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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

BanannaMan · 22-05-10, 09:29 PM

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!

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Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

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.

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Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I hate to think what that did to radiator!

+1
Deffinately worth looking at.

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

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...

:

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

23-05-10, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

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.

23-05-10, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by -Ralph-

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

23-05-10, 09:37 AM

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#

23-05-10, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

Yep that's kind of what I ended up doing! I'm just glad I wasn't going round a bend at the time

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!

22-05-10, 09:04 PM	#31
missyburd Guest Posts: n/a	Re: almost killed by green flies 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

22-05-10, 09:40 PM	#33
nik_nunez Guest Posts: n/a	Re: almost killed by green flies the radiator is fine, sprayed it down and all the bugs are gone, it does have a few dents from stones mind

22-05-10, 10:03 PM	#34
carternd Guest Posts: n/a	Re: almost killed by green flies That is a fair haul. Bonus points for you, squire! Mine fly into my helmet and annoy my ear-holes but that... : 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...

22-05-10, 10:16 PM	#35
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: almost killed by green flies I can believe that!! I'll post the genocide around from around alston tomorrow __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

23-05-10, 09:37 AM	#38
Stig Guest Posts: n/a	Re: almost killed by green flies Impressive is that. Never seen that before. Tear off visors anyone?

23-05-10, 09:44 AM	#39
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: almost killed by green flies That would be so much easier than cleaning them! #poddles off to racevisors# __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

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