulled over and got a drink to finish washing him down.
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« Reply #24 on: August 10, 2011, 06:31:21 AM » |
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When I was younger (1977) Riding home on my 750/4 Honda,0800 after a tough night, shirt open, in a very urban place, Gunnhill road and Wbster Avenue in The Bronx I got stung 4 times in the chest by yellow jackets. I sucked! barely got home and swallowed two benedril and was misareble the rest of the day.
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« Reply #25 on: August 11, 2011, 11:57:06 AM » |
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I'm thinking MrBubbles has won this competition, hands down. (or is that "pants down"?)
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