June Bugs

[djf18374]

So...had my first encounter with a June Bug on my Bike today. To give you some idea of how odd this encounter was, I will give some background. I installed the DB clear windscreen from Yamaha, and it brings air up higher than would a stock windscreen. Usually the air hits me right at shield level when riding slower. Well I was driving to work in the morning, going slow with traffic through a work zone...out of nowhere I get hit with a menacing insect missile directly in the adam's apple! It felt like I got hit with a paintball, and I almost rode off into the curb and gutter on the side of the road. I pulled over at a gas station and half expected to have a heart attack trying to figure out what had just happened.
It hit me so hard that I could not breathe!
What are the odds that a bug would hit me in the only open to the air part of my body? I had riding boots, overpants, jacket, helmet, and gloves on...shield down and everything. Hits me in the damn throat...lol.

Anyway, hurt like heck, left a welt, but did not explode into a bug juice puddle running down my neck (which was good). Anyone have any similar experience?

 

[DakinechicK]

OUCH!!! June Bugs are brutal! They hurt when they smack into you at no rate of speed, so I can't imagine how awful that was while riding. I'm sorry.

 

[kevin8198]

I was riding on a back country road around Spokane and grasshopper by the thousands were jumping arcoss the road. It was like locusts or something. Those suckers are pretty big and I was covered in guts by the end of the ride. Luckily I was not hit in the old wind pipe though. That sounds scary!

 

[Chucker]

June bugs are nature's bullets. I had one go off my chin-bar last week, just a couple of inches away from what you experienced. Evidently, my chinbar is harder than your throat, because this baby exploded. I thought I was hit with a rock until I got home and saw the remains. It was so loud in my helmet it made me jump when it hit.

 

[Brock Kickass]

I get them in the face al the time. They explode all over my shield and helmet. It is disgusting! At this time of year, between junebugs, mosquitos, and blackflies, I have to remove and clean my shield every night after work.

 

[See red]

June bugs.... They suck.



nuff said.