Bee and other insect encounters

[Old Ryder]

I was leading a group on the coast in April a few years back with my half helmet and no windshield on my Fatboy. I saw something in the air but I was sure it would be gone by the time I got there. It was not and I don't have a clue as to what it was, but the guys behind me said my head snapped around like a took a left hook from George Foreman. I thought it was going to knock me off the bike for a few seconds until I got my bearings again. It left a mark on my right cheek for days---still don't know what it was.

BTW---I have been hit twice by a golf ball. The man who stays on his bike after that wins hands down.

[DMAGOLDRDR]

Many bugs have given their life so I may enjoy my rides, although I have had two (different occasions) that got me back by flying up my pant leg and stinging me in the calf.

I must have been a sight as I rode along at highway speeds smacking myself repeatedly in the leg trying to squash the little bugger.

And once many years ago when I rode without a windshield, I had a bee get caught in between my glasses and temple and sting me in the side of my head.... wow that hurt

[xltsport]

The wife and I hit a pheasant last year saw it coming lucky we slowed down hit me in the top of the head and the wife in the side of hers. Hit a swallow one time right in the windpipe. Yellow jacket in the shirt pulled in the driveway felt something crawling swatted it and it started stinging must have set a record pulling my leather coat off running for the house.

[xltsport]

Went to school with a guy who didn't show up for a few days. Comes in wearing a neck brace and all banged up. Here on the way to school he hit a flock of blackbirds knocked him right off the bike lucky he had his riding gear on and didn't slide into anything solid just whiplash and bruises

[Ixol Phaane]

Bee swarms suck!
Fortunately the gf and I saw it coming and got our heads down (helmets on), so no stings. But dozens of bees received their kamikaze certifications that day! 😆