Damn Mice!!!
Cruiser
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 144
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From: Minot
Just a few thoughts, never use Decon or sticky traps or any trap that has bait. You are baiting them, the bait attracts them. If possible spread Ajax or Comet around the bike or anything else you want to keep mice from. Mouse feet are moist and tacky, that is how they get to places they do. The Ajax or Comet will burn their feet and thus keep them away.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2014
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From: Toledo ohio
I read somewhere that Peppermint oil keeps spiders and mice away. Put some in a spray bottle with water and spray around the shed and doors, some around the floor where your bike is.
Tourer
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 386
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From: ND
A friend said he always cuts up bars of Irish Spring soap. I tried that when I had a boat and was mouse free in the spring. On the same lines, a few years back I had a BMW R80RT and one of the guys at work asked me if I fed my bike dog food? I said why and he took me out into the parking lot and sure enough there were morsels of dog food on the ground under my bike. I took the air cleaner cover off and there was at least a half cup of dog food along with mouse droppings. Same year the mice ate a wiring harness on my riding mower.
We park the trucks in the garage in the winter and I don't have enough room in the garage for 2 trucks, 2 bikes, and a snowmobile... basically I need a bigger garage!
6th Gear
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 11
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From: United states
Last spring I found mouse turds in my air intake behind the filter. Makes me wonder how the heck they got in there.
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From: People's Republic of Boulder Colorado
Apparently, scented fabric softener sheets that you put in the dryer will keep them out. We use them in airplanes and gliders where I work and they really seem to work.
You could put a couple inside the fairing and see what happens. The catch is, if you leave them in there for a really long time (like a year) with out changing them out with new ones, they can lose their smell and ATTRACT mice!
You could put a couple inside the fairing and see what happens. The catch is, if you leave them in there for a really long time (like a year) with out changing them out with new ones, they can lose their smell and ATTRACT mice!
