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Old Aug 13, 2014 | 08:30 PM
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You have no idea of the bugs that we have to go thru, I think they really start coming out sometime next month....THE LOVE BUGS.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2014 | 09:00 PM
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Bolt a screen door to the front fender?
 
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Old Aug 13, 2014 | 09:08 PM
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I would be more worried about keeping the moose off my fairing!
 
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Old Aug 13, 2014 | 10:35 PM
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Just ride in the same direction that they are flying!!! LOL
 
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Old Aug 13, 2014 | 10:42 PM
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Ride it in an enclosed trailer with a plexiglass front window in the trailer and have someone pull you.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2014 | 11:35 PM
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Wtf!!
 
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Old Aug 13, 2014 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Brad4052
You have no idea of the bugs that we have to go thru, I think they really start coming out sometime next month....THE LOVE BUGS.
Love bugs, bull knats, dragon flies are horrible this time of year. Really not much you can do OP but grin and bear it.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2014 | 11:43 PM
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Wtf!!
And we have a winner! I got a kick out of the serious replies to a impossible question.

On another note - crosswinds are putting a crease right across the logo of my HD jacket..........anyone have a fix for that? LOL
 
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no - no - I want to make them quit hitting my clean bike in the first place.
Tailgate semi trucks!
 
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Old Aug 14, 2014 | 08:48 AM
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I get hammered by bugs riding at night, they home in on all the bright lights. I found that a gentle weave from side to side in my lane decreases bug impacts in a tremendous way.They just must not have the time to line up with the light.

It attracts a different kind of pest though, the kind with red and blue lights. One officer who pulled me over after hearing my explanation of why I was weaving asked if it really worked as he rides the same stretch we were on.
 
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