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Riding season again here in Canada bugs splattered on my fairing!!

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Old Yesterday | 09:46 AM
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Default Riding season again here in Canada bugs splattered on my fairing!!

I'm a clean freak usually, but I must say I do like the look of all them dead bugs on my fairing. What a long cold winter here.

When I retire I will trailer my bike to FLA for winters when we stay there for the season that I know.

To me bugs splattered are a bike that's enjoyed. I do love Canada, but I hate the winter as a biker.

All of you in the nice weather all year sure are lucky.
 
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I think you are going to find Florida also has bugs - big bugs and lots of them.
 
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IN Fla, MAY and September you can expect the LOVE BUGS........you think its bad there?

They are F*^#&# Awful!!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovebug
 
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IN Fla, MAY and September you can expect the LOVE BUGS........you think its bad there?

They are F*^#&# Awful!!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovebug
Ride by a lake at 55 mph and it’ll look like a genocide of all bug species just got thrown at you from a commercial snow blower.
 
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Busy intersections, seems they LOVE the fumes!!
 
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Take a look at the truckers around then......front is SPLATTERED with bugs, they use a screen in front of the radiator as a blocker, easy to replace once saturated with the LOVE juice!!
 
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Don’t ride open face for at least 4 weeks outta the year.
 
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I could not remember what they were - I was thinking "June" bugs but knew that was not quite right. But they are big and leave the largest splat I have ever seen.
If I recall they are hard shelled also, to add to the enjoyment.
 
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