Just wondering if anyone on here was part of the MC group that got caught in the "no-notice" hail storm outside of Asheville, NC on May the 13th. I was east bound on my way to Fayetteville, NC (FT Bragg) when it caught me and I had just passed a long line of riders heading west. Needless to say, I got beat up. Couldn't find an overpass to get under and had to pull over cause I was taking a whupping. And still got beat up. Fortunately, it didn't dent my ABS plastic or bust my F4 Customs shield. I wear a full face helmet, so my face and head was okay, but I got several bruises on arms, shoulders, chest and back. Never want to experience that again! Anyone else ever get caught in a hail storm?

SugsPa

 

yep I sure did back in the later seventies between
Eastland and Carbon Texas on hiway six it beat
me half to death my face looked like raw hamberger
meat. I was wearing a 3/4 helmet with no sheild

 

No. I haven't missed predicting when we need to find shelter and wait on it to pass.

 

Yep, powerful thunderstorms lightning and golf ball sized hail on my way home from work Thursday. Was lucky enough to be passing through a town and pulled under a gas station canopy. Others were not so lucky. Some pretty banged up vehicles in the Northeast by Friday morning. I would have died if my one year old bike had been beat up like that! This year has been full off some of the craziest weather in a very long time.

 

we had hail here in ohio the other night that was baseball/softball sized. that stuff would kill you pretty quick

 

ONCE, west of Sundance, Wyoming in '91! That was enough for me!

 

Rode through there almost exactly one week later and the it was partly sunny and the temps were pushing 80.

 

I got caught today, actually... Only pea sized, but that still smarts!

 

Last summer I was caught in some pea size hail that was covering the road in a hurry. That is some slick stuff! I had no cover so I just pulled on to a rural road and crawled along at about 30 until it let up. I was going to pull over, but it was so slick it was easier to just plod along slowly. At least the road was a straight one with no traffic. Riding through bees would be a good idea of how it felt. Glad it was small and not the big stuff.

 

You will heal. The important question is; how is the bike?