little bugs/insects getting in to a full face helmet while riding.

[5:12]

has anyone else experienced this? i think i snorted one and inhaled another. also a couple of bigger bugs splattered by the front vent (chin/mouth vents) and the freaking bug juice went thru. bitter. hahaha.

i think the smaller ones got in the same way, thru the mouth/chin vents.

i just thought i'd share.

ride safe.

[autodocjr]

I think anyone who rides has experienced this. Lol. Good source of fiber.

[jeffjones]

Scariest for me as I ride witht he visor open around town, I had a damn wasp come in the one time. Definitely expirienced threshhold braking (Luckily I knew there was no one behind me) and I have never taken a helmet of that fast.
Luckily he was stunned and didn't sting me.

Also taken some Junebugs of the knee/thigh area and those suckers hurt on the highway lol.

[casacrow]

Smoked a bird off my left collarbone, at the end of the front straight at Cayuga, right when I popped up for breaking. Poor lil guy, wasn't too much left of him. It felt like a damn hardball.

[Flywheel]

The worst, in terms of mess, is some sort of green bug. Preying mantises maybe? When it splatters, it's bright green, opaque and sticky and can block a good third of your visor. A pain to clean off without water.

[tricky]

I rode through a swarm of grasshoppers once, luckily my visor was down. it felt like I was being shot by paintballs. the biggest thing that's ever hit my visor was a dragonfly. that was an interesting experience

[sid_for_speed]

One can only imagine how it must feel to wear an open face helmet and ride through Muskoka in the summer season right after a rainy day....

By the way...how did this thread get 5 stars already??

[Wingboy]

The worst, in terms of mess, is some sort of green bug. Preying mantises maybe? When it splatters, it's bright green, opaque and sticky and can block a good third of your visor. A pain to clean off without water.

Very bad.Had one splatter on the bridge of my glasses years ago.The juice got into my eyes and i had to pull over and puked for 10 min.( ya..i had my visor open)
Brown bugs can have a nutty sort of flavor.Esp flying ants.That's why trout like em so much!

[jonpurdy]

My poor black and white bike was yellow after riding around all day yesterday in the Kawartha Lakes region. Those butterflies splatter a nice yellow all over. I cleaned my visor three times with water throughout the day.

[TwistedKestrel]

Scariest for me as I ride witht he visor open around town, I had a damn wasp come in the one time. Definitely expirienced threshhold braking (Luckily I knew there was no one behind me) and I have never taken a helmet of that fast.
Luckily he was stunned and didn't sting me.

Also taken some Junebugs of the knee/thigh area and those suckers hurt on the highway lol.

Had a big bee fly into my helmet in North Carolina. The road I was on was narrow, twisty, and had absolutely no shoulders whatsoever. I didn't want to stop and get flattened by a local in a pickup, so I kept going until it widened up a bit ... by that time the bee had already got me though. My nose swelled up pretty good, lol

[UltrA_09]

This got my GF when we were up in the Manitoulin islands:





Yea, that ain't no little bug!

[TwistedKestrel]

This got my GF when we were up in the Manitoulin islands:

Mmmm, cherry cheesecake

[AF4iK]

This got my GF when we were up in the Manitoulin islands:

Yea, that ain't no little bug!

It looks like a rorschach blob

[Trice87]

LOL damn, that's crazy, I've only had little bugs splat on my shield so far... I hope I don't get any Wasp in my helmet...

[toysareforboys]

Yea, that ain't no little bug!

Wow, lucky the visor didn't shatter!

-Jamie M.

[chiller]

has anyone else experienced this? i think i snorted one and inhaled another. also a couple of bigger bugs splattered by the front vent (chin/mouth vents) and the freaking bug juice went thru. bitter. hahaha.

i think the smaller ones got in the same way, thru the mouth/chin vents.

i just thought i'd share.

ride safe.

this is normal ... what else is new ?

[x86ect]

Sunglasses under the visor... fashion faux pas be damned.