Bugs!!

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

95-100 degree weather with 80-90% humidity and heavy suburban traffic. It gets hot as hell and found putting glasses on and letting all the wind hit your face keeps you much cooler.

Also at night time (When ALL the bugs come out) the visor is tinted and hard to see out of. But Yellow Glasses makes nighttime riding so much nicer.

That's why I have a clear visor for night riding.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

That's why I have a clear visor for night riding.

I'm also guessing it's not 80-90 degrees at night in North Dakota.

Here in the south Visor Up is the way to go. And it doesn't take but a second to put glasses on. I just like riding with glasss and now I won't ride without them.

Only time I throw the visor down is when I hit the interstates.

['73 H1 Triple]

Originally Posted by Dave

bugs? shit. my boy hit a duck while trying out my bike and damn near dumped her. friggin ducks!

My first kill with the ZR1100 was a bird which hit my armored jacket.

Originally Posted by t-rock

Had a friend who was driving his suburban one time and hit a turkey with the windshield. He was going 70 down the highway.

And OSP, before you throw up the goose decoy picture, we are talking about live animals, at least till you hit them.

One of the guys on the Triple Forum hit a turkey buzzard with his pick up. here's the pics

Originally Posted by Rae

mental image...

Bugs in general dont bother me much...ok, wait, there was the one spider, thanks NtS for saving my life that day by the dam...

And the bee that decided to smack my chest the one day I had the jacket unzipped, and TheStig almost got flashed when I tried to find the lil bitch...

They always aim for the center of my face shield, you know, the types of smears that make you go crosseyed cuz they're right in that zone...i've hit some bugs big enough to snap my head back...but thankfully havent hit a bird or bat yet...

Back in the early 80s ( when I was stupid ) I was riding wearing a tank top. I was doing about 70 when I hit a wasp. Right in the nipple. To say that hurt would be an underestimate. I locked up front and back brakes so I could pull the stinger out.

That hurt for weeks. Even if I turned on my chest while I was sleeping, it would wake me up.

Jeff

[Dave]

daaaaaaamn

[WildKat]

Well atleast he got dinner out of the deal right? LOL

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

I'm also guessing it's not 80-90 degrees at night in North Dakota.

Here in the south Visor Up is the way to go. And it doesn't take but a second to put glasses on. I just like riding with glasss and now I won't ride without them.

Only time I throw the visor down is when I hit the interstates.

Some nights, not too often though.
I just don't like the feeling to glasses in my helmet, which is why I have a dark smoke shield.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Some nights, not too often though.
I just don't like the feeling to glasses in my helmet, which is why I have a dark smoke shield.

Last night it was 82 degrees (Thanks to our normal afternoon showers cooling the place down) and damn did it feel good. Which I hated glasses at first but now I feel naked without them. You just have to get use to it and find some that have plastic to the end and won't fold when you stick the in. Also if you put an MP3 player in with clips those help hold the MP3 player perfect. It's heaven.

[fnfalman]

I like hitting those big ass bugs that snap my helmet back with a loud, resounding "THWACK!"

['73 H1 Triple]

Originally Posted by fnfalman

I like hitting those big ass bugs that snap my helmet back with a loud, resounding "THWACK!"

A small bird hit my helmet on the way home from work. I was only doing about 35 but boy was that LOUD. Messed up the decals a little bit too.

Jeff

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Last night it was 82 degrees (Thanks to our normal afternoon showers cooling the place down) and damn did it feel good. Which I hated glasses at first but now I feel naked without them. You just have to get use to it and find some that have plastic to the end and won't fold when you stick the in. Also if you put an MP3 player in with clips those help hold the MP3 player perfect. It's heaven.

it's in the 80's and 90's here in UT, and i ride with my visor closed except at stop lights.

and my headphones go in my ear, no clip.