Good idea to keep your mouth shut

[Lamonster]

I was about 4 miles from home just having a good ol time when all of the sudden something big hit me in the right side of my mouth. I took my hand off of the throttle to flick it off but I was too late, it must have been a wasp because it got me a couple times on the lip and once on the tongue.

So now my lip is killing me and I'm kinda freaking out because I don't know how bad it's going to get. Then I get the feeling like someone just put a cigarette out on my right wrist. I wasn't sure the first time and hoped it would go away but then it did it again.

So now I take my hand off of the clutch side and try and figure out what's going on with my throttle side. Turns out when I flicked the wasp out of my mouth I flicked it into my sleeve and that sucker was biting the fire out of me.

Now if this has ever happened to you, you know that even after the wasp is long gone you still get these sharp pains as if he's still biting you. So spent the rest of my trip home smacking and scratching my arm and lip trying not to drive off into the ditch or into on coming cars as I made my way back home.

So now the right side of my face looks like I got hit with a baseball bat and my right wrist is hard as a rock from that guy biting or stinging the snot out of me. If I had had my flip helmet flipped down I would have been fine.

So keep your visor down and your mouth shut or you may look like me in the morning. Sorry no pics on this post, you guys would have way too much fun with this one.

 

[Dudley]

Promise I won't laugh!!! Dang that can't be fun.

 

[SpyderByter]

Don't know if you ever heard of this, but I tried it and it works.

Pull over, get a handfull of dirt, add water, and put some wet mud on the sting. In your case, it wouldn't taste too good on the lip, but would help with the wrist.

Maybe it was a spider wasp and got confused:

http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/wasps/spider_wasp/

 

[bjt]

Been there bro. Not on my Spyder but on the tractor mowing in our pasture a few years back. It felt like a hot coal dropped on my leg, I look down and try to flick off whatever it was that was causing the feeling and saw a wasp there. I knocked it off, saw about 20 others flying around me and the tractor and I jumped off the tractor and headed towards the house. :yikes: My leg was burning like someone spilled acid on it as I walked to the garage to get the wasp spray. When I got back out there, the wasps were still around the tractor. I noticed they had a nest started in one of the tubes of the front end loader. I burned up the entire can of the wasp spray on the flying wasps and the nest.

 

[ataDude]

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This thread is no good without pics! This is a tough crowd... be prepared! :lecturef_smilie:

I feel for you... got one caught in my helmet, once. Multiple stings before I could pull over.

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[SpyderDeb]

:spyder: OH NO!!! With that many bites maybe you should see your doc! I keep forgetting to remember to pick up some Sting Eze to leave on the bike - I put it on my list before I started typing this! When we were out yesterday - and it's only in the 50's here in MN - the hornets were out! I always wonder if they think my yellow spyder was made for them! When we were in Arizona in February I had a bee fly up under my full face helmet! It seemed like forever by the time I pulled to the side of the road to stop and get that helmet off!! I was so glad I had my big sunglasses on while starring at that bee's butt as it was looking out my shield from the inside!:yikes:

 

[M2Wild]

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This thread is no good without pics!

I feel for you... got one caught in my helmet, once. Multiple stings before I could pull over.

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Ditto .... :nopic:

 

[trikester]

I bought my first full face helmet after I got a bee buzzing around under the ear warmer on my half helmet. The guy riding behind me almost hit me when I slowed so fast to pull over on a sandy desert shoulder (on a two wheeler). Fortunately I didn't get stung but I bought the full face (lift up style) helmet right away.

 

[Spyderjuice]

:yikes: Ouch! I hope you get relief very soon.

Memo to self: Buy "Sting Eze" and wear full face helmet.

Juice

 

[NancysToy]

You are a silly boy if you think we won't have fun with this......with or without pics! :joke: Most of us have been there. I was riding my 305 Scrambler once and saw the wasp headed toward me. I turned my head to avoid getting hit in the face. That old boy must have been flying backwards, because he hit me right in the neck, unloaded his ammo, and stuck right there. I reached back and flicked it off with my glove, then asked the girl who was riding pillion if it was gone. She said nothing and grabbed my waist, so I figured it was all right. About a mile later my neck began to throb and hurt like the devil. I finally got home, in much misery, and checked in the mirror to see how bad the sting was. The abdomen of that wasp was still there, I had only torn it apart and flicked off the top. The business end continued to do its duty. Fortunately I am not allergic, so no huge problem, but I never took that girlfriend for a ride again!
-Scotty

 

[FANG]

Man Lamont - take care Wasps stings are nothing to blow off - especially multiple stings. :yikes:

Watch your airway - any difficulty beathing get to the nearest ER. ray:

But you know this group as Scotty said pic or no pic - oh well... opcorn:

 

[kalavera]

last season I was riding my Buell down Hwy 98 west, I was going just over 50 mph wearing a half helmet and sunglasses. I had one hit me on my left cheek and stung me, then he proceeded to crawl behind my sunglasses and sting again. With my left hand I took off my sunglasses and wiped my face and shook the sunglasses flinging it off. Riding down the hwy on two wheels trying to keep balance and fighting the pain was terrible. Luckily I didnt wreck. By the time I got to work, my left side of my face was swollen and couldnt see out of my left eye. Had I been on a spyder, balance wouldnt have been an issue.

So Lamont, I have felt your pain. I know have a full face helmet. Not until recently have I been brave enough to ride with my half helmet again.

 

[zzneonzz]

ouch that sounds painfull....I haven't had a wasp but i did get stung by a bee to the throat while doing 65 down the highway last year.

 

[TMehaffey]

Ouch!!! Hope you feel better soon Lamont!

 

[SpydeeBite2]

Sorry to hear you got stung...............:roflblack: No really, I feel bad! I will be getting sting-ese and benatryl to carry in the :spyder:
I had a bee fly down my tee shirt once while riding my 125 endro and there I was going down the road beating on my chest all the while trying to stay upright. NOT a pleasent experience.
Ron

 

[bone crusher]

OUCH!

Lamonster, feel lucky you're not allergic...it could have been a lot worse!

Take care...

 

[Spyder Bitten Duo]

hit by a bug

Hey Lamonte... I was a passenger on the spyder :ani29: yersterday & I had my face :yikes:shield down & still got hit :dontknown the side of my face. Lucky:2thumbs: for me it was not a hornet & I KILLED it. :agree:it is important to wear a helmet & face guard. Ride Safe. & be good.
Sandy

 

[Roaddog2]

This happened to me in 1970 was making a new trail in a field of golden rod on a Suzuki 125cc Enduro let go of bike doin 30 40 mph 5 stings in the mouth 1 on the tounge the stings were worse than letting go of bike so swollen could not breath.Good thing my Mom was a nurse and home at the time :ani29: Glad your ok I have been allergic to wasp ever since it is a good thing to keep some Bennadrill with you:spyder2:

 

[BRPjunkie]

For those of us who react to stings and have to carry an EpiPen, it is a bit of a challenge. EpiPens need to be stored at 75 degrees with range limited to 60 - 85 degrees. Not very practical in the summer, but I use a small insulated cooler to try to keep it from getting hot in the trunk. When stung, wait a few minute to see if the offending insect is causing the unwanted swelling and, if so, jab yourself and start looking for an emergency room.

 

[bone crusher]

For those of us who react to stings and have to carry an EpiPen, it is a bit of a challenge. EpiPens need to be stored at 75 degrees with range limited to 60 - 85 degrees. Not very practical in the summer, but I use a small insulated cooler to try to keep it from getting hot in the trunk. When stung, wait a few minute to see if the offending insect is causing the unwanted swelling and, if so, jab yourself and start looking for an emergency room.

Yeah...you have to have an epipen with you...just remember in the haste, if someone else is helping you, that they get the ends right, otherwise, they will have a really swollen thumb! There are cases of this...whoops!
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