A fly once pierced my cornea, I was traveling at "highway speeds" and I had my visor cracked open about 9mm (first notch up) I saw the fly swoop over the fairing and straight into my eye, from this I received a cracked cornea, infected with pseudomonas and a 3 month stay in hospital with doses of steroids and antibiotics dripped into my eye every 15 minutes, even through the night. The swelling and pain were indescribable... I make it a rule now to have my visor down anytime I`m riding above 20mph or so. Eyes are as precious as diamonds, look after them. Take it easy and enjoy the ride. Best wishes from the Lone Wolf in the lakes.
@@WhippyWhip2 Yes all good now, although I lost a fair percentage of the vision in my left eye. and now have to ware contact lenses to correct the blurring.
I was riding with my visor open for 10 minutes or so, I randomly decided to close it for a moment and a few seconds after I did, a bee smacked the bottom of my visor. Boy was I lucky.
Once I was driving at 60 on the highway in my truck with the windows down. Somehow what I believe to be a queen Carpenter ant flew or fell out of a tree directly into my chest, I am not sure how it achieved such an angle but it actually hurt and scared the shit out of me. It got knocked unconscious or died on impact with me
Gotta hit by a beetle cruising at 100km/h, had my visor down but after the hit i felt my neck hurt. Can't imagine if i had my visor up what would happen
I have to wipe my visor down after every ride and sometimes also mid-ride because the bugs are like paintballs and eventually after hitting enough of them visibility is reduced.
Got a wasp in my helmet once while riding with the visor up. Wasn't even going fast but had anyone else been on that road, I would have crashed hard. Since then it's visor down as soon as I'm not in a parking lot.
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A fly once pierced my cornea, I was traveling at "highway speeds" and I had my visor cracked open about 9mm (first notch up) I saw the fly swoop over the fairing and straight into my eye, from this I received a cracked cornea, infected with pseudomonas and a 3 month stay in hospital with doses of steroids and antibiotics dripped into my eye every 15 minutes, even through the night. The swelling and pain were indescribable... I make it a rule now to have my visor down anytime I`m riding above 20mph or so. Eyes are as precious as diamonds, look after them. Take it easy and enjoy the ride. Best wishes from the Lone Wolf in the lakes.
HOLY FUCK, hope your eye is ok now
@@WhippyWhip2 Yes all good now, although I lost a fair percentage of the vision in my left eye. and now have to ware contact lenses to correct the blurring.
Fuck me. Cheers for the advice
I got seagull shit at 30mph, learned my lesson
Even a tiny bug in the eye hurts... that one sounded like it had some serious mass!
i seriously wouldn't want that hitting my eye, could do some real damage
I was riding with my visor open for 10 minutes or so, I randomly decided to close it for a moment and a few seconds after I did, a bee smacked the bottom of my visor. Boy was I lucky.
Once I was driving at 60 on the highway in my truck with the windows down. Somehow what I believe to be a queen Carpenter ant flew or fell out of a tree directly into my chest, I am not sure how it achieved such an angle but it actually hurt and scared the shit out of me. It got knocked unconscious or died on impact with me
Yep. Beetle hit sounds like a gunshot. I don't get it why people even by open face helmets...
Hit a sparrow at 35 MPH, glanced right off my helmet just above the visor. It was loud and thankfully my lid was closed at the time.
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i remember getting hit in the eye socket by a fly in the city once. It felt like someone had chucked a stone at my eye.
i always have my visor down because i am fed up with the bugs hitting my face
Gotta hit by a beetle cruising at 100km/h, had my visor down but after the hit i felt my neck hurt. Can't imagine if i had my visor up what would happen
I have to wipe my visor down after every ride and sometimes also mid-ride because the bugs are like paintballs and eventually after hitting enough of them visibility is reduced.
Got a wasp in my helmet once while riding with the visor up. Wasn't even going fast but had anyone else been on that road, I would have crashed hard. Since then it's visor down as soon as I'm not in a parking lot.
You haven't had anything until a 20-lb wild turkey flaps down off a branch into your faceshield.
Haha, that was a big fker.
Now imagine getting hit by some of the bugs in other countries, like a hornet, a beetle, etc
i took a bee to the face i thought i got shot off my fireblade.
ive had a bat in the eye b4.
ouch
a wasp went flying straight into my eye, fortunately I was able to get it out fast af
My dog stood on a bee
I had a bee come inside my helmet once stung and bit the shit out of me.
A bee once 🧐 and a long time ago following a tractor a lump of mud 🐼
i had a stone hit my visor at 130 km/h