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« on: May 06, 2011, 08:06:06 PM » |
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Picked these guys up on the way home from work tonight...May Flies    The whole time I was thinking: "I wonder how the open faced guys deal with this?" |
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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2011, 08:20:50 PM » |
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When I first got my bike, I had a DOT approved dirtbike helmet that I wore exactly once for a ride up in the mountains. you can see those bugs coming , and they always find a way to hit skin. Ordered a full face the next day and won't ride without it
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2011, 08:22:39 PM » |
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Even with the full face, I got bugs inside my helmet (from underneath).
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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2011, 08:42:48 PM » |
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That does not sound convenient.
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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2011, 08:42:59 PM » |
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Better then eat'em. I use a shield, a friend prefers goggles. How about bumble bee?
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2011, 09:26:29 PM » |
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I manage to get at least one or two of those in my eye from walking about during the warmer months, and I wear glasses. Can't imagine how many I'd be digging out on a bike, assuming I didn't wreck first.
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2011, 10:06:03 PM » |
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They taste terrible. How they get up under the helmet with a windshield, I don't know. But they sure are nasty and kinda gritty.
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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2011, 11:09:33 PM » |
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I was walking around the other day in 15G25 winds and a big grasshopper jumped up and hit me in the face. It STUNG. That would have done some serious damage at 55mph with no protection assuming it didn't cause a crash. (I told a friend who proceeded to laugh at me for 2 minutes because apparently it was funny then told me to ride with my visor down)
The faceplant though...sliding on my nose with 4 grit belt sander running wide open about 2 inches from my eyeballs. Time slows down when you hit the ground and I distinctly recall watching the gravel go by and calmly thinking "I'm so glad I'm inside here instead of out there."
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« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2011, 06:52:42 AM » |
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I distinctly recall watching the gravel go by and calmly thinking "I'm so glad I'm inside here instead of out there."
 Bugs hitting my face shield is just a small reason why I like full faced helmets. |
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« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2011, 07:59:20 AM » |
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Coming home from work the other day, I took a rock at 60 mph on the freeway. It hit right at eye level on my face shield. I'd hate to think what would've happened if I hadn't been wearing a FF.
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« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2011, 08:19:39 AM » |
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When I was first stationed in Texas, I rode without a helemt for the first time. A june bug (some sort of big beetle like thing) caught me in the forehead at about 40-45 mph. Lesson learned.
Now, I have to clean my shield when I get to work and when I get home. The two lane back roads pass thru the woods, and the 4 lane rural rout passes over a small river and several swamp areas. The bugs are thick this time of year. I have to clean and wax the front of the bike constantly to keep it clear as well.
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« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2011, 01:43:14 PM » |
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windshield ...no more bugs on me .
good friend of mine hit a bird flying across the hwy it came swooping out of no where ...he had no windshield , left the bike at 60 mph off the back ...
he now has a windshield on his new bike .
he said he isn`t sure if it was the force in which the bird hit him or the shock of the hit .....eaither way ...he was lucky only cuts and bruises .
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