Post by: P95Carry on June 16, 2005, 09:57:35 AM
I have tried Bug Zapper - with some success - also use 409, Windex - all manner of things but - it is still frustrating as heck getting those splats softened to get em off. I think dried boogers would be easier!
So - fishing in member's cerebral matter - any bright suggestions as to any ''magic'' mix that works for you?
Post by: TarpleyG on June 16, 2005, 10:25:49 AM
Greg
Post by: P95Carry on June 16, 2005, 11:11:52 AM
Greg - if you find out the name of that stuff you use - let me know could ya?
Post by: Preacherman on June 16, 2005, 12:52:27 PM
Post by: P95Carry on June 16, 2005, 01:07:10 PM
Post by: Sylvilagus Aquaticus on June 16, 2005, 01:25:13 PM
As far as forks and the backs (windward side) of mirrors, a little wax goes a long way.
Regards,
Rabbit.
Post by: Brad Johnson on June 16, 2005, 01:25:26 PM
Brad
Post by: P95Carry on June 16, 2005, 01:40:09 PM
I have some Rain-X Rabbit - I will try that when I next get fully de-bugged - hopefully might make em less adherent.
Post by: garyk/nm on June 16, 2005, 04:52:09 PM
Post by: Guest on June 16, 2005, 04:57:40 PM
Post by: P95Carry on June 16, 2005, 05:01:08 PM
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Skin-So-Soft.
.Thx for the compliment Barbara!
Heard of this but - what would you suggest as a modus operandi?
Post by: Guest on June 16, 2005, 05:03:18 PM
I guess just use it like anything else..a little bit on a shop towel, rub it on, wait a few seconds to soften up the bug guts and then wipe it off?
Post by: Guest on June 16, 2005, 05:05:21 PM
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Post by: P95Carry on June 16, 2005, 05:07:48 PM
Post by: brimic on June 16, 2005, 07:05:36 PM
Coating the windshield with rain-x will make the job even easier next time.
Post by: P95Carry on June 16, 2005, 07:08:04 PM
I am gathering lots of new ideas and thx to all.
Post by: Ray on June 16, 2005, 10:02:36 PM
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+1 on the Rain-X. I have always been a fan of it's properties. That said, however, beware a new Rain-x product called Swipe-n-wipe.
If this is on a glass windshield use a COPPER wool or wire pad. Copper is softer than glass. Do not do this with a steel wool or wire pad. Despite rumors to the contrary steel is harder than glass and can scratch it. The copper pad should cut through anything right down to the glass. If you used the swipe and wipe on a plexi windscreen you may be hosed however.
Post by: Morgan on June 17, 2005, 12:03:03 AM
Prep with Rain-X and/or wax.
Clean the bugs off with cheap furniture polish. If they've hardened, let it sit a while, then wipe off, then buff clean.
Post by: BillBlank on June 17, 2005, 03:00:00 AM
.If a ditch is not readily to hand then four or five folded sheets of kitchen towel soaked in water and detergent solution pasted to the front of the bike for twenty minutes normally does the trick.
Post by: Monkeyleg on June 17, 2005, 01:42:45 PM
Post by: P95Carry on June 17, 2005, 01:48:15 PM
Post by: Strings on June 17, 2005, 07:34:22 PM
And Dick: have you gotten your bike out yet this year? I'll be in Milwaukee tomorrow with BACA (we're leading off the Walk Against Family Violence). Maybe hook up fer a bit?
Post by: P95Carry on June 18, 2005, 03:58:07 AM
Bonnie and I are out on a run today - so I am off ''bug-collecting'' and tomorrow will experiment some more with all the extra ideas you kind folks have suggested.
Post by: Monkeyleg on June 18, 2005, 02:00:33 PM
Hunter, I haven't even been able to put the rear wheel back on yet. Took the front wheel off in March for a new front tire, then got the orders from the doc to "do nothing." When the Do Nothing period ended, I put the front wheel back on, then pulled the rear for a new tire. Then I got more Do Nothing orders.
Between the outrageous prices the HD dealer charged for new front and rear tires and a new rear wheel, and the bills I've been getting from the doc's, there ain't no road trip for me this year.
I've been logging about 12,000 to 15,000 miles a year on this bike since I got it in 1990, which is pretty decent mileage for a Wisconsin rider. The last three years have been an exercise in frustration, though: this year, the ear/sinus stuff; last year it was the website startup combined with no money; 2003 was spent tearing the bike down to find a tranny problem, and finally pulling the tranny for a rebuild. March through July 2003 was spent with micrometer and feeler gauges searching for a problem that ultimately was the fault of a shop in Idaho. (Hint: if you're ever in Coure d' Alene, Idaho, do NOT let the guys at "Lucky" Lawrence's touch your bike!).
I'm dying to get back to my favorite state, Utah. US12 from Teasdale Junction to Escalante is one of the most beautiful roads in the country. Maybe the most beautiful. (US 12 from Missoula to Lewiston, ID is another). Hopefully next year it will happen.
The last trip out there was 2002. And the ride home was three solid days in the rain. By the third day, there wasn't a bug to be found on the entire bike. That was the good news. The bad news was that the wiring was so soaked it was shorting to ground in several spots. The bike wouldn't even run anymore. I had to find a cycle shop where I could let it dry out overnight. And I was just an hour and a half from home. Grrrrrrrr!!!
OK, I'm done hijacking this thread. Back to the regular programming.
Post by: XLMiguel on June 19, 2005, 10:38:15 AM
Post by: InfidelSerf on June 20, 2005, 07:18:02 AM
)http://www.motoemporium.com/hondapolish/hondapolish.html Any Honda dealer will carry it. Great stuff
If you spray it on bugs and let it sit for a minute or two then it breaks them up pretty good.
Post by: Morgan on June 20, 2005, 04:17:09 PM
It works better, but not enough better for the cost, IMO.