...wot e sed...
one placenta
...wot e sed...
Don't forget to bring a towel
Where the fuck were you lot riding to get that much wildlife on your visors?! I thought the ride out past Lake Ellesmere in the summer evenings was bad enough!
one placenta
...round the same lake...it gets pretty hectic down there on a moonlit warm summer evening...it was just at that point where thirty more of the fuckers and it would have been blackout...Originally Posted by SMOKEU
BMW Motorrad
It was one fine morning when I was cruising along down SH75 and just out of nowhere a black smog appeared in front of me. With sound of rain drops my vision was suddenly gone. Thank fuck Little River was just a few kilometers down the road.
If you can make it on Kiwibiker you can make it anywhere.
Highway Biker
The only times I ever ride with my visor down are;
i) When it's raining
ii) When I'm riding through walls of bugs on the SI West Coast
Other than these times my visor is always open.
But, I also wear sunglasses/safety specs when the visor is open. There are some very nice, and comfortable, UV filtering polarised safety specs available now.
Don't forget to bring a towel
Anyone here suffered bird strike in the face/visor?
Armature speller
Yep. A waxeye in the centre of a fullface visor at 100kph.
Was like putting a rubbish bin on your head and hitting it with a bat.
My ears were ringing for the rest of the day.
Forum whore
Does it what. I did a run from Akaroa to Nelson and back the next day for New Years 2 years ago and anywhere the wipers couldn't touch were black/green/yellow/crawling.
Also a friends mum in Little River was having cooling issues with her car, after about 30 secs the mech taking a look says 'here's your problem, come take a gander' and peels off a good 2/3cm layer of bugs from the radiator. Problem solved
Hardcore Biker
Yep. 100kph with pillion in Feb this year. Starling or blackbird full on and glanced off. Big bang but no damage to visor...bird outcome unknown.
Put your visor down if you want to stay safe(r). I put mine up at stoppages, slow riding over roadworks and in town when it's hot. Otherwise just open a crack for air or shut tight when motoring at highway speed.
one placenta
...kereru bashed me in the side of the helmet up one of the valleys out here on the peninsula... very lucky to keep the bike upright, after that...felt like a brick hitting my swede...if it had hit my shoulder I reckon I would have left the bike backwards...
Rasta Ratskins
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
Anarchic Wild Child
I rode Whakatane to Wellington on Fiday with my visor up - except for a small shower of water on the last of the Desert Road and into Waiouru .. and back again on Sunday with my visor up
No hassles ... I got hit by a few insects, but that's why I wear a scarf (tub/neck whatever ...) and sunnies ...
My worst problem is windburn across my cheeks .. (face, idiots, not arse cheeks)
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
Hardcore Biker
I know for a fact that the insect life on the helmet comes in a 'spray on' can, just like the mud for SUV's that never go off road.
The perversity of the universe tends towards a maximum
one placenta
...sprung...
L-Plate Rider
WTF. Was riding in Christchurch yesterday in 27 degrees with visor up. Got wacked between the eyes with something. Slammed visor down, only to see a ginormous friggin bee inside the helmet with me!Nearly wet myself! Reckon I had the helmet half off before I stopped the bike. Lesson learnt - I think.
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