Readers Flies

[HarryHornby]

Been for a good ride?  Got loads of roadkill on your helmet? (snigger).  Show us your flies here...

[noggythenog]

Ha ha

[slimwilly]

come on Noggy,that long eared redtailed teasel looks 4 years old,,we all know they only live for one year

[odbguy]

Got some big uns there Noggy
I caught a few on Friday  ....


So treated myself Saturday

[noggythenog]

Ive got a new tinted visor for my schuberth now...i cant wait to get out there & practice fly art on a new canvas......when im returning home to the West it's like an invasion......sometimes i just have to keep going coz im afraid if i stop that theyll jump me for killing their mates :lol


I got this foccer on my 600...almost knocked me off  :lol


Odbguy.......imagine getting a new helmet coz you got beat up by a gang o flies.....man up :b

[slappy]

A few from the Yorkshire dales.

[noggythenog]

Good effort Slappy


Dya reckon that flies only fly at helmet height & are also drawn towards visors like a moth to a light.......how come car windscreens dont get so covered.....maybe it really is an attempt by the flies to haul a biker off his bike & rob him in the ditch.


Maybe thats what happened to Nick.....no witnesses....slim paid off to hold back a bit and not see a thing :b

[darrsi]

I was having a little fun with a Porsche one day coming back to London on a motorway, and we were doing a steady 90mph and i was happy to let him sit about 100+ metres ahead of me at this particular moment, then i saw this thing fly up in the air from what looked like the front of the car.
Obviously doing my best to keep an eye on the road at the same time, my eyes kept glancing up to try and figure out what it was in the air coming towards my direction, so i kept looking.......and looking.......and looking.......then, BANG, the bastard hit me straight in the centre of the visor!
Fortunately, i believe it was just a piece of light wood, but big enough for me to see hurtling through the air from a good distance. Left a centimetre scratch on the visor though.  :lol


That's why when i see these American films where they're all cruising around with no lids on, and sometimes without glasses, i just think if they get a nice big bumble bee in the boat race, you're really gonna know about it.


The only film that portrayed it in reality was this one.......

[brooker81]

Not me on imgur the other night.... May as well finish this now.

[slappy]

Yeah I think that is the winner

[Dead Eye]

Any recommendations on cleaning the visor of bugs? Just curious to the methods that other people use

Generally I use a microfibre cloth which I damp to try and soften up the corpses. For someone reason I thought it would be a good idea to try and used WD40 the other day... now my helmet just smells of it...

[Frosties]

Any recommendations on cleaning the visor of bugs? Just curious to the methods that other people use

Generally I use a microfibre cloth which I damp to try and soften up the corpses. For someone reason I thought it would be a good idea to try and used WD40 the other day... now my helmet just smells of it...

I just take one wet sheet of kitchen roll and lay it/press it on the visor - leave for 10 mins to soak in then wipe off.

[Robbie8666]

:agree +1 for Juan sheeeet!

[odbguy]

 
For someone reason I thought it would be a good idea to try and used WD40 the other day... now my helmet just smells of it...

Lol this is hilarious .. .. cos I almost did it myself last week! 

So very close then I wondered to myself how long the smell would linger and decided I definitely didn't want to find out !

[noggythenog]

[quote author=Dead Eye link=topic=16936.msg195450#msg195450 date=1431513304] 
For someone reason I thought it would be a good idea to try and used WD40 the other day... now my helmet just smells of it...

Lol this is hilarious .. .. cos I almost did it myself last week! 

So very close then I wondered to myself how long the smell would linger and decided I definitely didn't want to find out !
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I tried using my wifes knickers.......lets just say I would have preferred the smell of WD :b


in all seriousness I actually use that cheap shit aldi window spray stuff....works a treat

[fazersharp]

Same as above a warm damp kitchen towel layer on until the critters are nice and soft again

As for why we get hit and not cars so much I think it is because cars have a big pressure wave in front and the bugs hit that and go right over, wheras we cut through the air without disturbing it much in front.

I was catching some air with my visor open once and a bee hit my face and dropped past my chin and down my neck where it stung me, ever since then I wear a buff neck scarf

[odbguy]

I tried using my wifes knickers.......lets just say I would have preferred the smell of WD :b


in all seriousness I actually use that cheap shit aldi window spray stuff....works a treat

Haha oohhh crab paste !!  :eek :lol
I just use the 1st thing I grab from under the sink aslong as its got a nice smell ..

[chaz]

just fitted this today, bit of cloth soaked in window spray, wipe as you ride, I dont know what beasts I've been hitting but they seem to be full of oil and guts and just smear over your visor?

[slimwilly]

When touring with the tank bag on, I keep a damp cloth in one pocket to wipe on the move,,woudnt be without it.

[bri h]

i keep one of those v sponge thingies under the seat works a treat but i had to stop three times to use it yesterday :eek .