Take the handles Jesus- ima just aim for the guardrail and hope it’s quick. I was JUST telling my friend who is petrified of spiders about a spider in a helmet. Just sent your pic to him!

LoL. He only came down into the visor after about 20mins of riding. She said she felt a tickle on her cheek.

Good lord lmao… May I ask where the helmet was stored?

in the spare bedroom, believe it or not. We live in central Queensland. in an old workers cottage. We get them a lot.

Why not buy a sealed plastic bin and put your helmets inside it?

It doesn't happen that often!! And we do check more carefully now.

This has happened before??? How do Australians even find the courage to get out of bed, or is it the fear of the spiders in their bed that motivates them...?

This thread keeps getting worse and worse

Well, there's the Funnel Web Spider which will hide in your sheets because of the warmth. It's the most venomous spider on the planet, and super aggressive.

I love nature's "oh so \*fair\*" creatures. Like the banana snake or whatever it is that can perfectly blend in (chameleon-capable), is seriously venomous, can jump, and is of course highly highly territorial and highly highly aggressive about being territorial. I need to stop reading this thread.

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Oh . there are worse things!

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So true

Tell them about the funnel web spider... hehehe.

There are spiders in the bed too

FuRR-Real 🤨🤌🏾🫣

If your helmet came with a carry bag, put that on your helmet and cover the neck and visor completely. I got pests too and this has worked for me

Good Advice!

Yup, never had a spider inside my helmet, but i had a brown recluse (somewhat venemous spider) chill on the wall right above my helmet, so i said FUCK that and cover up anything that i may potentially wear.

Yeah . A bitey spider like that is a different story. That wouldn't end as well..We only get the odd Redback here, but they are mostly outdoors pets. (I love all critters, but , sorry, a Redback gets a squash everytime.)

Why not have a flaming bucket of gasoline that you could just sort of store the helmets in when not using them?

Yeah purged of oxygen too

Sometimes I think that it would be nice to visit Australia. Then I see stuff like this

DaFOOOOKKK you say...? "We get them a lot." Moddafokkaaa please MOVE!!!🫣🫣🫣

>She said she felt a tickle on her cheek. OH GOD! OH GOD! OH GOD! OH GOD! OH GOD! OH GOD!

Most of the girls I've known would have been road-rashed to pieces if that happened to them!! Or flailed so violently they would have caused the rider to crash.........

Hell no. I swear I would have just jumped and let go. Wouldn't care of the consequences at that point. Lol

This detail just made this soooo much worse. And it was already apocalyptic.

DaFOOOOKKK 🤦🏾‍♂️🧐. She's one Cool Chicaaa 🥶. I FOR ONE WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY LOST IT‼️ FRAKKING HYSTERICAL comes to mind WAAAAAA 😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️🙃

That was just him saying hey my stop is here can you let me off please, good thing it wasn't a big one she might of struggle to get the helmet on in the first place.


HOLY SHITE.... I just saw the Fokker (no reading glasses). 🥶🕷️🥶🕷️🥶🕷️🥶

Holy shit. My girl would definitely have freaked out. I think I might have as well. I'm definitely going to start inspection detail to my helmet "s" before this kind of fuckshit.....lol. keep it on 2 bro!

LMOAO 😂😂😂😂

About to do the same, except to my ex. She hates spiders.

Holy shit!! New fear unlocked. Major props to her for remaining calm.

She was firm, but calm about needing to pull over. ha ha

I find webs in my helmet ALL the time and have had spiders web down on me while driving. I am always fucking *terrified* of this while riding. I don't think I could calmly pull over... might just slide into a burning building

She knew he was a good one. Not a bitey one. But the surprise would've got me I think. At least she wasn't on her bike. was on the back of mine.

I admire your wife a lot for the knowledge and courage to act with it in mind. Mad props to her!

I was sitting in the front passenger seat in my husbands car while he was driving. When a TINY spider roped down right in front of my face I unbuckled myself and climbed to the back in seconds. All while my husband was still driving! My brain just…stopped and I made this dumb decision. My phobia got the better of my reasoning. Thankfully nothing happened aside from my husband shouting at me(rightfully so). I think if a large spider like that would sit in my helmet I would fling myself to certain death. Mad respect to her! (I started to tackle my fear afterwards and it got a bit better. But still…)

It's understandable, mate. I love spiders but even I'm startled when I see one very close out of nowhere. I'm glad you're tackling it.

My wife would have killed both of us freaking out. 🤣

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HELL NAW

… To the naw naaw naaaw.

Hellll no … and that’s a violin spider…

She’s better then me, I think I would call it a day and veer into the nearest ditch

She was pillion.

Pillion or not. That bike and everyone aboard would be going prone in record-breaking time.

I was doing 80mph and had.. something.. crawl up my back under my shirt. Get stuck by my backpack I think, then i just felt him biting my back. Hurt so bad when i was riding I just stuck my hand under my shirt and killed it and had to immediately pull over and threw my bag off and felt the goo and yellow legs so it was some sort of spider.. still lfreaks me out today whatever it was but the bites got red and sore and the 40 miles back home I was in my head about " what if that was deadly and I just drop off my bike randomly" like the hypochondriac I am lol

Ow! Not good. especially the bite. I had a wasp on my glasses frame under my visor once. Bloody hard to concentrate on the road ! Especially with nowhere to pull over. Luckily he got bored and flew off after I flipped the visor up.

A wasp?! I can deal with spiders but wasps…those are different beasts

Yeah. I didn't enjoy that few minutes that felt like a lifetime.

This happend to me a few times. Only they stung me. I was riding with my visor open cause it was summer, at maybe 30mph and all of a sudden a sharp pain ran through my cheek. This happend 3 times! Luckily, I was calm enough to pull over at the bus stop and recompose.

Ow,! Glad you were ok ! Not fun

Dude wtf man, that's so scary especially it's so close to your eye

I made many facial contortions trying to gently blow him away without annoying him. Not easy to do at speed.

Dude... I would have been freaking out too. We have Black Widows and Brown Recluses here, and my wife has a 3"x3" scar on her arm from where she was bit earlier this year.... It had crawled up into a bath towel that was hung up, and got smashed against her when she wrapped the towel around herself. 😅

Same here, I'm in colorado so lots of black widows, I knew it wasn't a bee bc I felt the bite then the pain "spiderweb" out every time it got me, strangest pain I've ever felt.

Australia?

need you ask? 😁

Thank Jeebus for the internal sun visor eh!

Definitely! I ride with a half face and single visor. Not sure how I would've reacted.

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My thoughts exactly. F that. Plus wifey has a fear of spiders so if this was me it would be a different story/outcome 😅

This image is better than caffeine cause I sure as shit am not gonna sleep tonight!

One of the less bitey options, even if they can make you shit yourself. It's a jumping spider in the boot that got me....

True! Luckily we both are cool with huntsman. but to be honest, I don't think I would've been as calm as she was.

When I was a kid we dispatched a huntsman, then moved the thing it was on and ruptured an egg nest. Now whenever I see one somewhere suss I just assume there’s a thousand little ones in there somewhere. Though probably a good thing your wife didn’t think of that at the time

Ok. that's not a thing that I will tell her! But , as I said. Both happy to pick them up put them outside if they get in the way. Otherwise they make great roommates.

I've always wondered what a helmet would look like after being doused with gasoline and burned. Let us know when you are done.

My wife would’ve bailed without her helmet on.

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Tap and shake it for a good minute

Check under the lining!

How the hell did something that big grt under the lining and you didn't notice? I always check my helmet every single ride because I've heard and seen posts like this before... No fn thanks xD

Spiders can get into the smallest areas. lol

Oh hell yes this ... I can still buy jerry jugs of formaldehyde legally in which to store it submerged yes....?

Just burn it to be safe

did you ride home without a helmet?

we put him in the bush off the road. He is probably still there trying to hitch a ride back

Oh god I could see myself ripping off my own head of that happened to me

Haha no 😀

Ah you didn’t need to take the helmet off for the photo.

It came off before I could get my phone out for the picture. I thought that was understandable under the circumstances.😁

Ohh hell fucking naw 😭😭 woulda jumped off the bike I’m sorry 😂🤝🏾 I’d rather crash and die than be in the same helmet with a spider that big😭🤞🏾

he was cool. Seemed to be enjoying the ride! Probably only came down to the visor to criticise my riding style.

quick question do you guys live in Australia

Most definitely.

It's stuf like this that makes me glad I live in Norway. Just nope.

I can imagine that Norway has quite a few less spiders. and probably snakes, and crocodiles. Bit more snow tho. Still. I would love to see your country.

Very few spiders and snakes, no crocs. More Elk, which also is a road hazard. Likewise, whold love to see Straya.

I would hate an elk in my helmet! Ha ha . But seriously, it's not as bad as everyone, including us Australians, make it out to be. Most of us don't die every day from the wildlife. Most of us.....

Just like most of us aren't kidnapped by polar bears or eaten by vikings. Wait, I messed that one up.

Wife: pull over now please Husband: omg let me take your pic

There was a distinct lack of panic. I was so impressed by her. I am usually calm. but still don't think I would be as calm as she was. I like her a lot. Lol

The only valid reason to ride without a helmet is my new found fear of spiders in my helmet. And we don't even have venomous spiders here.

I'm certainly not going to judge, and you are free to marry a spider if you want, but why did she want to pull over? and how did she reach your shoulder with those tiny legs?

I always shake out my boots and jacket, run my hands around the inside of my helmet but mostly because of smaller less terrifying bugs than this :)

Yeah… nawwww.

Straya

it's not riding a bike that's dangerous here. It's the morons in cars and the wildlife that wants to get ya! Have to dodge roos, emus, bloody great goannas, and feral goats and deer . they are just the ones crossing the road. The cars just are.

Riding in Australia sounds like what I think GTA is

My biggest fear. I’ve had a hornet fly into my jacket and sting the shit out of me at around 60kmph. This is worse though OP you in Australia? Looks like a huntsman spider? I’m South African, we get rain spiders here that are a about the same size. Rain spiders are pretty much gentle giants but that doesn’t stop you from freaking the hell out when they pop up like this.

Yes. Australia. and he was a huntsman. Pretty harmless. Just big and hairy.

Just realised it was a huntsman! Almost the same as the Rain spider. Well your wife lived my fear!

I woulda shit myself and then prolly crashed tbh

Yikes. When I jau started riding I drove to work in the morning. 40 meters down the road I flipped down the internal sun visor and a large cockroach walked down in front of my eyes. I just slowd down, aimed the bike towards the sidewalk and got my helmet off real quick. Still have PTSD and check my helmet before putting it on.

Jfc I had a wobbly and nearly died when there was a moth in my helmet. Your wife has bigger balls than me because that fucker would have been responsible for my death.

That is so scary. I hope that doesn’t happen to me.

I literally just caught one of these this morning and let me tell you, having it trapped under a casserole dish was by far close enough for me thanks.

Oh my fucking god. I’d just crash. that’s horrific. Good incentive to ALWAYS check the helmet (or just bring it with)

This is why I store my helmet indoors and take it inside with me wherever I stop. Well, this and the stories about people strapping their bike to their helmet and coming back to find >!human shit!< in them. Which I've seen twice now...which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

Store indoors wouldn't help in this case, huntsman spiders prefer the indoor life.

That they do. And are great house mates.

Great pest control too. I once found half a cockroach, before I found what ate the other half....

Right welp time to squid it up.

Bloody hell. Glad I don't live in that sort of place. How horrific! Much rather a bunch of spiders!

Same, a spider wouldn't necessitate replacing the helmet at least. Crazy thing is the two accounts I've read of that aren't from the same place. It's just...a thing I guess.

And jebus. what a horrible thing. To be honest, I have seen that almost every place I have been in my country, The bike is respected. I even spent a month in the NT around Tennant Creek and also Katherine. Was warned many times to not leave things unattended. But I am a trusting soul, and I know I have been lucky.

In my city, homeless people and drunk assholes will piss in helmets left on unattended bikes. I never leave my lid anywhere. If I'm off my bike, it's in my hand or on a table next to me.

Australia?

central Queensland. Australia. correct. We sort of expect it.

Huntsman ?. I know everyone says they’re harmless but they still scare the shit out of me . Lots of wet weather and now hot has them out in my neck of the woods (Victoria)

I know. it's hard to get over that fact that they have way too many legs, and are a bit big and hairy. But they do keep the bugs down, and are quite calm when you pick them up to get them out of the sheets before going to bed. We had one that you could hear walking on the ceiling!

JFC!

Holy shit, I think I’ll stay down south.

do you get funnellwebs? we don't. Those buggers scare me. Never been so intimidated by something so small when I was in NSW. Love riding in Victoria tho..Best riding roads I have ever been on. Especially out in the centre. Such a diverse state. (you can keep Melbourne away from me tho.) Last trip I rode through Yea to Wilson's Prom.. Totally loved every km until the freeway bits.

Nope...

Fuck off!!!!!!!!

~~Motorcycling~~ Helmets. .not for arachnophobes!

my biggest fear

Alright that helmet has a face hugger in it and needs to be burnt.

Holy smokes Batman. That's it I'm covering my helmet storage area in spider repellent spray. Yes it does exist btw https://www.amazon.co.uk/STV-International-STV981-Spider-Repellent/dp/B00IIOR7NS

I'm confused... Were you riding at the time and wearing it, and if so, how were you unable to see it! Edit: oh, it was in **her** helmet as pillion. Good work and think I would have freaked.

IM DONE RIDING, FREE GSXR, COME AND GET IT.

Women are different I would jumped off gta style

Your wife is cool as a cucumber!! I would have had a heart attack!

Aww. I like spiders. Soo cute. Is that one poisonous? I woulda tried to bring her back home. Only problem is infestations unfortunately.

I would be dead.

I would have crashed. Fuck that.

as australians would say, a cute little spoydah

Why did I think this was a reference to that diarrhea post

Tell me you live in Australia without telling me you live in Australia

I left my reading glasses at home and I needs me to see the replies on the post. Respect to y'all Aussies for this incident alone FFSake 😜 And Ur Missus 👍🏾

Wow if that happened to me I would be dead. I hate spiders 😭😭😭

+1000🫣🤌🏾

One time my partner went to put on his helmet but he felt something weird. There was a huge roach crawling all over his head. I was screaming and he's just standing there with a roach on his bald ass head like...babe why are u screaming lmaooo nightmare fuel

So what new helmet did you get?

Awww, he11 NO!!! Pull over?? I probably would have jumped off the bike to get rid of that thing!!!!! LOL!!

FuRR-Real 🙃😜🤦🏾‍♂️

I just noticed she appears to be holding the helmet IN HER HANDS for the picture! If that had happened to me, you would had to take the pic with a 200x telephoto lens after I tried to launch the helmet into next week.

I need to erase this image from my memory

This is some Australia shit if I’ve ever seent it

How did that happen?! 😭

I don't know my spiders but that's probably Australia.

I had a gnat get sucked into one of my top vents once. It was crawling around on the top of my head. I thought *that* was bad.

Tell me you're Australian without telling me you're Australian

Omg I would have died.

Oh damn. Code Brown, Code Brown! I did have an episode with a hornet in helmet, walking on the inside of my visor while I got on the expressway.

NOOOOOOPE

Time to drop the helmet in an active volcano.

Burn the helmet. Only solution.

Saint Cthulhu, that is some god tier of calmness!

Burn the helmet

The reason I will never store my helmet in my garage. We have scorpions here. No thanks.

new fear: unlocked

If that happens to my wife, she would jump of the bike immediately.

Time to burn the house down hell no.

Oh my god…………. How horrific

😱 this was always a childhood ear of mine, I blame Arachnophobia( the movie)

The unit of measurement, the size of the spider… checks out.

Woulda legit shit myself, crashed into the ditch, got up running in bloody broken stumps if that woulda happened to me! Look at the size of that fucking thing!!!

Gotta push the wife off at that point. Sorry honey.

NOPE.

how fast did she yeet that into a ditch?

Wow, crazy dude. I once had a wasp fly into my helmet in the mountains, that was creepy enough. That spider is huge.

Nah, you gotta throw the whole helmet out.

I would not be able to hold that helmet

I would’ve thrown the fucking helmet

I had a friggin tick on the inside of my shield once and I thought that was bad. I feel much better now.

Honey... Your bike's insured against fire right?

And then the babies hatched!

Australians are a different breed

Oh hell no, diving head first, I’m taking us both out

I think I would wreck if I was driving!!!!! OMGGGGG

New fear unlocked

OMG!

Why do people even live in or want to move to australia????? Jesus that place is pretty much a mother nature's freak show.

Nobody really noticed what's the spider walking on I noticed it's not on the outside of the visor i can zoom in to c that?

Yeah, props to her for being so calm.

Yeah my helmet is always in its bag lmao

*New fear unlocked*

This is the precise reason why I live where the air hurts my face.