Avoid lightning & Nothing he could have done

[GoldOxide_imp]

I got zapped in 1988, luckily while I was stopped in traffic. Fortunately, the main bolt hit a guard rail about 8 ft. away. A splinter bolt hit the top of my helmet and exited through my palms and the soles of my feet (leaving some minor burns). I was blinded for a few minutes, but eventually was able to ride the few miles home. It took a day or so for my hearing to get back to normal and the tingling in my arms and legs to stop. I learned a healthy respect for thunderstorms that day. When lightning starts getting close, I run for cover.

So that's what happened? Now we understand.

Ooops, wrong member!

Really though - amazing experience you share.

[Cormanus]

Yikes, Flyn!

[flynrider]

I got zapped in 1988, luckily while I was stopped in traffic. Fortunately, the main bolt hit a guard rail about 8 ft. away. A splinter bolt hit the top of my helmet and exited through my palms and the soles of my feet (leaving some minor burns). I was blinded for a few minutes, but eventually was able to ride the few miles home. It took a day or so for my hearing to get back to normal and the tingling in my arms and legs to stop. I learned a healthy respect for thunderstorms that day. When lightning starts getting close, I run for cover.

So that's what happened? Now we understand.

Ooops, wrong member!

Really though - amazing experience you share.

Not the first time I've heard that one!

There was one long lasting effect. For many years afterward, family and friends would refuse to walk or stand anywhere near me when thunderstorms approached.

[GoldOxide_imp]

I got zapped in 1988, luckily while I was stopped in traffic. Fortunately, the main bolt hit a guard rail about 8 ft. away. A splinter bolt hit the top of my helmet and exited through my palms and the soles of my feet (leaving some minor burns). I was blinded for a few minutes, but eventually was able to ride the few miles home. It took a day or so for my hearing to get back to normal and the tingling in my arms and legs to stop. I learned a healthy respect for thunderstorms that day. When lightning starts getting close, I run for cover.

So that's what happened? Now we understand.

Ooops, wrong member!

Really though - amazing experience you share.

Not the first time I've heard that one!

There was one long lasting effect. For many years afterward, family and friends would refuse to walk or stand anywhere near me when thunderstorms approached.

Not the first time I've heard that one!

There was one long lasting effect. For many years afterward, family and friends would refuse to walk or stand anywhere near me when thunderstorms approached.
Because you are still flyin' and ridin', you seemed to have beat any trauma that could have resulted. Well done.

[Rocky_imp]

After reading this item I think I need to count my lucky stars.
In 2010, I had just finished a tour through the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta.
I was riding across the wide open spaces of Alberta on the way to Calgary through a thunderstorm. I wasn't directly over me, but was close enough to be "thrilling." There was no shelter so no point in stopping.
It appears that the common belief that rubber tires would insulate you is just a "old wives tale" and I won't be doing that again!

[GoldOxide_imp]

After reading this item I think I need to count my lucky stars.
In 2010, I had just finished a tour through the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta.
I was riding across the wide open spaces of Alberta on the way to Calgary through a thunderstorm. I wasn't directly over me, but was close enough to be "thrilling." There was no shelter so no point in stopping.
It appears that the common belief that rubber tires would insulate you is just a "old wives tale" and I won't be doing that again!

Glad you can still be with us Rocky.

The problem with motorcycles, unlike cages, is they lack - well - the [metal body] cage. The cage acts somewhat like a Faraday surface protecting the occupants. The rubber tires, sans any anti-woozy ground straps to the road (or any dragging exhaust parts), do insulate the vehicle from ground. The exception for a m/c can be when it is raining and the rider and bike is wet and essentially providing a lightning path to ground via the rider.

[Gone in 60]

Dang, not much you can do to prevent that...

[Cormanus]

Freddie was right, really, “Thunderbolts and lightening, very, very frightening.”

[GoldOxide_imp]

Freddie was right, really, “Thunderbolts and lightening, very, very frightening.”