"Morgans" wrote in
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"Jay Honeck" wrote

On the way home from Wisconsin yesterday, with Becca riding on the
back, I had my leather jacket sleeves unsnapped, due to the heat. This
allowed the wind to flow up my arms, albeit somewhat restricted by the
fairing and windshield -- which didn't seem to impede the bee that
managed to fly in there, and sting me on the forearm!

At first I thought I had been hit with a stone, but it kept hurting
long after the initial "impact". Luckily, I'm not allergic to bee
stings, and it went away in a few minutes...but that's the first time
*that* has ever happened before.

(Although I DID once get hit smack in the middle of my forehead, above
the windshield, below my helmet, and above my sunglasses, by what felt
like a bumble-bee. Darned near knocked me off the bike! Another
reason I now wear a full-face helmet.)

Been hit by a bumblebee in the forehead by a bumblebee, also. I saw it
coming, even!

I also was zooming around the outside of a corner (those sharp, almost
hairpin, banked ones, you love to zoom around in the mountains), and a
car coming at me on the inside of the corner got off the road, and
kicked up a piece of gravel. I suppose it hit my cheek at close to 60
MPG. I was lucky to keep control, and get stopped. It left quite a
strawberry bruise.

I still hate full face helmets, though. I think that is one part of the
equation I'll still have to risk.

I too have been struck by a large bug in the face. It was
about the size of a bumble bee, although I think it may
have been one of them large green 'japanese' beetles we
get here in So Cal. Hit me on the lower lip, splitting it
against my teeth. Well....I was doing about 90 at the time.

Hey, it was on the freeway, and believe me, traffic wasn't
much slower. For those familiar, I had just transitioned
from the 91 east to the 15 south in Corona. Years ago when
I'd go out that way often, I found that at times the flow
of traffic was 80-85.

Brian
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