06-18-2014, 12:25 AM
In Arizona I get hit with a few bugs, got stung on the face once (bee, dirt bike helmet, no goggles) but in Minnesota. Ufdah! Behind grain trucks on highway 2 going to Duluth, like little needles hitting you. Nasty! Then outside Superior Wisconsin I was tooting along the back roads on my TS125 when a big water beetle flew across the road. I was center punched just at the bottom of the sternum. Ouch! And juicy! Only had on a t-shirt (no money, no internet, no motocycle safety classes; I really was clueless).
Then the army worms came out and with those you get big plump black flies. Those hit and burst like ripe tomatos; very pleasant on a helmetless face. Lost it on a curve once while riding the CJ360T when I hit a rather slick green slime spot of ex-army worm bodies. 35mm camera swung around and tapped me on the chin. That hurt for weeks.
Had friends taken off bikes by large birds and deer but I managed to avoid that. I've hit raccoons (highway 61 going to Two Harbors) and a badger (highway 60 outside Quemado New Mexico) but managed to keep the bike up.
Then the army worms came out and with those you get big plump black flies. Those hit and burst like ripe tomatos; very pleasant on a helmetless face. Lost it on a curve once while riding the CJ360T when I hit a rather slick green slime spot of ex-army worm bodies. 35mm camera swung around and tapped me on the chin. That hurt for weeks.
Had friends taken off bikes by large birds and deer but I managed to avoid that. I've hit raccoons (highway 61 going to Two Harbors) and a badger (highway 60 outside Quemado New Mexico) but managed to keep the bike up.