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alejandro1800vtx

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Use your helmet visor down
« on: March 28, 2012, 09:59:47 PM »
was riding saturday, visor up, got a efin red hornet inside helmet, got stung in my eyebrow, welcome to efin spring,  im allergic so was a drill, pull over get my decadron( dexamethasone) pen and shot my shelf still got a orange size eye for 2 days, all better now :cuss:   :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2012, 01:57:48 AM »
WOW......glad to know you are OK. Could have been worse.
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2012, 05:50:05 AM »
YEEEOUUCH
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2012, 06:11:32 AM »
Been there/ Done that.
 Glad you kept the bike under control until you could get your meds. 
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2012, 06:38:08 AM »
Glad you're ok. Reminds me, last summer I was running down a back road at about 40 mph, I ran through the middle of a swarm of honey bees. Pulled over, got all the dead ones and others off of me. Did not receive one sting, and I did not have riding gear on. Thank you Lord! It happened so fast, all I could do was tense up.
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2012, 07:15:42 AM »
Bummer AJ --- I need to get me another face shield now that you brought this up  :thumbup:
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2012, 07:29:00 AM »
Wow, that sucks.  Did you literally give yourself a shot?  If so, good thing you were prepared and good job keeping composure and stopping safely.
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2012, 10:26:28 PM »
Glad to hear you had your shot with you. Another reason to ride with your visor down (speaking from experience  ;)) Is sometimes when you are flying down the 45 if the visor is at just the right angle the wind can/will and did rip the visor right off your helmet. Yeah but I still ride with it up I like the to feel the wind but just not enough not not wear a helmet.

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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2012, 08:34:31 AM »
Took a bug right between the eyes on FM2004 yesterday. Good thing my visor was down or I'd have two black eyes this morning and blaming it on Lucky.  :couch:
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2012, 10:42:56 PM »
That's not a freak thing that happen. It happens all the time you are lucky man that has been warned to not ride with the bugs and bees , hornets and thing that string you. Here is a set of Wings to protect you if you want to ride with open face guard.
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2012, 07:15:33 AM »
What face shield?  I don't always run into the bugs while riding, but when I do....I use my fist to block them.
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2012, 11:47:59 AM »
That was one smart hornet.  How in the heck did it get around that big@$$ windshield?   ;D
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2012, 04:23:10 PM »
Quote from: matap on April 05, 2012, 07:15:33 AM
What face shield?  I don't always run into the bugs while riding, but when I do....I use my fist to block them.
Right there with ya Matap!! that is why I wear gloves!!  ;D
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2012, 04:53:23 PM »
Quote from: matap on April 05, 2012, 07:15:33 AM
What face shield?  I don't always run into the bugs while riding, but when I do....I use my fist to block them.

Aawww...no faceshield here....I use chopsticks...wwaaa.... ;D ;D
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Re: Use your helmet visor down
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2012, 08:35:53 PM »
Quote from: matap on April 05, 2012, 07:15:33 AM
What face shield?  I don't always run into the bugs while riding, but when I do....I use my fist to block them.

Bugs don't bite me out of respect  ::)
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