Bugs!!

[Sixxxxer]

Now I know I'm not the only one...But I really really REALLY hate any flying insect ever made...But this Thread specifically goes out to Lightning Bugs...I swear I hit a patch of those Fuckers and my visor looked like a goddamn radioactive warzone. The Glowing Shit didnt stop for like 2 miles either and theres no use wiping them off it would only make it worse

/Rant.

My Jacket looks like a warzone to...

[Carolina]

yup bugs are baddddd

[Sixxxxer]

Not Only Bugs but on my way to work (I have to go in at 5am which mean I wake up at 4) I have hit two Bats...But Luckily I was in the Cage when this happened...But I swear I thought I was going to Die...Both times I was half asleep and it slammed off my windsheild...Blind Fucks.

[Smittie61984]

I wear yellow glasses with an open visor lots of times. I've had bugs smack me below the glasses on my face and damn does it scare the hell out of me. I couldn't imagine riding without some kind of eye protection because I've had them smack me in the eye before. Luckily glasses where on. I won't ride without glasses anymore.

[t-homo]

The worst are the fuckin june bugs. They are huge and sting when they hit you at 70 mph.

[Sixxxxer]

I got smacked with a Ciggerette Butt Before in the corner of my eye...Damn Near punched the driver in the face when I pulled up to the light...I had to pull over because it was tearing up on me bad and I couldnt see.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

I wear yellow glasses with an open visor lots of times. I've had bugs smack me below the glasses on my face and damn does it scare the hell out of me. I couldn't imagine riding without some kind of eye protection because I've had them smack me in the eye before. Luckily glasses where on. I won't ride without glasses anymore.

Why don't you just close the visor??

It does suck when you've hit enough bugs that you HAVE to open your visor because you can't see out of it anymore.

[neebelung]

Dragonflies (the huge, teradactyl sized ones we have here) FTMFL. It's like getting pelted with a huge rock!

And love bug season sucks ass. Come September, it's still hot as hell, and muggy, and then the lovebugs come out. You've literally got to stop every 30-40 miles or so to clean off your visor, cus they're so thick, you can't see!! But even worse than that is that they STINK!!! Oh holy hell, the stench of squashed love bugs is NASTY!!

I believe I hit a bat once (or it hit me) in the shoulder. I saw it coming, and I felt the pain, and I SWORE when we stopped I'd have a huge bloody mark (from the bat, not me) on my (white) jacket, but I didn't. Maybe it lived?

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Why don't you just close the visor??

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.

[WildKat]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Not Only Bugs but on my way to work (I have to go in at 5am which mean I wake up at 4) I have hit two Bats...But Luckily I was in the Cage when this happened...But I swear I thought I was going to Die...Both times I was half asleep and it slammed off my windsheild...Blind Fucks.

Now that would scare the shit outta me..LOL.

My only claim to fame is having a chicken fly off and open crate in one of those livestock trucks and smack me square in the chest; that shit hurt going about 55 mph on the highway at the time and I couldn't pass him with the traffic.

I know what you mean though about the bugs; fortunately where I ride to work it's not bad with insects but when I go out into the country for a night ride it's like they zero in on you like like they've got a death wish. God forbid if you have to put your visor up to let in some cool air and you get bombarded with the bastards!