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Posted on May 8, 2012 at 15:27:08

Prisoners
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I was riding on the highway yesterday. I wear a 1/2 helmet and my bike has a full-size windscreen. A bug impacted my riding glasses, exploded right on the lens. The impact was felt and heard, and had they been regular sunglasses instead of thick safety lenses it might have been very painful. Wear proper eyewear people.

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Riding my Beemer on El Camino Real at a mere 40MPH

LWR

09:07:50 05/09/12

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Yellowjacket aka European Wasp?

Timbo in Oz

20:00:57 05/09/12

Yes, they are in the wasp family

LWR

21:09:37 05/09/12

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Riding my Beemer on El Camino Real at a mere 40MPH

LWR

09:07:50 05/09/12

7

Yellowjacket aka European Wasp?

Timbo in Oz

20:00:57 05/09/12

Yes, they are in the wasp family

LWR

21:09:37 05/09/12

Yes, the European Wasp - I just checked

Timbo in Oz

15:36:25 05/10/12

RE: Riding my Beemer on El Camino Real at a mere 40MPH

Awe-d-o-file

14:34:25 05/09/12

It was a 1975 R90S

LWR

15:33:51 05/09/12

It's a beauty

Awe-d-o-file

15:33:41 05/11/12

Holy schnikees!

Prisoners

09:36:29 05/09/12

I hit a robin once

Kloss

07:59:43 05/09/12

RE: Motorcyclists out there..

Awe-d-o-file

16:43:42 05/08/12

And then there's the gravel popped up by truck tires ...

free.ranger

16:24:47 05/08/12

And then there's the gravel popped up by truck tires ..., posted on May 8, 2012 at 16:24:47
free.ranger Audiophile Posts: 8371 Location: Santa Fe, NM Joined: April 8, 2004	Good advice; need stout eyeball coverings. And riding in Alaska, I've been hit by bugs that would dismount riders without screens. Keep the rubber down.

RE: Motorcyclists out there.., posted on May 8, 2012 at 16:43:42
Awe-d-o-file Manufacturer Posts: 8754 Location: 100 miles west of DC Joined: January 10, 2004 Contributor Since: October 31, 2005	I love to ride and like no windscreen or a very small one. Bumble bees are hell too. Gravel as mentioned can be deadly. I'm pretty much doing full face helmets these days with the rare no helmet ride (w/good eye wear)in states that allow it. Good full face helmets have great venting these days. ET

I hit a robin once , posted on May 9, 2012 at 07:59:43
Kloss Manufacturer Posts: 820 Location: WI Joined: January 25, 2012	Hit me right in my face shield at about 100mph.Also once had a fellow rider next to me hit a red tail hawk, he crashed, bike totaled.

Riding my Beemer on El Camino Real at a mere 40MPH, posted on May 9, 2012 at 09:07:50

LWR
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and I saw this weird black cloud just ahead of me and before I could react I was into it. It was a cluster of yellow jackets and my helmet filled with them as did my ears and nose and mouth and the collar of my jacket and shirt and up the sleeves of my jacket and I slammed to a stop and literally dropped the bike and began to do what must have looked like St. Vitus on meth trying to get the helmet off and all the time I was getting stung and god it was a nightmare.

Holy schnikees! , posted on May 9, 2012 at 09:36:29
Prisoners Audiophile Posts: 3804 Location: Chicago Joined: June 13, 2004	That might've convinced me to give up two wheels.

RE: Riding my Beemer on El Camino Real at a mere 40MPH, posted on May 9, 2012 at 14:34:25
Awe-d-o-file Manufacturer Posts: 8754 Location: 100 miles west of DC Joined: January 10, 2004 Contributor Since: October 31, 2005	That sucks! So what BMW do you have? I've had both airheads and oilheads. The K12R has been calling me for sometime now......... ET

It was a 1975 R90S, posted on May 9, 2012 at 15:33:51

LWR
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Location: The woods
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Heavily modified by both Roger Selby in Redwood City, Ca as well as at the BMW factory in Germany. It was this "smoke" paint job like this pic, only available in 1975.
A great ride for one or two people. I no longer ride. I have a strong dislike for yellow jackets as well!!

Yellowjacket aka European Wasp?, posted on May 9, 2012 at 20:00:57
Timbo in Oz Audiophile Posts: 14986 Location: Canberra - in the ACT - SE Australia Joined: January 30, 2002	I've been bitten by ONE, once. The rest of them hammered themselves into the back door (sliding glass). Took couple months to stop hurting. A whole cloud of them, shudder!!!! Warmest Timothy Bailey The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger And gladly would he learn and gladly teach - Chaucer. ;-)! 'Still not saluting.'

Yes, they are in the wasp family, posted on May 9, 2012 at 21:09:37

LWR
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Posts: 57758
Location: The woods
Joined: August 12, 2003

and they sting like mad...

Yes, the European Wasp - I just checked, posted on May 10, 2012 at 15:36:25

Timbo in Oz
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Posts: 14986
Location: Canberra - in the ACT - SE Australia
Joined: January 30, 2002

Neighbours had a whole nest in their ceiling!

Their nests have to begin again each year, but here from about Sydney and North they can 'over-winter' and get really huge.

When they're in a house that's heated further South where Winter is colder, they can keep on for more than two years.

Warmest

Timothy Bailey

The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger

And gladly would he learn and gladly teach - Chaucer. ;-)!

'Still not saluting.'

It's a beauty, posted on May 11, 2012 at 15:33:41
Awe-d-o-file Manufacturer Posts: 8754 Location: 100 miles west of DC Joined: January 10, 2004 Contributor Since: October 31, 2005	I had a 76 R90/6 before going Oilhead in 1995. ET

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