Bugs!!!
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Tourer
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From: Queen Creek, AZ
Bugs!!!
Ok, I live in Phoenix. Here the riding season ends in May and begins in October. With that said, last weekend I spent most of the day detailing the bike and swapping fluids in all 3 corks.
I took a quick ride last night and hit quite a few bugs...
So my question is, what is the most effective way to dodge all those pesky bugs??
I took a quick ride last night and hit quite a few bugs...
So my question is, what is the most effective way to dodge all those pesky bugs??
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Chile Flats, AZ
Use the Moon
With the moon as bright as last night -- just turn off the bike lights...
Once you get outside city where the real bugs are of course...
Like you, it is ugly after doing some detailing to take a short ride and come back with all manner of bugutz all over... and don't they get into some really weird spots... how do they get there?
Cheers from south of you...
Once you get outside city where the real bugs are of course...
Like you, it is ugly after doing some detailing to take a short ride and come back with all manner of bugutz all over... and don't they get into some really weird spots... how do they get there?
Cheers from south of you...
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From: The 1980's
Got nothing for ya on dodging bugs. I do got something for ya on cleaning 'em off.
Take a dryer sheet (any brand will do). Dip it into your wash bucket and wipe the bugs off your bike. Leaves a little residue but it hoses right off. Wash as usual.
Take a dryer sheet (any brand will do). Dip it into your wash bucket and wipe the bugs off your bike. Leaves a little residue but it hoses right off. Wash as usual.
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Get a spray bottle, mix 50% hydrogen peroxide & 50% water.
Spray it on the fairing, lowers, etc, step back and within minutes, the bugs will start to dissolve and drip downward without touching the surfaces.
It will not hurt the finish. Then wash as normal.
Spray it on the fairing, lowers, etc, step back and within minutes, the bugs will start to dissolve and drip downward without touching the surfaces.
It will not hurt the finish. Then wash as normal.
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From: Queen Creek, AZ
With the moon as bright as last night -- just turn off the bike lights...
Once you get outside city where the real bugs are of course...
Like you, it is ugly after doing some detailing to take a short ride and come back with all manner of bugutz all over... and don't they get into some really weird spots... how do they get there?
Cheers from south of you...
Once you get outside city where the real bugs are of course...
Like you, it is ugly after doing some detailing to take a short ride and come back with all manner of bugutz all over... and don't they get into some really weird spots... how do they get there?
Cheers from south of you...
Tonight is the same. I rode to a buddy's house to work on the race car and have a coupe cold one's, bright moon and nice weather. Almost riding season!! Yeah-baby!
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I discovered that weaving confuses the bugs but attracts CHP. Also the less light you put out the less bugs. I prefer to see and love night riding so bugs are just part of the deal. As stated hydrogen peroxide is awesome for dissolving bugs, curing swamp ***, making you foam at the mouth and a whole lot more.
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A friend of mine noted that the active ingredient in the dryer sheets and in Shout are the same, so why not just spray shout on the bugs. Much cheaper and it works!
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Nothing but tap water is cheaper and more effective than hydrogen peroxide. Be careful wiping bugs off, they contain and attract grit. This grit will scratch the paint and windscreen eventually. Spray the Hyd Per on, let it sit and rinse it off, grit is gone then finish cleaning an polishing.