Found out the sneezing one about a month ago as I was coming down with the flu. Took forever to get the inside of the visor streak free. Here's some more.
-You're at a stop light and the guy in the car in front of you is hanging his cigarette out the window and you're down wind.
- One word: SKUNKS
- Stuck behind a big simi on a great twisty road and you're getting pelted by debris from the truck. (Had the usual rocks etc... but the worst was stuck behind a chicken truck. Feathers and the smell. Ugh!)
-When you're on one of the best twisty roads riding pretty much as fast as you dare and see there's a faster bike behind you. Let him by and see he's riding 2 up! (Slightly disheartening.
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-You're at a stop light and the guy in the car in front of you is hanging his cigarette out the window and you're down wind.
- One word: SKUNKS
- Stuck behind a big simi on a great twisty road and you're getting pelted by debris from the truck. (Had the usual rocks etc... but the worst was stuck behind a chicken truck. Feathers and the smell. Ugh!)
-When you're on one of the best twisty roads riding pretty much as fast as you dare and see there's a faster bike behind you. Let him by and see he's riding 2 up! (Slightly disheartening.
)Smell. This happened twice last year: Deer hit and left to decay on side of road with no other way to get to work. The first time it happened, I had no idea how bad the stench would suddenly appear and exponentially increase over the next 9 days. Provided, the temps were in the 100's, but when one has no air conditioner and the only defense is to not breathe, it was all I could do to not to barf inside my helmet. This was an evil, gag-inducing, eye-watering, odor-festival of helmet-staining proportions.
The second time, a deer was dead on the side of the same road about 50 feet from the previous stenchathon. Mercifully, winter set in, the temps got cold, and it didn't stink after 2 days. In comparision to the previous, I could actually almost enjoy the process of decay as I rode by every day.
If you have ever encountered this, you know what I mean. If not, I graphically apologize.
The second time, a deer was dead on the side of the same road about 50 feet from the previous stenchathon. Mercifully, winter set in, the temps got cold, and it didn't stink after 2 days. In comparision to the previous, I could actually almost enjoy the process of decay as I rode by every day.
If you have ever encountered this, you know what I mean. If not, I graphically apologize.
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- Stuck behind a Garbage Truck because you're in a giant turnpike.
- Rain X didn't work so you're helmet fogs up in the cold.
- Bugs splatter on your visor
- You didn't look at your footing and went down, with plenty of people watching.
- Harley's are being as loud as possible behind you when you are going slow because you don't know the road. Then over take you thinking their fast.
- It starts to rain
- Rain X didn't work so you're helmet fogs up in the cold.
- Bugs splatter on your visor
- You didn't look at your footing and went down, with plenty of people watching.
- Harley's are being as loud as possible behind you when you are going slow because you don't know the road. Then over take you thinking their fast.
- It starts to rain
Bikegirl88
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it's winter!
Awesome thread. Put a big smile on my face seeing that I'm not the only one with embrassing motorcycle moments.
But I must admit when I read your post bmw4422 I was having a sip out of a beer and almost sprayed my monitor.:thumbup:
ASNR! (Acute Spontaneous Nasal Reflux!)
When you're a beginner and you think "sure I can slowly coast through that stop sign in 2nd) and a car comes speeding like crazy out of no where and you slow down too much and stall.
Happened to me at a very rural stop, nobody is ever there, but going in 2nd @ 5mph=fail. I just barely kept the bike upright.
Happened to me at a very rural stop, nobody is ever there, but going in 2nd @ 5mph=fail. I just barely kept the bike upright.
Or, don't know how many of you experienced this since I'm still pretty beginner, but accelerating down a road (from 0 to speed limit of 55). Your upshifting and upshifting, and before you know it you're in 6th and you try to upshift again, almost losing balance in process!
Only happened to me once, from then on I started to make sure to remember what gear I was in!
I pulled into Sonic Burger once (drive thru and drive up's only for those who don't have Sonic) and realized, oops, where are they going to hang the tray?
Glad they have a walk up w/ a couple of tables outside.