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« on: June 06, 2011, 08:12:34 PM » |
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there were some bugs......  |
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« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2011, 08:15:58 PM » |
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I was just thinking how dangerous it must be riding a motorcycle around Tennessee right now without a full face helmet because of the infestation of cicadas we have right now. They've been splattering all over my windshield for a couple weeks now. I can't imagine taking one in the face at 70mph  |
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« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2011, 08:33:23 PM » |
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[Gack]
Since I still haven't found a good enough deal on mesh riding gear, I'm stuck with my normal (non-vented) gear for the time being. So this pretty much dictates that I have to remove my windscreen when temps start regularly getting into the high 70s. I did so the other night, then took the bike for a shake-down ride just past dusk. I forgot how much that windscreen deflects and protects against bugs. A june bug at 60+ felt like I'd been shot with a paintball.
I commute most days on my bike and I set my helmet on my desk during the day. I try to keep it fairly clean, but every now and again I just don't have time to wipe it down before I leave the house. One day last year I had it in my office after a longish ride the night before. Someone came to bring me some paperwork and damn-near retched when she saw my bug-spattered helmet.
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« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2011, 08:41:39 PM » |
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cjbear11
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« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2011, 08:42:08 PM » |
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Lol. Nice!
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« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2011, 05:39:45 AM » |
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My commute takes me over some nice swamp areas, I have to de-louse every morning at the office, then again when I get home. A good coat of wax on the front of the bike and the helmet makes it all easier to remove.
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« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2011, 06:28:01 AM » |
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I keep a bottle of bug/tar remover in the garage and give the helmet a spritz & wipe-down every few days in the height of the bug season.
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« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2011, 06:32:38 AM » |
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Start a bug thread... We have Bee's and Lot's of them this year....
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« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2011, 07:27:13 AM » |
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How can you spot a happy motorcyclist? Look for the bugs in the teeth!
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« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2011, 07:28:15 PM » |
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A june bug at 60+ felt like I'd been shot with a paintball.
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« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2011, 12:11:32 AM » |
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A june bug at 60+ felt like I'd been shot with a paintball.
Be happy you didn't swallow it. No, this wasn't me(thank God). |
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« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2011, 06:28:21 AM » |
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NH mosquito abatement riders....you guys rival my bug zapper in the back yard  |
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« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2011, 08:17:12 AM » |
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A june bud, or something, hit me in the face on my trip to NOLA. I had my visor open so I could readjust my sunglasses/get some air, and bug hit me right in the face under my left eye. It felt like a rock, but it splattered. lol. Gross.  |
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« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2011, 07:15:08 PM » |
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I meant June bug. Lol
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« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2011, 05:04:19 PM » |
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I clean mine off after every ride. Lots easier to clean when they haven't had a chance to harden up. Not to mention if I went any longer between cleanings I'd be losing some visibility.
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« Reply #15 on: July 12, 2011, 05:15:53 PM » |
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Ewwwwwwwwww...
I've found that CrystalGlo on the windshield and helmet visor makes cleanup lots easier.
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« Reply #16 on: July 12, 2011, 05:30:13 PM » |
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Just thank GOD you do not live in FLorida with the love bugs. Where I live, this year was not bad. But further south my friend got COVERED!!!
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« Reply #17 on: July 12, 2011, 05:57:12 PM » |
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Just thank GOD you do not live in FLorida with the love bugs. Where I live, this year was not bad. But further south my friend got COVERED!!!
I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.  |
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« Reply #18 on: July 12, 2011, 08:30:42 PM » |
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Oh my gosh it looks like it went mud-bogging....eww.
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« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2011, 09:11:05 PM » |
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Just thank GOD you do not live in FLorida with the love bugs. Where I live, this year was not bad. But further south my friend got COVERED!!!
Wow! That thing is covered! |
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« Reply #20 on: July 12, 2011, 09:20:23 PM » |
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WTF. W.T.F. That is beyond disgusting.
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« Reply #21 on: July 12, 2011, 09:21:31 PM » |
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« Reply #22 on: July 12, 2011, 09:22:45 PM » |
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Zero visibility. |
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« Reply #23 on: July 12, 2011, 09:33:59 PM » |
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Yuck...I'm glad I'm not cleaning that off!
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« Reply #24 on: July 13, 2011, 01:32:30 AM » |
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Just imagine no windshield, no full face helmet???? A lot of rides, ride like that. NOT ME.
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