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| View Poll Results: flying objects | |||
| cigarettes | | 9 | 8.65% |
| rocks | | 12 | 11.54% |
| bugs | | 53 | 50.96% |
| birds | | 30 | 28.85% |
| Voters: 104. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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| newbie Join Date: Mar 16 2008 Location: virginia
Posts: 175
| silly poll on flying objects
i know everyone riding has been hit by bugs, rain, rocks and dirt. But has any one been stung by a bee while riding i was hit by what i thought was a large black rock, i was thinking at 60 mph i got hit pretty good. then my arm starting hurting i said well maybe it was a cigar and my arm was burning. pulled over looked at it then rode the rest of the way home with a stinging arm. Looked at my arm when i got home it started swelling so i knew it was a sting. | |
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| Moderator Join Date: Jun 25 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 4,591
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
Been hit by most on your poll. Also got a hornet sting down the front of my chest in a similar fashion.
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| ... Get A Good Lawyer ! Join Date: Dec 19 2007 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Age: 45
Posts: 2,733
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
Get nailed by rocks from trucks regularly on the M1 commute !
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| Join Date: May 17 2008 Location: Menomonee Falls, WI Age: 30
Posts: 496
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
Yea been stung by a bee before, also I managed to eat a butterfly while rideing. And even though you see alot of people eating them I strongly suggest not to. it made my lower lip fat and tasted like shit the whole way home.
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| Join Date: Jun 13 2008 Location: Mississippi Age: 48
Posts: 108
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
Caught a wasp in a full face with no shield once. Stung me on the ear 3 or 4 times before I could get to the side of the road and snatch off the helmet. I'm sure that from a distance it looked comical. |
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| Join Date: Mar 31 2007 Location: Spotsylvania VA Age: 36
Posts: 126
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
I had a "gator" (tire Tread) fly over my head once.
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| newbie Join Date: Mar 16 2008 Location: virginia
Posts: 175
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
the butterfly is a good one. Dang i knew smelling the fumes and small objects was apart of the deal but stings never would have that it riding down the road.
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| TEDZXX Join Date: Jan 22 2008 Location: Lockhart, Texas Age: 45
Posts: 1,742
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
Been hit with rocks mostly chasing my buddies around but recently took out a bird about a month ago. The bird hit my left hand and made his last flight from there. Still hurt even with my gloves on. Been stung across my neck from a wasp. I guess the wind and the stinger made out a long red strak across my neck.
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| Administrator | Re: silly poll on flying objects
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| TEDZXX Join Date: Jan 22 2008 Location: Lockhart, Texas Age: 45
Posts: 1,742
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
I also evel kneviled over a dead deer once on my cb1000. busted up my chin fairing jumping over it. It was during the night and I was following a little too close behind a car. The car just stratled over over it not slowing with no braking and I of course was riding in the middle of the lane. Needless to say I was pulling my underwear out of the crack of my ass for some time afterwards.
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| Join Date: May 17 2008 Location: Menomonee Falls, WI Age: 30
Posts: 496
| Re: silly poll on flying objects Quote:
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| Join Date: Jun 21 2007 Location: Springwood, West of Hell (Sydney), Australia Age: 43
Posts: 1,082
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
I've hit a cicada at 120kph. Had the visor up and it hit my sunnies and cheek... "Gargoyles, sunglasses that can stop a bullet. Can't be good news for the insect world." They lived up to the ad that day, I can still see! Hurt like hell though, on the cheek. Hail hurts at 100. 'nuff said. Favourite for freaking out arachniphobes... Had a huntsman* walk across in front of my face on the way to work one day. Inside my visor, across the sunnies... Fortunately, I'm NOT an arachniphobe! * Sort of like a local tarantula, legs can get to about a handspan, but generally harmless. |
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| Join Date: Oct 18 2006 Location: St Louis Mo. Age: 54
Posts: 134
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
Dang... I didn't know y'all had Cicadas in Australia. They get really bad here every 10 years or so, and it's a bummer riding when they're swarming everywhere. The last time they were really bad was in the summer of 2000 (I think). But I learned a cool trick that year on how to deal with them (somewhat). Cicadas can't hover, y'know. So, picture this... You're riding around and these damned things are crossing left, right, up, down and every which angle in front of you. As soon as you see one that looks like it isn't moving, DUCK, because it's heading straight at you. You have to be quick but you can miss a good percentage of 'em that way. After a while it becomes instinct. And then... If you're carring a passenger man, they better have their face shield down or they're gonna get it smack in the kisser! I could hear them bastards hitting her face shield! I was laughing so hard I had to pull over! Especially after she started punching me in the ribs. |
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| Flyin' Lo and Free Join Date: Mar 28 2007 Location: South Elgin, Illinois Age: 43
Posts: 473
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
Here in Illinois we have June bugs, cought one on the cheek bone one day. Felt like Mike Tyson sucker punched me. A friend of mine caught a bird in the chest and damn near knocked him off his bike doing 65 mph. Anything that you happen to catch while riding just plain sucks. But if you don't have some kind of wear and tear on ya, you ain't ridin'. Cheers.
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| Join Date: May 17 2008 Location: Menomonee Falls, WI Age: 30
Posts: 496
| Re: silly poll on flying objects Quote:
thats frickin funny
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| Re: silly poll on flying objects
..mmm flying objects....latest i can remember are bees ,hornets stuck between helmet and head (rest is a well known story)..visor open is a major mistake especially on spring on country enviroment...a llitle sparrow on my right foot ...hurt for 5 days i was doing 190 km/s that moment...and a bat splashed over my helmet in the night...looool....consider your self lucky if you run over a rabbit (you manage your self a great dinner...loool..)..
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I ate a bee one time, and hit a bat at over 100mph. Nailed me in the chest. I thought I was gonna die. wheh I got pulled over the damn dead bat was stuck to my jacket.
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| Moderator Join Date: Jun 25 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 4,591
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
June bugs. Yes. I was on a trip down to Branson MO once on my bike. Running through the evening and early night. Darn things were smacking off of me left and right. Got to the hotel and take the jacket off. Had about 9-10 of those suckers some still alive on the inside of my jacket along with some that had smashed and turned to goo on my shirt. Gross.
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| Join Date: Jun 24 2008 Location: Australia NSW Sydney
Posts: 65
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
Been stung by a bee on the neck didnt have my jacket zipped up all the way .
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| Administrator | Re: silly poll on flying objects
Copped a magpie just below the knee at 120kmh+ Took quite a while to be able to walk free again. Bugs and butterflies in the neck are quite common. 3ft length of tree branch flicked up by a car broke 3 toes about 20 years ago - glad it "only" hit my foot.
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| Join Date: Mar 02 2007 Location: Florida
Posts: 43
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
New guy who got hit by a bird once. Beak got stuck in glasses. came real close to his eye
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| Join Date: Jun 08 2008 Location: Brisbane Australia
Posts: 408
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
Was visiting a friend some years back. Rode over on my trail bike. Something hit me near the top of my chest. Got to my friends house, all well. Went inside and sat down to chat. Next thing I was up and jumping all over the place like a "mad woman shi--ing". A wasp had hit me and fallen down my shirt. Must have stung me 6-7 times. My friend was just about rolling around the floor in laughter. Said he had never seen anything so funny. What are friends for ?
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| Join Date: Jun 08 2008 Location: Brisbane Australia
Posts: 408
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
Also another close one. I was out riding my GSXR1100 in far north Queensland. Saw what I thought was a fallen branch on the side of the road on a small bend. As I leaned out and around it, it reared up and struck out at the bike. It was a Red Bellied Black Snake. Those Mothers are fearsome.
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| Join Date: Jul 19 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 320
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
i was hit in the face by an owl once
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| Join Date: Jun 08 2008 Location: Brisbane Australia
Posts: 408
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| Join Date: Nov 03 2006 Location: JC, TN
Posts: 123
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
2 x 4 foot piece of plywood. Hit the nose of my Bird and blew it out completely.
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| Join Date: Jan 24 2008 Location: Massachusetts Age: 49
Posts: 473
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
I got a bird to my shoulder at high speed. It was sore for 2 weeks. My shoulder was. The bird met with a violent end. It probably was painful for it too.
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| Re: silly poll on flying objects when i bought my blackbird, i flew to phoenix and drove it back home, to el paso. on the ride back i felt something crawling against my hand in my glove. then i felt a sting. I was on I-10 right west of Texas Canyon (if you've been around there before...) I stopped at the rest area about 20 miles away from when i got stung. pulled out the stinger and continued the ride home. I was still like 2.5 hours from home. It was throbbing the hole way home. i had not ever been stung by a bee before so i dunno if i was allergic. well by the time i got home the pain was gone and i just ignored it. the next day the area around the sting was all red and swollen about 2 inches around, like a big ass moquito bite. the following day it was worse, all red/purple up to my knuckles and my wrist the next day, up to my fingers then on my wrist. my hand was like the elephant man, all swollen and just ugly lookin.... my boss made me go to the doctor... haha well, had to go to the hospital and was the for a couple days, which sucked, but thats how i knew me and the bike were ment to be. | |
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| Join Date: Nov 07 2007 Location: Arizona
Posts: 35
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
I was almost knocked off the back of my old Shadow by a bummble bee that flew over the screen and hit me in the forehead. Damned near knocked me unconscious. Of course I was flying around at about 85 mph too. I also knew a guy in Minnesota that plowed right through a deer on night on a Harley. Layed the bike down on the lee side of the deer, and when the guy in the semi behind him stopped to see if he was alright got a look, he said he damned near fainted because he was all covered in blood and guts and he wasn't sure how much of it was ex-deer, or rider. He actually walked away from that with just a few bumps and bruises. Lucky guy !! |
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| | #30 |
| Join Date: Aug 04 2008 Location: BC,Canada
Posts: 10
| Re: silly poll on flying objects
I got stung by a wasp down my boot whilst blatting down the twistys couldn't kill it till the bends were through ![]() Also took out a bird on my old Blade Had to get a new screen and patch up fairing |
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