View Full Version : almost killed by green flies
nik_nunez
21-05-10, 05:31 PM
riding along at a fair pace, went around a left hand corner quite lent over and then 2 secs later this happened
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t45/nik_nunez/bug1.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t45/nik_nunez/bug2.jpg
it just looked a bit misty which I thought for a second was a bit odd on a sunny day then hit all the dam green flies, there must have been millions of them, bike, leathers, helmet all covered.
could not see anything out of the visor, lucky no one was behind me so I slowed down sharpish, think I went into the other lane but could not really tell as I could not see. So just keep an eye out for green flies, speed + not being able to see aint a good thing
ChrisSV
21-05-10, 05:47 PM
Good God man. Il never complain about flies again.
kellyjo
21-05-10, 05:58 PM
Damn good job your visor was down :roll:
GeneticBubble
21-05-10, 06:14 PM
Wow just wow...
on the positive side atleast you killed half the population of them, less for the rest of us to worry about.
Edit: looking at it for to long makes you feel sick
maviczap
21-05-10, 06:18 PM
Wow,
Lucky it wasn't hover flies, there was a big outbreak of them a few years ago, everything turned yellow when you hit them:(
Amplimator
21-05-10, 06:18 PM
Jeebus!
ive hit one big bug and that made a mess but this is proper starship troopers stylie!
"we are going in with the first wave...means more bugs for us to kill" :D
Dave20046
21-05-10, 06:19 PM
****ing hell,
I've noticed more flies about recently and everyone in sheffields been going on about an increase in green flies I wondered why they were so bothered...this is perhaps why!
yorkie_chris
21-05-10, 06:19 PM
Bloody hell!
Glad i aint cleaning them off :D
davepreston
21-05-10, 06:58 PM
i salute you sir, thats proper mass murder that
nik_nunez
21-05-10, 07:03 PM
i did not even get half of them, the whole place was a swarm. I went to helmsely after stopping at a pub to clean it off, but the smell of dead flies on my leathers and bike was awful I just headed home. was not much fun cleaning it all off
yorkie_chris
21-05-10, 07:04 PM
I hate to think what that did to radiator!
dizzyblonde
21-05-10, 07:06 PM
:shaking:
I know I've accidently rubbed my visor for a few that have splattered, and smeared them apart from a small gap(never do that again)
BUT thats rediculous!
Ha ha, I just opened the thread thinking yeah yeah a couple of flys... Then was like WTF crazy.
wattyfred89
21-05-10, 07:50 PM
Wicked! id have never beleived you without the picture
Milky Bar Kid
21-05-10, 08:23 PM
Holy feck! Like some folk above have said, if you hadn't posteed pics, we would have thought you were exaggerating!
garynortheast
21-05-10, 08:36 PM
Should've flipped up the visor and opened yer mouth - there's a full meal there!
-Ralph-
21-05-10, 09:34 PM
Sweet Jesus! I thought riding on a Scottish summers evening was bad, but that is nothing in comparison!
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/colinbal4/CIMG1894.jpg
sunshine
22-05-10, 05:56 PM
this is why i carry a spare visor or screenys, could be worst, have a bird it you then the flys hit you ok i havent had than many but more than ralph :P
dizzyblonde
22-05-10, 06:00 PM
Sweet Jesus! I thought riding on a Scottish summers evening was bad, but that is nothing in comparison!
Just imagine what the Scottish midgies have in store this year....!!!!!!!
I ride around with my visor open most of the time. That would have been extremely bad news.
yorkie_chris
22-05-10, 06:19 PM
Extremely bad tasting too.
shifter
22-05-10, 07:04 PM
I think you got a whole squadron!
bald git
22-05-10, 07:10 PM
should've flipped up the visor and opened yer mouth - there's a full meal there!
protein
tanis34
22-05-10, 07:12 PM
Glad i aint cleaning them off :D
+ 1 thats just unbelievable
I've had similar scary moments going into shady bits under trees that were hiding swarms of the buggers. The temptation is always a little wipe of the finger isn't it? :rolleyes:
However, well done there mate! :p
That's an impressive attempt at genocide.
Just imagine what the Scottish midgies have in store this year....!!!!!!!
The rumour is that midges will be somewhat reduced in number this season due to the frequent cold spells this year running right up til about a fortnight ago.
21C today here though so hoping we're lucky for GM3! :D
hongman
22-05-10, 07:59 PM
Jesus, wow.
I'm never complaining about splattering flies on my car windscreen again!
but the smell of dead flies on my leathers and bike was awful I just headed home.
What did it smell like?? :D
Like you say, could have caused bad accident.
Well done!
missyburd
22-05-10, 09:04 PM
Sorry, I'd still rather have a thousand greenfly spattered on the outside of my lid than one fecking wasp on the INSIDE of it...scared the crap out of me today that blighter did!
Cracking photo though :-D
BanannaMan
22-05-10, 09:29 PM
:shock:
Wow, never seen anything like that.
Wasn't even sure if it was real when I saw it in the photo comp thread.
Lucky you didn't crash!
Sorry, I'd still rather have a thousand greenfly spattered on the outside of my lid than one fecking wasp on the INSIDE of it...scared the crap out of me today that blighter did!
Lucky you too.
Well done keeping your wits about you. :thumbsup:
I hate to think what that did to radiator!
+1
Deffinately worth looking at.
nik_nunez
22-05-10, 09:40 PM
the radiator is fine, sprayed it down and all the bugs are gone, it does have a few dents from stones mind
carternd
22-05-10, 10:03 PM
That is a fair haul. Bonus points for you, squire!
Mine fly into my helmet and annoy my ear-holes but that...
:salut::smt068:chef::smt033:thumbsup::smt109:
Worst I've had so far is a bumble-bee obscuring 1/3 of my left eye. They have some ugly innards, oi tells ee...
andrewsmith
22-05-10, 10:16 PM
I can believe that!!
I'll post the genocide around from around alston tomorrow
-Ralph-
23-05-10, 09:18 AM
Sorry, I'd still rather have a thousand greenfly spattered on the outside of my lid than one fecking wasp on the INSIDE of it...scared the crap out of me today that blighter did!
You wait 'til you have your visor open, and one flies straight into the gap between your temple and you helmet lining at gets stuck there face first. Ar$e sticking out and desperately writhing around trying to find something to sting. Luckily the one that did it to me only found my helmet lining and tried to sting the hell out of that. Multiple stings to the temple wouldn't have been pleasant. I've never been so quick in pulling an emergency stop, killing the ignition 'cos it was quicker than finding neutral, and taking my off helmet.
missyburd
23-05-10, 09:32 AM
I've never been so quick in pulling an emergency stop, killing the ignition 'cos it was quicker than finding neutral, and taking my off helmet.
Yep that's kind of what I ended up doing! I'm just glad I wasn't going round a bend at the time :shock:
Impressive is that. Never seen that before. Tear off visors anyone?
yorkie_chris
23-05-10, 09:44 AM
That would be so much easier than cleaning them! #poddles off to racevisors#
-Ralph-
23-05-10, 10:09 AM
Yep that's kind of what I ended up doing! I'm just glad I wasn't going round a bend at the time :shock:
If something is just flying around inside the helmet, open the visor full and turn your head through 90 degrees. The windblast will get rid of it.
I keep all my biking gear in the garage, with the helmet on a shelf. What's really annoying is when you put your helmet on, then a couple of 100 yds down the road, the spider that was sleeping in there crawls into your ear!
Jamesy D
23-05-10, 10:19 AM
I keep all my biking gear in the garage, with the helmet on a shelf. What's really annoying is when you put your helmet on, then a couple of 100 yds down the road, the spider that was sleeping in there crawls into your ear!
Uhm, I'm just gonna go and recover my lids from the Garage... that made me feel a little queasy...
TheRamJam
23-05-10, 02:59 PM
Thats insaneness ;)
Glad you managed to stay safe pesky insects :smt071
Owenski
24-05-10, 08:08 AM
AWSOMENESS AWARD FOR MAY
Goes to NIK-NUNEZ, and his Green fly face pizza
Mr Meerkat
24-05-10, 11:48 AM
happened on a run to whitby the other day, warm weathers done it, that and the cold winters meant there's not too many ladybirds abouts....
just make sure you don't try to wipe them off with a glove, cos it just smears even worse....
think i'm gonna ride round my allotment at speed to clear them off my plants! :smt071
454697819
24-05-10, 03:14 PM
LOOKS GOOD...
I have hit about 30 wasps ... that made me stop a little sharpish...
Owenski
25-05-10, 07:45 AM
LOOKS GOOD...
I have hit about 30 wasps ... that made me stop a little sharpish...
You ever had one go inside? that'll make you stop a damn site quicker.
carternd
25-05-10, 11:01 PM
You ever had one go inside? that'll make you stop a damn site quicker.
I so took that the wrong way!:smt100
jesus, i thought my visor got messed up.
Scary thought, we have been hit by an influx of these where I work, I only walked up one road the other day and couldn't breathe, needed a dust mask due the millions of the feckers. ended up with a sleeve over my face like an extra in Backdraft !
Makes me wonder, how do you slow for a horde of these at speed when I was almost eating them at walking pace and still barely visable ?
Jeez
hongman
26-05-10, 10:26 AM
Unless you ride at a crawl everywhere, I dont think you can!
Get those motox style rip off visor strips :)
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