What's your most painful insect strike? - Honda Shadow Forums : Shadow Motorcycle Forum

plumbob · 08-13-2008, 05:56 PM

I only have about 1 square inch of skin showing when I ride (my adams apple), and sure enough a june bug smack me when I was going about 60mph...had me cussing in my helmet.

dwmitchell61 · 08-13-2008, 06:00 PM

Big old bumble bee right across the bridge of my glasses? Couldn't see a thing with all the yellow goo splattered across both lenses... Had to slow and pull over using the peripheral vision only!

hashadenough · 08-13-2008, 06:02 PM

Took a hornet up the sleeve one time... not exactly a "strike" but it got my attention I'll tell you...

People must have thought I was crazy swinging around slapping at myself while I was going down the highway...

Cbjr · 08-13-2008, 06:04 PM

European Hornet up a jacket sleeve.

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Susan07 · 08-13-2008, 06:17 PM

Yep! June bug! Going down a highway…no shirt(I was like 20 yrs.old at the time.)…doing around 80 mph. Damn thing hit me in the middle of my sternum.

Hell…I thought someone had shot me.

Managed to stay on the bike, pull over and hmmmm…no blood. Just goo, a hard brown shell and a welt the size of my fist.

pcdoc · 08-13-2008, 06:42 PM

June bug, last Saturday on hwy H in St. Charles County, MO. Was doing about 70+ and it hit right on the bottom of my rib cage. When I got to my destination everyone said it looked like I got shot with a paintball gun (I had on a white t). Stung like hell and still have the welt.

RoyB · 08-13-2008, 06:46 PM

had my full face on and my eye glasses (visor up). Well, some bug, no idea what kind, managed to get under my glasses, smack dab in the eye. I couldn't see and my eye started watering instantly. Was coming to a stop too. I promptly shut the visor after that.

GrymLocke · 08-13-2008, 07:13 PM

riding the levy road back to sacramento from rio vista I took a wasp or honey bee to the bicep when I was wearing just the vest and a lt. blue longsleeve chambrey shirt. The bugger tangled in the shirt material and let me know (over and over) he was displeased....I never stopped and shucked off a peice of clothes that fast before in my whole life! and the people I was riding with where 20 miles down the road before they realized I wasn't with them !!!

Stoopy · 08-13-2008, 07:21 PM

Bee also, in the inside of the arm, when I was young and living in SoCal, wearing a T-shirt and doing about 70 down a straight road. Lil' bee was going to the same party I was, I was just going a lot faster and rear-ended him with the inside of my arm at the elbow joint, right about where they take blood from (nice and soft). Thought I'd been shot, it scooped out a neat piece of flesh, and the stinger was buried so deep I didn't even know it was there until it became infected about a week later. Matter of fact that's the only way I know it was a bee, because the doctor who dug it out ID'd it as a bee stinger.

ButchA · 08-13-2008, 08:36 PM

I haven't been hit by a June bug (yet). I've only had a kamakazi bee fly into the sleeve of my leather jacket and meet his maker with part of the zipper. I picked pieces of him out afterwards...

The only thing I have had is small flies and mosquitos pelt my face when I tried riding without my racheting face shield.

The only painful thing I had is a small stick get kicked up by the car in front of me. I swerved out of the way, but still got nailed right in my shin by the stick.

08-13-2008, 05:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
plumbob Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Spring Lake N.C. Posts: 147	What's your most painful insect strike? I only have about 1 square inch of skin showing when I ride (my adams apple), and sure enough a june bug smack me when I was going about 60mph...had me cussing in my helmet. __________________ 1985 Shadow VT700C

08-13-2008, 06:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
dwmitchell61 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kennewick, WA Posts: 2,964	Big old bumble bee right across the bridge of my glasses? Couldn't see a thing with all the yellow goo splattered across both lenses... Had to slow and pull over using the peripheral vision only! __________________ David W. Mitchell Patriot Guard #145143 Standing for those who stood for us. American Legion Rider Kenn-Pasco Chapter 34 1999 Honda Valkyrie F6 GL1500C

08-13-2008, 06:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
hashadenough Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 300	Took a hornet up the sleeve one time... not exactly a "strike" but it got my attention I'll tell you... People must have thought I was crazy swinging around slapping at myself while I was going down the highway... __________________ 2005 Heritage Softail

08-13-2008, 06:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
Susan07 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 7,190	Yep! June bug! Going down a highway…no shirt(I was like 20 yrs.old at the time.)…doing around 80 mph. Damn thing hit me in the middle of my sternum. Hell…I thought someone had shot me. Managed to stay on the bike, pull over and hmmmm…no blood. Just goo, a hard brown shell and a welt the size of my fist. __________________ In any given situation...it's not the reality of the situation that bothers people...it's their skewed perception of the reality of said situation that bothers them.

08-13-2008, 06:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
pcdoc Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Saint Charles Posts: 132	June bug, last Saturday on hwy H in St. Charles County, MO. Was doing about 70+ and it hit right on the bottom of my rib cage. When I got to my destination everyone said it looked like I got shot with a paintball gun (I had on a white t). Stung like hell and still have the welt. __________________ 92 VT600C

08-13-2008, 06:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cbjr Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 9,046	European Hornet up a jacket sleeve. wiki

08-13-2008, 06:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
RoyB Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicago Burbs Posts: 144	had my full face on and my eye glasses (visor up). Well, some bug, no idea what kind, managed to get under my glasses, smack dab in the eye. I couldn't see and my eye started watering instantly. Was coming to a stop too. I promptly shut the visor after that. __________________ '99 Corvette FRC Nassau Blue '01 4Runner Limited 4x4 '07 Honda Shadow Sabre

08-13-2008, 07:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
GrymLocke Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,725	riding the levy road back to sacramento from rio vista I took a wasp or honey bee to the bicep when I was wearing just the vest and a lt. blue longsleeve chambrey shirt. The bugger tangled in the shirt material and let me know (over and over) he was displeased....I never stopped and shucked off a peice of clothes that fast before in my whole life! and the people I was riding with where 20 miles down the road before they realized I wasn't with them !!! __________________ ...Mostly Harmless

08-13-2008, 07:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
Stoopy Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Gainesville VA Posts: 621	Bee also, in the inside of the arm, when I was young and living in SoCal, wearing a T-shirt and doing about 70 down a straight road. Lil' bee was going to the same party I was, I was just going a lot faster and rear-ended him with the inside of my arm at the elbow joint, right about where they take blood from (nice and soft). Thought I'd been shot, it scooped out a neat piece of flesh, and the stinger was buried so deep I didn't even know it was there until it became infected about a week later. Matter of fact that's the only way I know it was a bee, because the doctor who dug it out ID'd it as a bee stinger. __________________

08-13-2008, 08:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
ButchA Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 2,329	I haven't been hit by a June bug (yet). I've only had a kamakazi bee fly into the sleeve of my leather jacket and meet his maker with part of the zipper. I picked pieces of him out afterwards... The only thing I have had is small flies and mosquitos pelt my face when I tried riding without my racheting face shield. The only painful thing I had is a small stick get kicked up by the car in front of me. I swerved out of the way, but still got nailed right in my shin by the stick. __________________ 2007 Honda Shadow Aero 750

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