I caged it today because of blah blah blah (no one cares why!) and on the way home from work..

WHAP !!! say it yourself, then about 10 times louder is what I heard.

A nice sized ( 1 - 1 1/2" ) piece of spinning gravel smacked my windshield smacked my windshield directly infront of my face. Had I been on the bike I'm pretty sure it would have hit me square in the face shield, most likely shattering it. I saw it coming, but there isn't much need in ducking in a truck.

OK, it wouldn't have really happened on the bike, cause I never take the highway home on the gs.. But still.

Watch out guys and girls, there was no reason to believe gravel was going to come flying up. No big trucks, just lame cager commuters.

Slow Down !

well it most certainly could have been worse. my dad said when he was younger he saw a buddy of his get taken off his bike after being hit by a bumble bee in the forehead. 

My dad had a similar story, he knew a guy when he was in college that had a bee go in his helmet, ended up hitting a telephone pole and was killed.

I have had two bee related incidents on the gs but thankfully did not lose control of the bike.

both times I said Doh! a bee

I hate bees 

Quote from: jserio on September 08, 2009, 07:21:08 PM
well it most certainly could have been worse. my dad said when he was younger he saw a buddy of his get taken off his bike after being hit by a bumble bee in the forehead. 

lol yup ive had a collision or two wiht them bastiges 

You know what I have decided is going to kill me someday? tractor trailer re-treads. Those tires are the most assinine, self centered way to save money. Who's genius idea was it to glue tread onto worn out tires, and let people drive with them on the highway until they eventually rip off the tire to hit whoever is around? I can't figure out how something like that is even legal. I wonder how often someone on a motorcycle gets nailed with one right in the head.

I get that trucks drive forever, and tires aren't cheap, but still, way to save a couple bucks by risking everyone elses safety aside from your own.

Quote from: tt_four on September 09, 2009, 09:43:40 AM
You know what I have decided is going to kill me someday? tractor trailer re-treads. Those tires are the most assinine, self centered way to save money. Who's genius idea was it to glue tread onto worn out tires, and let people drive with them on the highway until they eventually rip off the tire to hit whoever is around? I can't figure out how something like that is even legal. I wonder how often someone on a motorcycle gets nailed with one right in the head.

I get that trucks drive forever, and tires aren't cheap, but still, way to save a couple bucks by risking everyone elses safety aside from your own.

Yes these things are terrible and dangerous. 

My fiancee had about $2000.00 of damage done to her 1 week old car from a retread.

From the size of the dents it put in her hood I can only imagine the carnage that would result from a direct hit to the face.

Quote from: tt_four on September 09, 2009, 09:43:40 AM
You know what I have decided is going to kill me someday? tractor trailer re-treads. Those tires are the most assinine, self centered way to save money. Who's genius idea was it to glue tread onto worn out tires, and let people drive with them on the highway until they eventually rip off the tire to hit whoever is around? I can't figure out how something like that is even legal. I wonder how often someone on a motorcycle gets nailed with one right in the head.

I get that trucks drive forever, and tires aren't cheap, but still, way to save a couple bucks by risking everyone elses safety aside from your own.

theres a hot cap and a cold one. coulda been, wrong type in teh wrong location. a hot in cold or vice versa. at a grand a piece pretty much. but yes i do see your point quite well, those bastiges are also called alligators

Never been hit by a large rock before in the helmet (touch wood) but have been hit in the head by birds numerous times wile riding in the country.

The parrots where I grew up during the fruit season would eat all the over ripe fruit and get drunk.  A car comes along (or bike) and scares the birds more often than not in your direction and BANG.  Never come off from hitting one but they hurt when they hit you in the helmet.

Retreads.....those things are dangerous.  Been made illegal over here but I think they can still be used on trailers

Quote from: 08GSSteve on September 10, 2009, 05:20:35 AM
Retreads.....those things are dangerous.  Been made illegal over here but I think they can still be used on trailers

A parrot!? that sounds painful. We have little birds here. Never had one to the head, but I have gotten 2 or 3 in that space under the headlight and above the front wheel. They try to play that game like they do with cars where they swoop down to get lift off of the air blowing over the cars windsheild, but don't realize that you're too small to push that kind of air. I have almost gotten a pigeon or two to the face in the city though.

I don't think re-treads are legal on normal cars, I believe it's only trailers here as well, but I see one laying on the side of the highway every time I'm out, so it's definitely not common for them to rip off at speed.

I was nailed by a retread in my truck at 65mph it was as long as my Isuzu was wide. I lost controll and rolled my truck on the interstate. Then this Easter (I'm 90% it was a tire) a softball sized piece of tire hit me in the shoulder and seperated it. If I hadn't had my jacket on I'm sure I would have lost control of the bike!

Thank goodness I've never been hit by a rock OUCH!

Mary

To be honest, when you're going 65, I don't really know much much more a rock would've hurt.

Thank Goodness the second hit as at 45mph! Still hurt like a mofo though!

Mary

Indeed. ive had oen of those alligator nuggets hit me as well, hurt almost as bad as my kidneys did today  , AND I WAS IN MY CAGE. think bounced off of my mirror, and hit me, between the shoulder, and my neck, a big WAAAAP, i was OWWW WTFH?, not really even a brouise. more liek a reddish spot. 99% gone now

Quote from: jserio on September 08, 2009, 07:21:08 PM
well it most certainly could have been worse. my dad said when he was younger he saw a buddy of his get taken off his bike after being hit by a bumble bee in the forehead. 

hrm ya right. i have been hit by bee's to birds and never knocked off.

you've been hit in the face(the face, not the helment) at speed on your bike and not gotten knocked off? by a bird you say? really.......   

chest and head.  the bird was when i was  a kid on my suzuki ds 80 and i guess i would be doing 40-50mph.  it got me in the top of the lid. bee's man i have had a bunch of hits from them.  even had one hit me in the chest and then sting the hell out of me lol

it worries me a bit around here. we have tons of seagulls. and of course, they aren't afraid of people or cars because people feed them from their cars. 

Yeah, I have had a BEE fly into my freaking helmet before. Luckily he got stuck inbetween the visor and I was able to stop and figure it out.


Freaked me out for sure.

Quote from: frankieG on September 14, 2009, 09:16:12 AM
chest and head.  the bird was when i was  a kid on my suzuki ds 80 and i guess i would be doing 40-50mph.  it got me in the top of the lid. bee's man i have had a bunch of hits from them.  even had one hit me in the chest and then sting the hell out of me lol

So becasue it didnt happen to you, it didnt happen to anyone else? or did i miss somehting frank