Bugs, bugs, oh glorious bugs.

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DivideOverflow · Mon May 21, 2007 10:02 am

dr_bar wrote:Okay, I won a pail full of cleaning/detailing supplies from a local radio station on Friday. In the pail was a Rainx product that you spray on your vehicle before you drive, it puts a protective coating on the vehicle so that bugs etc... just rinse off. Anybody heard of this stuff or ever used it? Does it work?

Yeah, it is pretty good stuff. Don't think you are supposed to use it on face shields though, if I remember correctly.

HarleyW · #12 Unread post by **HarleyW** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:09 pm

DivideOverflow wrote:
dr_bar wrote:Okay, I won a pail full of cleaning/detailing supplies from a local radio station on Friday. In the pail was a Rainx product that you spray on your vehicle before you drive, it puts a protective coating on the vehicle so that bugs etc... just rinse off. Anybody heard of this stuff or ever used it? Does it work?
Yeah, it is pretty good stuff. Don't think you are supposed to use it on face shields though, if I remember correctly.

I heard its meant for glass only, that it will rot plexiglass.

Nibblet99 · Wed May 23, 2007 1:29 am

Yes it makes polycarbonate helmets brittle and the outer shell fail, just like a lot of other solvents do. They used to make a version specifically for helmets, but Not seen it for a long long time

baltimorebayside · Wed May 23, 2007 7:01 am

Bugs?? someone mention bugs??

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/pho ... 3243aQIkav

This is why I wear a helmet and shield!!!!!! can you imagine getting hit by this giant at 50 mph?? especially in the eye!!!!

dan

KingRobb · #15 Unread post by **KingRobb** » Wed May 23, 2007 7:10 am

those taste like rabbit.

really while it doesnt feel good to get hit by a junebug its not much worse than rain.

midrangetorque · Wed May 23, 2007 5:25 pm

I made the mistake of taking the bike for a ride through the farm lands the other night......I was like a giant bug magnet, my bike was red......now its red with black poka-dots.

jamnjim · #17 Unread post by **jamnjim** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:34 am

KingRobb wrote:those taste like rabbit.

really while it doesnt feel good to get hit by a junebug its not much worse than rain.

I live in a rural farming area in Southern Illinois. During Spring and Summer, I literally cannot ride in the evening without a windshield due to the high concentration of bugs. The windshield is a great defense, especially at highway speed. It's something that you have to get used to, like marriage I guess.

Falkenheld · Sat May 26, 2007 10:45 am

A few days after a 5 hour ride in the countryside I discovered a dead wasp trapped under one of my reflector thingies on the top front of my helmet.

BugCountry · Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:56 pm

Sorry for invading your forum since I'm still a nublet but I was honestly amazed at the sheer concentration of bugs I acquired on my face shield on the interstate... the INTERSTATE, not even on the back roads. Some times when I'm near the farms where I live it's like bug pinball. Last week I had a dead fly on my headlight trim ring, two in the middle of my face shield, another big splat from some miscellaneous bug and assorted peppering of other bugs. I had to stop and clean it so much it wasn't even funny.. I may spring for a windshield eventually due to that very reason.

Rainman · #20 Unread post by **Rainman** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:56 pm

Out in Chicagoland we have the cicada's. Those things are a nuissance at speed.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... &cset=true