One more item to check before I ride.

[fender]

I was on my way home from work today it felt like something moved in my helmet. I shook my head as sometimes I'll get a bug in there while riding in town with the face mask up. It again happened after a few miles so I pulled over and pulled of the helmet.

One of the bigger spiders :eeek:that I've seen in a long time dropped to the ground. It didn't live much longer under my boot, but I couldn't shake the feeling the rest of the ride home that there was something else in my helmet.

 

[Kirkus51]

If it was a lady spider there might be an egg sac. Ewwww

 

[T-boy]

That story gave me the creeps just reading it. Scary beasts they are!

 

[becket]

I am somewhat in the woods by the marsh, and sometimes leave my helmet outside (dumbass I never learn), and am in the habit of checking under the liner for critters before I ride. Good thing. Had a lizard, a couple fire ants, and a Palmetto bug under there before (not while riding, that spider story was frigging gnarley!). For the un-southern, Palmetto bugs resemble a two-inch long, real fat cockroach. They love to come out at night in large numbers, and swarm over any food/garbage/pet vittles left outside, and make themselves at home in strange places...

 

[Gretsch]

I am somewhat in the woods by the marsh, and sometimes leave my helmet outside (dumbass I never learn), and am in the habit of checking under the liner for critters before I ride. Good thing. Had a lizard, a couple fire ants, and a Palmetto bug under there before (not while riding, that spider story was frigging gnarley!). For the un-southern, Palmetto bugs resemble a two-inch long, real fat cockroach. They love to come out at night in large numbers, and swarm over any food/garbage/pet vittles left outside, and make themselves at home in strange places...

F that mang! I like it out here where all we have is rattlers...er...maybe not...

 

[Kirkus51]

I'm sure we've all had "bug hits" one way or the other. The one that got me was some kind of stinging/biting thing got up into my Jacket's sleeve one day. Nothing like doing the "pull over quick, rip it off and stomp on the jacket thing".:hurt::chair::ride:

 

[fender]

I'm sure we've all had "bug hits" one way or the other. The one that got me was some kind of stinging/biting thing got up into my Jacket's sleeve one day. Nothing like doing the "pull over quick, rip it off and stomp on the jacket thing".:hurt::chair::ride:

That reminds me of road cycling. Got a Hornet in my mouth and got stung a few times on my Tongue before I could get the bastard spit out of my mouth. Didn't swell up to bad, the cold beer remedy certainly helped cure it.

 

[Texas94fs]

That reminds me of road cycling. Got a Hornet in my mouth and got stung a few times on my Tongue before I could get the bastard spit out of my mouth. Didn't swell up to bad, the cold beer remedy certainly helped cure it.

What, 6 beers per sting?

 

[ricky]

Two years ago I was on a KLX forum and some guy posted a picture of something that was curled up behind his engine. IN THE GARAGE!
He was kind enough to take pictures as he proceeded to catch the little bugger in a bucket.

It was a rattle snake! :eeek:

He lived in Arizona, btw.

 

[DIRK]

i wish i could have seen the stomp on the jacket thingy. :lol3:

 

[Hamr Mark]

No spiders, but I always get flying things in my helmet...And when they start crawling around on your melon..creepiest feeling ever!

 

[bikeypikey]

I've got in the habit of checking my workboots which I keep outside the house on the porch. I went to put them on a few months back and a frog jumped out! Not so strange really as there is a lot of water in rice paddies near us.

The spider thing though....:eeek:

Cheers,

Pikey.

 

[cynr1023]

I was doing a VFW ride and got a wasp inside my uniform. I'm sure it was pretty entertaining for the drivers going the other direction as I pummeled myself trying to kill it while downshifting and breaking. Then I stopped and did the "get this fuckin' jacket off me now" dance. Got stung 5 times in the left shoulder, was beating myself with my right hand breaking with my right foot and shifting with the left hand & foot. Afterwards I was pretty amazed that I didn't wreck but I never really stomped on the rear break so it didn't lock up.