[alanmcorcoran]

About two to three weeks into riding the GZ, a hummingbird bounced off the side of my (full face.) Startled the crap out of me, but I managed to stay upright.

There's far too much crap bouncing off the back of trucks, flying up from tires and simply "blowing in the wind" out here, for me to ride at speed without face protection. I've also had numerous large insects of various kinds hit me in the neck. So far I have avoided any stings/bites/whatever, but it's probably just a matter of time til one of those winged bastards takes me down.

There has been considerably fewer collisions with my face shield since I got windshields.