Riding while sick?

[placidfemme]

Does anyone have any suggestions for riding with a runny nose?

I started to feel sick on Tuesday with a sore throat... and thought that was all... it started to hurt more on wednesday and Thursday... woke up this morning and it wasn't too bad... so I rode to work... as I got to the bridge I started sneezing like crazy and had to open my visor in fear of anything being expelled on the inside of my visor...

Now my nose is running like crazy and I'm not looking forward to the ride home without the ability to wipe my nose every 3 seconds...

[Whynot]

-breathe through your mouth
-open your visor when you feel like sneezing, it sometimes makes it go away and if not at least you don't get snot on the inside.

:)

[crashe]

Does anyone have any suggestions for riding with a runny nose?

I started to feel sick on Tuesday with a sore throat... and thought that was all... it started to hurt more on wednesday and Thursday... woke up this morning and it wasn't too bad... so I rode to work... as I got to the bridge I started sneezing like crazy and had to open my visor in fear of anything being expelled on the inside of my visor...

Now my nose is running like crazy and I'm not looking forward to the ride home without the ability to wipe my nose every 3 seconds...

Remember the scarf tied around your face (nose and mouth)
Well just have it just under your nose...... it will catch it all for you....
You only have a short trip up over the bridge..... so it will last that short distance...


Oh yeah then wash it ready for tomorrow's ride to work...

[Kwaka14]

Always thought it might be good to try earplugs in your nostrils, sneezing with the visr closed isn't a good thing either....

[lb99]

Does anyone have any suggestions for riding with a runny nose?

I started to feel sick on Tuesday with a sore throat... and thought that was all... it started to hurt more on wednesday and Thursday... woke up this morning and it wasn't too bad... so I rode to work... as I got to the bridge I started sneezing like crazy and had to open my visor in fear of anything being expelled on the inside of my visor...

Now my nose is running like crazy and I'm not looking forward to the ride home without the ability to wipe my nose every 3 seconds...

My sympathies, I am feeling exactly the same way, it came on at about 3am, the only reason I went to work is because the boss had the day off, and theres only me & him. I am sitting her in a swannie atm even though its like 20deg outside, I just cant get warm.

Roll on 5pm

[yungatart]

I have shocking hayfever, so fully understand the runny nose thing. Sniff, long, loud and frequently...it works (sort of) for me..

[Maha]

Some would say i have answer for everything but not this one except to say if it were me, i would douse my face with cold water (in the toilet area for best results) have a big big blow out, repeat once, big sniff, yell arrrrrrgh! and beat chest. Sunny's are a must for the ride home and visor up when you can....Good luck PF........:done:

[Whynot]

I have shocking hayfever, so fully understand the runny nose thing. Sniff, long, loud and frequently...it works (sort of) for me..

ditto

:(

[Drum]

Can't help really, but I once went diving with a shocker of a hangover and...............nah, you dont want to know!

[jrandom]

Open your visor, cup your left glove around your nostrils, and blow hard. Save the results for flinging at any particularly obstreperous cage drivers.

[bistard]

Always thought it might be good to try earplugs in your nostrils, sneezing with the visr closed isn't a good thing either....

You Cant Do That,it will start coming out your ears!!,or worse your eyes will start to water,it has to go somewhere you know

[placidfemme]

Thanks guys *sniffs*

lol crashe I only wear the scarf in winter and when I'm wearing my kevlar... today I've got draggin jeans and leather jacket... no scarf...

Arrggg Ok gonan go rinse face in cold water, blow my nose and sniff loudly to annoy everyone at work... and then leave lol

Have a good weekend all... catch ya on Monday!

[yungatart]

Open your visor, cup your left glove around your nostrils, and blow hard. Save the results for flinging at any particularly obstreperous cage drivers.

Ewwwww, yuck!

[placidfemme]

Open your visor, cup your left glove around your nostrils, and blow hard. Save the results for flinging at any particularly obstreperous cage drivers.

lol thats so gross... but I like it!

*hates to think what my gloves would look like when I get home though*

Given to much bling in the last 24 hours...

[crashe]

Scarf = bandana

[Toaster]

Does anyone have any suggestions for riding with a runny nose?
...

I sneezed IN my helmet once..........(did I just admit that) it wasn't pretty. At least I had a face warmer on, but we won't go there.

have a great weekend :)

[Madmax]

ive been riding with glandular fever for two weeks
got so week i fell off in a car park
thought it was the flue
now i cant see out of one eye
and my kidneys nearly shut down
dont do it
ive got so week i can not even move my bike
and i have to get a lift to the doctor

[Toaster]

ive been riding with glandular fever for two weeks
got so week i fell off in a car park


geez, not flash man.... hope you get better fast, that g-fever shit is bad for ridin'!!

[Karma]

Tear some toilet paper and stuff it up your nose... I do that when I've got a nose bleed and it works a treat.

[sunhuntin]

i get bitchin hayfever, and the ride from picton to chch was so nasty. my nose and eyes were both running for the gold. i ride with an open facer, and every so often, drag my glove thumb underneath. easier than reaching my tongue to wipe it off, lol. id go with crashes idea of a bandanna around your lower face. maybe put a padding of tissues to save from ruining it.

[mooks]

i get bitchin hayfever, and the ride from picton to chch was so nasty. my nose and eyes were both running for the gold. i ride with an open facer, and every so often, drag my glove thumb underneath. easier than reaching my tongue to wipe it off, lol. id go with crashes idea of a bandanna around your lower face. maybe put a padding of tissues to save from ruining it.


giant maxi-pad ..... that'd do it ......

riding with the visor open might be like a flystrip though? Loads of dead bugs by the time you got home

[Madmax]

fuck the pad just need to my brain working again (no not put h1r engines in zxr750 frames etc!!!)

[Madmax]

anyway im just going to go away and die

[Clivoris]

Ephidrine.:yes:

[mstriumph]

an old-fashioned sanitary pad with a loop over each ear?

:dodge:

[Karma]

Or a pair of tampons?

[mstriumph]

Or a pair of tampons? nahhhh - gotta think of the sneezing hazard [and wat the impact of a coupla jet-propelled tampons is gonna do to the inside of a standard visor ...........] :innocent:

[mooks]

Or a pair of tampons?


yeah but sneeze too hard and you could break your visor ...... there'd be some pressure behind that after a while ......

:shit:

[mstriumph]

:shit: is there an echo in here??

[Scorpygirl]

I often sneeze in the helmet!!! Sorry about that Rhino!!! :gob:

[MrMelon]

Psuedoephedrine. Take a quick trip to your chemist and you'll be sussed for 4 or 5 hours

[crashe]

I often sneeze in the helmet!!! Sorry about that Rhino!!! :gob:

ewwwwwwwwwww the back of Rhino's jacket....... ewwwwwwwwwwww
:dodge: :dodge:




PS: good luck hunting for the right pair of gloves tomorrow...
Im off VIRAGO parts hunting..... in crummer Rd.

[Shadows]

Ephidrine.:yes:


Psuedoephedrine. Take a quick trip to your chemist and you'll be sussed for 4 or 5 hours

Good luck. None of the fuckers will sell it to me. Last time I ended up with some impotent hydroxypoxysomethingorother shit.
What a fucken waste of money that was... and after it wouldn't work on the runny proboscis I couldn't even make a single flake of meth out of the rest!

[Shadows]

Can't help really, but I once went diving with a shocker of a hangover and...............nah, you dont want to know!

Spewing at 80 feet is rally hard eh? Getting carrot cubes and corn stuck in your reg is not a good thing either. Really makes you wish that you chewed your food a bit better. Its best to take your reg out and catch up with your breathing in between hurling sessions, and here, timing is everything!

[Babelfish]

ephidrine = www.bodybuilding.com sent to you as vitamins...well they used to...but you run the customs gambit so dont make a habit of it

[Drum]

Good luck. None of the fuckers will sell it to me. Last time I ended up with some impotent hydroxypoxysomethingorother shit.

The key is to ask for just the one packet at a time. Doesn't help pulling up on the hog and being dressed in leathers either!

[lb99]

buying sudafed or the likes, I always get ID'd but hey, when you rock up on a bike leathered up and ask for some restricted medicines then you have to be prepared to arouse some suspicion.

[WINJA]

Does anyone have any suggestions for riding with a runny nose?

I started to feel sick on Tuesday with a sore throat... and thought that was all... it started to hurt more on wednesday and Thursday... woke up this morning and it wasn't too bad... so I rode to work... as I got to the bridge I started sneezing like crazy and had to open my visor in fear of anything being expelled on the inside of my visor...

Now my nose is running like crazy and I'm not looking forward to the ride home without the ability to wipe my nose every 3 seconds...

I THOUGHT DYKES WERENT MEANT TO BE DOUBLE HARD BASTARDS , IM STARTING TO THINK YOU BECAME A DYKE JUST TO ANNOY MUM AND DAD AND YOUR HEART REALLY ISNT IN IT, HARDEN UP BITCH AND SUCK IT IN

[bex]

A couple of years ago while living in UK, Ceebie and I decided that a long weekend in France would be a nice idea (as you do!). We rode down from Northampton to Portsmouth and caught the ferry across to Cherbourg. I was riding pillion on the ZX9 so you can imagine it wasn't as comfortable as it could have been! Before we embarked on this trip I was feeling a bit headachy and generally unwell but I chose to ignore it. Bad idea!!! By the time we arrived at our destination I was feeling absolutely awful. A full blown flu like I'd never had before....body aches, raging temp, head ache etc.
I spent the weekend in bed feeling utterly miserable while Ceebie had fun riding around the back roads of Brittany getting stopped by French police for speeding,and falling off into corn fields (another story!!).
Sunday evening I had to drag myself from my sickbed, don my leathers and climb onto the back of the ZX9 to ride over 200km to Cherbourg to catch the late night ferry over to Portsmouth.
The worse part of the ride was arriving back in England at midnight and having to ride up the A34 back to Northampton. I was absolutely freezing, my whole body was wracked with pain and I spent the whole 200kms crying. It took all my concentration just to stay on the bike... I was in a kind of delirious state, almost drifting in and out of semi consciousness.
When we arrived home I had to spend at least 30 minutes in a hot shower just to thaw out before going to bed. I was so ill I had to take the rest of that week off from work.
So much for a relaxing weekend break!!:done:

[Madmax]

try glandular fever the shit wont go away
i now have fucked kidnees and can not even walk
I was riding for about 2 weeks and just thought i had the flue!
when it stopped me in my tracks! i fell of in a car park
good fun for chrismas

[James Deuce]

Been there Madmax, no friggin fun. Had it twice in the last year. Now have a negative leave balance, and a couple of hospital tags to show for it.

I've given up riding when I feel even a little bit sick. Every accident I've had in the last 5 years is directly attributable to not being 100%.

[Madmax]

i was lying on my side thinking that was dumb
and why didnt my leg work
the lady who owned the shop
got her son to ride my bike home
while they took me home
(fucken good people)
had to get an ambo later though

[Brett]

I remember, when i first got my zxr i had a really really bad cold, and had the running nose issue. Balled up tissues and plugged my noce with them. Worked...sort of. Felt like a twat.

[Brett]

Felt like a twat.

Not literally, I felt like a twat though.

[Shadows]

I remember, when i first got my zxr i had a really really bad cold, and had the running nose issue. Balled up tissues and plugged my noce with them. Worked...sort of. Felt like a twat.

You would have felt like more of a twat if you had used Tampax instead.

[Shadows]

The key is to ask for just the one packet at a time. Doesn't help pulling up on the hog and being dressed in leathers either!

But only lawyers, accountants, and police are supposed to ride Harleys these days. Don't they know that? :dodge: