This ever happen to you - it sucks

[MPH 200]

Yesterday I was leading our usual group of 6 through the twisties when all of a sudden something hits me in the throat.
Not unusual in the country roads of Texas to have a grasshopper hit you - no problem. Then I feel a very painfull stinging sensation on my stomach. I am in a full lean & trying to grab a handfull of leather to pull off whatever got me.Turns out a bumble bee hit me then fell inside my 1-piece leathers.
He was as pissed off as I was. Today it looks like I have a softball sitting on my stomach.

 

[Bigbody]

I don't believe you! We need pics!!!!!

 

[MPH 200]

Photos tomorrow for non believers

 

[Sloto200]

ouch!

Road the other day and was enjoying the nice weather and had my visor up... when i decided suddenly that i better close my visor because i really dont want to get hit in the face with a bug a 70+... AS SOON as i close it some HUGE bug went splat all over my visor about where my cheek is...

saved myself from a bit of pain since it was a rather large bug and made my ears ring for a min or so after it hit!

 

[Warputer]

Yep , happened to me when I was 17 ( many years ago ).....a yellow jacket .....almost ran off the road gettin' him out .

 

[scootergirl]

Yep - last summer. It was a hot day and I had my jacket unzipped just a tad and a yellow jacket hit me in the chest. Not a good way to end my ride.

 

[CorrodedAlien]

yup... late spring early summer.

Rode through a full swarm on my old ST1100 once. Bee splat on every exposed part of the bike and me. Good thing the visor was full down that day

 

[omslaw]

I think WWJD had one fly into his leathers on an Iowa ride last year...

 

[BigBSBusa]

Never had it happen, but I can only imagine how painful it would be.

 

[monster]

I wasn't riding but last year using the weedwacker I got stung under my eye. The very next weekend I got it on the bottom lip. I've been fortunate on my scooters.

 

[MC MUSTANG]

Happened to me at the bash! Coming back from the falls with Jeff and Scott, got a bee in my helmet and dang thing stung me on the chin....

 

[TROUBLED WINE]

This fear is why I've worn gauntlet gloves religiously for the last 17 years.

Back in 1990 a friend and I were riding cross country. We were on a highway somewhere in Montana in July when I see his headlight leave the road in my mirror. I turn around and look and he's off in the ditch, riding through the grass. He stops and leaps off his bike, letting it fall and starts dancing around like a madman. I turn around and come back to see what's up... a bee blasted up his sleeve and stung him 6 times on the way up his arm!

Later that same trip, we were riding in South Dakota at night and again his headlight goes off into the shoulder, in what was a construction zone. I go back, a bird or bat hit him right in the chest and nearly knocked him off the bike (thank god for sissy bars) and then since his jacket was only partially zipped, it got stuck inside and started fluttering around. We're on the interstate going 80 mph when this happened!! He stopped and opened his coat all the way and it flew out.

Yup, jacket zipped, gauntlet gloves! I hates me bugs with attitudes and pointy weapons! Not to mention crazy other critters!

 

[BigDiesel]

yikes! that had to suk-never happened to me n hope it never does...my luck on the bike has been bad enough lately

 

[warwgn]

had a hornet in my helmet, stung me in the temple!! That sucked couldnt do crap about it untill I got the helmet off so had to completly stop first tkae gloves off so i could get the strap loose. Not fun at all.

 

[Revlis]

Bee's Sting Only once. Bonus... The pisser is the Fuggin Yellow Jackets, or hornets... Those lil bastards will have ya standing nekid on the shoulder in just a couple of seconds. Seen it happen a few times....



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[busa crazy]

yes!! i had one fly down the back of my shirt while riding to the track ,got my wife to pull over the truck to get it out of my back. i guess me swatting at it buried it in my back,couldn't reachg it to pull it out!! lol

 

[TROUBLED WINE]

The pisser is the Fuggin Yellow Jackets, or hornets...  Those lil bastards will have ya standing nekid on the shoulder in just a couple of seconds.  Seen it happen a few times....

LOL !!   That's exactly what my friend was doing!! As I came back to him he had his jacket off, then his shirt, hell he looked like he was gonna start taking his pants off! It was pretty funny to watch!

 

[hydrabusa]

this was back in the days, when I was in Korea...I wasn't wearing any protection nor any jacket...(guess you can call, a squid...BTW, its near 30 years ago...) I was crossing, the hankang bridge, I was flying, as usual...the I felt a black out like somebody slugged on my right eye...did not know how I stopped the bike...it was like the highway...no shoulder, or no room to stop, but I have to, didn't think it was a rock, but, I have to move on, so I come to the stop light, and I just found, a huge beetle spread wide opened and dead on my tail of the gas tank...I said, dang...it just hurts more, when I found the dang cause...ever since then, no matter what, I wear the helmet...

 

[xzvs]

I picked up a wasp in the jacket a few weeks back on the socal ride-- fokker got me 2x

 

[HRJR]

The father of one of my buddies was riding in shorts. A bee flew up his pant leg and started buzzing around his nether regions. He slammed on the brakes, hoped off the bike, and did the "bee please fly away" dance. Luckily, he didn't get stung.