On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:59 PM, D. Kent <nomdeplume1@verizon.net> wrote:
> Being a new guy on the list, I'll risk sticking my neck out by starting
> a new thread, and hope I can get the tire tracks off my back. :)
>
> Back around '74, in those younger and crazier days, I was flying down
> the thruway on my trusty 350 Yamaha (2 stroker), t-shirt, helmet,
> glasses (wore glasses since I was 5, luckily), when CRACK!!! Can't see
> out of one eye....
>
> OK, still have two eyeballs, no blood, that's a good start...
>
> Finally get off the road, inspect the glasses... turns out some large
> bug committed suicide on my left eye. And that sucker was so dried on
> there I had to scrape off what was left with my trusty boy scout knife.

You should see my windshield and helmet visor. Here in South Texas,
we're going through a yearly butterfly migration, now its Snot Nosed,
in a few month it'll be Monarchs.. But anyway, its like riding through
a dense fog when they show up. There's no point in cleaning anything
on the bike or helmet, but the next day it'll be covered in bug guts
again.






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