Flies in helmet

Participant · 20 Jun 2016 at 22:47

No seriously.

I'm getting quite a few flies inside my full face helmet when riding along, they're distracting to the point that I'm worried I might crash while fannying around trying to remove them.

My helmet is an HJC IS17 with a chin curtain...so how the devil are the blighters getting inside my helmet?! Through the vents?

My normal strategy is to open my visor a bit and shake my head around, but it's high risk as sometimes another fly or piece of crap hits me in the face when I do this.

WHY??!

The_Abyss · 20 Jun 2016 at 22:53

Rider faster. All flies will be DOA in the helmet.

TallPaul_S · 20 Jun 2016 at 23:00

Yeah the only issue I sometimes have is a fly to the eyeball if I stupidly forget to close my visor, or one crawling around on the edge of my face/the lining. A quick open and 60mph wind soon gets rid of them.

benji182 · 21 Jun 2016 at 00:38

Hahaha! I'm so glad I'm not the only one.

I think only the small flies make it in on the chin vent on my GT-Air but it is somewhat annoying. I either ride with the vent shut and get rather warm or I open it and risk swallowing a fly or taking one to the eye.

unKle · 21 Jun 2016 at 01:37

It's those big fat juicy flies that you have to worry about, BvG hit one, it exploded and somehow ended up with maggots in his lid the next time he used it :eek:

benji182 · 21 Jun 2016 at 07:48

WTF! Don't say **** like that - That's more likely to put me off riding than a crash

russell664 · 21 Jun 2016 at 08:02

Drives me insane, it's usually those really small ones too! :mad:

I tend to get ones, right beneath my eye - and they give that 'tickling'' sensation which is quite distracting

russell664 · 21 Jun 2016 at 08:04

unKle said:
It's those big fat juicy flies that you have to worry about, BvG hit one, it exploded and somehow ended up with maggots in his lid the next time he used it

Sounds brutal.

One · 21 Jun 2016 at 10:34

Yeah check your lining. These flies could be coming from inside your helmet.

Felix · 21 Jun 2016 at 11:20

Flies? Just wait until its a wasp...

oap · 21 Jun 2016 at 11:22

Just think of all the maggots that will soon be hatching in the linning

tom_e · 21 Jun 2016 at 11:23

And then crawling through your ears into your brain :eek:

wazza300 · 21 Jun 2016 at 11:44

Your supposed to catch them with your tongue and eat them,tasty treats as you pootle along

bloodiedathame · 21 Jun 2016 at 11:58

Bumblebees feel like bullets.

ttaskmaster · 21 Jun 2016 at 14:32

tom_e said:
And then crawling through your ears into your brain

Had that when I went to a rally on Ceti Alpha 6, although it was more of a drunken initiation thing from the local backpatchers, heh heh!!

Mr-White · 21 Jun 2016 at 18:17

I came in here expecting a trouser related accident

gcaster · 21 Jun 2016 at 19:57

bloodiedathame said:
Bumblebees feel like bullets.

This.

One time I'm happy to be a specs wearer!

TallPaul_S · 21 Jun 2016 at 20:22

It's those fresh, juicy, spring bees that explode on your helmet that are the worst, the leave a green and yellow 2 inch splat on your visor

Dogbreath · 21 Jun 2016 at 21:40

Felix said:
Flies? Just wait until its a wasp...

Fastest emergency stop I ever did was on my old Suzuki GT200 X5 when was riding around with the visor cracked open and a wasp flew in. ABS had nothing on me that day.

wazza300 · 21 Jun 2016 at 21:46

Those are the best one's, the ones that fly in,survive and then go walkabout inside,up near your ears and hair,you can fel them wriggling

Also remember watching a TV crash programme where a bird hit a biker smack in the face,visor open and caused him to crash