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Old 09-18-21, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by CAT7RDR
For mouth breathers: close your mouth when riding through a cloud of gnats.
Reminds me (as did the recent yellowjacket sting..)
September thru Oct and Mid March thru Mid May are really active months (out here in Ca) for the bigger stinging insects.
Good time to keep the mouth relatively closed and more down than forward...
I get stung yearly... sometimes 2x... always head or neck... stings are never bees, always yellowjackets... just had my sting for the year on Labor Day ride
result was a swollen face with eyes almost swollen shut for 2 days... I react badly... always take an antihistamine promptly...
always ready to tear helmet off to remove bug and stinger...
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