| Author | Message | ||
     Iamarchangel |
Coming down an empty secondary highway somewhere north of the speed limit, come up to another bike. Start to pass him and I see him heading onto the gravel shoulder. Looking back in the mirror, I see a cloud of dust and a bike laying on the ground. Wondering if I should feel guilty about doing something wrong when I passed, I go back. Buddy has his helmet off and is trying to lift his bike. Says he had a bee in his helmet. Says he could see it crawling up the inside of his helmet. Quick review for noobs: was it a bee? We'll never know now. Even if it was, you're still safe if it's on the helmet. You're probably still safe if it's on you. You could slow down and lift your visor. You could slow down on the asphalt edge of the road and stop. In this case, there was very little traffic. He would have been safe. He chose to go at near highway speed onto the gravel shoulder. What did that cost him? Well, open finger gloves, t-shirt and jeans meant he had bleeding fingers, elbow and knees. His Suzuki GX had dangling turn signals, scuffed fairing, broke shift lever, bent slider (?) and bent bars. Nice thing is that he wasn't more hurt, the bike wasn't more damaged and several people stopped or slowed to offer help. | ||
| Tpoppa |
I've been stung inside my helmet twice. It sucks, but not worth wrecking over it. | ||
| Bosh |
Can you say PAniC!!!   Some people have a hard time controlling themselves when there are bugs about. Ask my wife. | ||
| Fast1075 |
He'd never make in here in Florida...We hit bees all the time...what HURTS is hitting a thumb size junebug at speed. | ||
| Ulynut |
I feel bad for the guy. I wrecked a bike because I saw a spider on my jacket. One more good thing about riding in the city, no bugs. | ||
| Wheelybueller |
Got a Bee up the nose last summer,that Sucked. I did manage to stop,get my daughter safely off the bike and then proceed to dance like a madman all while trying to dig a stinger out of me nose. | ||
| Mluds0379 |
I had a bee fly in the neck of my coat. That was crazy. I got pulled over to the shoulder safely. Unzipped and lifted the coat...All I heard is bzzzzzzz, bzzzzzzzz ITS UNDER MY SHIRT. At that point panic set in. I wipe my helmet, coat, and shirt off as fast as I could, but ended up getting stung twice in the shoulder....I put on quite a show for everyone driving by on the 4 lane road | ||
| Fast1075 |
Worker bees can only sting once...must have been a wasp. I take a bee sting well...it does not hurt much and it goes away quickly...wasps on the other hand are a different story..I am highly allergic to wasps...I keep benadryl in my kit for just such an occasion. | ||
| Fltwistygirl |
I hate biting, stinging, flying and crawling things, but true that, they're part of the deal here in FLA. Early in my motorcycling career when my gear consisted of things like baseball jerseys instead of armoured mesh jackets, I had a hornet fly up my sleeve, into my armpit. It started stinging so I'm doing the one armed chicken dance trying to squash it as I found a safe place to pull off. Fortunately I was on a low-traffic leisurely stroll around the lake type road, not the highway. Neighbors got an entertaining show. | ||
| Nik |
the zipper pulls on my jacket have steadily given way to paperclips; well one happened to skewer a yellow jacket... I didn't notice it until I was pumping gas. It was not happy. | ||
| Delta_one |
I had a sweat bee in my eye because I flipped my visor up to itch my nose. I could feel it moving and crawling for miles. I didn't know what it was till I stopped took off my gloves and fished it out. | ||
| Nextcorner |
I had a bee hit my jacket, fly up and land inside my visor. As funny as it sounds, I saw the bee wake up from his temporary coma as I was squeezing the brake lever. I pulled over onto the gravel once my speed was safe, and opened my visor just in time for the bee to fly away. I laughed afterwards. It was like watching a cartoon character wake up after getting the snot beat out of him, then looking for revenge. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I ride with an epi pen set, one in the jacket and spares in the luggage. I got stung on the way home last weekend. Damn bee got kicked up and waffed into my helmet, he nailed my neck and decided to crawl into my jacket and sting his way down. good fun. Shut the bike down, (from 70) run her into the gravel shoulder, jump off bike, start to disrobe, jab epi in leg, while undressing, coat, camel pack, jacket liner, helmet, shirt ... must have looked like a g-d benny hill episode. Finally found the wasp, killed it. (screw bee rights) Not one car stopped. Feel my head start to swell up like Will Smith in that Hitch movie, jab another epi.... weehaa, finally start to get dressed... Now the police show up. good times. I am still swelled up. G-d wasp. I dont know what eats wasps, but I do wish there were more of them ! | ||
| Etennuly |
A week or so ago one hit me right at the neck opening of my fully zipped jacket. It stung me six times in the front of my neck and throat as I was sliding to a stop in a parking lot whipping off my stuff. Damn if it didn't happen again Saturday at WVBR III ! Same spot too! I sure am glad I don't have those severe allergic reactions. | ||
| Petebueller |
Been stung by bees twice, both times just beside the eye in the days when I wore full face helmets without visors. As was said at least the bee dies after one sting. I got off my bike one day, moved the shoulder strap on my bag and then pain. It dropped me to one knee and I reached in and pulled out a European Wasp that was continually stinging my finger. I counted 15 blisters on my back, shoulder and hand. The biggest was 1 1/4" diameter. It was still trying to sting the jar I put it in. Lucky it didn't hit while I was riding. | ||
| Metalstorm |
I got a yellow jacket in my helmet once. Lots of fun! I agree that it's not worth wrecking over  I got stung two or three times in the face before I was able to get to an exit but I handled. I looked like a chipmunk full of nuts for about two days but at least no harm came to the bike. I've always been a 'protect the bike first' kinda guy. I've had two good wrecks in the past and my instinct both times was to put myself between the bike and the road and protect the bike at all costs. The body will eventually heal but the bike is too expensive to fix!  Of course that was when I was in my early-mid 20's and I was damn near invincible. Now as I rapidly approach 40 I say "screw the bike", hospital bills are too expensive | ||
| Swordsman |
I got busted in the inner thigh as I was pulling into my driveway. It wouldn't have been a big deal, but my driveway is rather steep, and I found myself in gear and not enough appendages (or common sense) to keep upright. I managed to get down the hill (hopping on one foot while holding the clutch in and batting at my leg), but the closer I got to the bottom the further the bike was listing. By the time I got stopped, it was too far gone for me to stop it. Crunch! on the concrete! Man that little bastard nailed me good. I guess it was the location, but it hurt so bad my whole body started shaking. Just one sting! I still have a scar where it hit me... that's been months and months ago. I shudder to think of what I would have done had I still been on the highway.  I'd like to think that I would work through it, but sometimes reflex takes hold before you can even think about the consequences.... ~SM | ||
| Delta_one |
Metalstorm I do that!! and I'm early 20's but I do it because I can heal and parts are expensive! LOL granted thats low speed stuff. if its going to be ugly Ill jump off that bike without thinking twice. Ill just cry about it later. | ||
| Bigkylexb12 |
i had a yellow jacket fly into the 1/2 open space on my hoody one day and bit me 3 times on my throttle wrist 1 week after i bought my 09 xb12. just kept riding after i squished it in my sweatshirt no damage done but i had a very swollen wrist within a couple minutes haha..lesson of the day wear leather jacket instead | ||
| Fltwistygirl |
+1 on the Benadryl. Never leave home without it. Helped with the five fire ant bites I got this past weekend at work. Evil little monsters!!! Hubby has bee sting allergies, but his doctor said she did not think it was necessary for him to have an epi-pen. We ran him to urgent care after yellow jackets got him the last time and he was on a benadryl drip for a couple hours, scared our son pretty bad. He was already semi-incoherent when I got home from work, prolly from the beginning of anaphalaxis (sp?)-the boy had to tell me what happened, dad was slurring his words, scary. I gave him benadryl and tossed him in the car. I think its time for a new doctor, don't even wanna think what would have happened had we been on the bikes in the middle of nowhere. Thanks for bringing this topic up, getting epi pen is going on my to do list now... B. | ||
| Ferocity02 |
I got one in my helmet once going 70 on the freeway. I just flipped open the visor and out he went. | ||
| Swordsman |
My Scorpion EXO-700 was actually bad to suck bugs in underneath the chin bar, even with the little spoiler thingie on the bottom. Had several splat on the inside of the visor. The last one was a wasp. That coulda' been bad, had my helmet not already knocked its brains out. ~SM | ||
| Alchemy |
Spoke to a commercial beekeeper. He said epi-pen in the truck in the heat is not reliable. He keeps a bottle of benadryl handy in case he suddenly turns allergic. He says drink it all and head for the nearest ER. It will keep you alive for 20 minutes or so but you will probably throw it up. Won't really solve the problem but will delay it enough to get real help. Always consult your own physician as YMMV. | ||
| California69gs |
I'm one of the lucky ones to be allergic. Man this thread is a nightmare. I was 8 when I got stung, just one time and was in the hospital for a week. I get new epi pens every year but. Never thought about one for bike rides! I where full armor, buell neck gear, and full helmet. Hit plenty but never thought about the suckers getting lucky and living. Not cool, dr's have told me lots of times I could die even with the pen. | ||
| Circusninja |
So far, the worst I have hit was 1, a bat... little guy got me in the left shoulder at about 35mph one night last week, then the very next night I hit 2, a small groundhog at about 40mph in thick fog. Never really planned on ramping my XB9Sx, but I did it and kept it rubber side down. Pretty proud of myself. |
