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Wow! Thanks for all the info, everybody!

Newrider, that article is extremely helpful. Never crossed my mind to make a cardboard template and then measure it. I just threw out a great big sheet of cardboard, darn it.

flynrider & gsJack, it doesn't look like the Plexis (plural = Plexii? ) is available for my bike. But they have these neat little hand deflectors that they sell separately.

I am sifting through all the sites and suggestions, then I'll go park my butt on a couple of outfitted silverados at the dealerships, hem & haw, think, scratch, and let y'all know what I decide. If I ever take the plunge to use photobucket, I may even post a pic, finally.

I just love TMW! This is so helpful!

I just tough it out and ride the winter without one. If you get some thermals or silk underlinings for your whole body and head, you should be fine. It keeps my skinny butt warm.

I've got to admit that when I first started riding at over 40mph without a windshield I thought I was going to fly right off the bike. But after taking several long highway rides I've gotten use to it.

However now that the love-bug season is quickly approaching, I have to re-consider getting one. Don't know if any of you have ridden through a swarm of these things, but it's a nightmare when you're in a car. I can't begin to imagine how it feels on a bike.

BTW; if you don't know what love bugs are, here's link: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG068

^I think you'd be better off with a water cannon mounted up front instead of a windshield! How badly will they mess up your bike?

I just bought an automatic motorcycle made by Qlink it's a Legacy model. Right now I am affraid to go over 50 mph because of the wind. Will a wind shield help me?

I have had mine to 70 mph so far and man, the wind is intense!! I also need a windshield.

guscave wrote:I've got to admit that when I first started riding at over 40mph without a windshield I thought I was going to fly right off the bike. But after taking several long highway rides I've gotten use to it.

However now that the love-bug season is quickly approaching, I have to re-consider getting one. Don't know if any of you have ridden through a swarm of these things, but it's a nightmare when you're in a car. I can't begin to imagine how it feels on a bike.

BTW; if you don't know what love bugs are, here's link: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG068

ICK!

guscave wrote: However now that the love-bug season is quickly approaching, I have to re-consider getting one. Don't know if any of you have ridden through a swarm of these things, but it's a nightmare when you're in a car. I can't begin to imagine how it feels on a bike.
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You can tell a happy Floridian biker by the love bugs in his teeth! Ya gotta love those little critters (NOT!). They will totally eat up the paint if allowed to stay on for more than a day. When they get on the windshield of a car they are a BEAR to get off and sometimes take a bit of scrubbing. I'm afraid of what that would do to a lexan or plexiglass windshield that I paid hundreds of dead presidents for. I recommend getting a can of PAM, yeah, the stuff you spray on cookware to keep food from sticking, and spray down your fork tubes and front of your tank. Makes them easier to wash off. Now, for your teeth...you're on your own.

jimharvey1 wrote:

guscave wrote: However now that the love-bug season is quickly approaching, I have to re-consider getting one. Don't know if any of you have ridden through a swarm of these things, but it's a nightmare when you're in a car. I can't begin to imagine how it feels on a bike.
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You can tell a happy Floridian biker by the love bugs in his teeth! Ya gotta love those little critters (NOT!). They will totally eat up the paint if allowed to stay on for more than a day. When they get on the windshield of a car they are a BEAR to get off and sometimes take a bit of scrubbing. I'm afraid of what that would do to a lexan or plexiglass windshield that I paid hundreds of dead presidents for. I recommend getting a can of PAM, yeah, the stuff you spray on cookware to keep food from sticking, and spray down your fork tubes and front of your tank. Makes them easier to wash off. Now, for your teeth...you're on your own.

Totally agree... Last year I drove my jeep wrangler from Miami to Orange City during peak mating season for these bugs. When I got back 2 days later, it was a royal pain in the butt to take them off.

I eventually wound up having to pay a local car wash $50 to get it cleaned. He told me he had a really hard time and went through 2 half bottles of liquid degreaser to get it clean.

I saw some riders go through these swarm on that trip, and I really don't know how they did it.

Wow I thought the love bug was another name for the lady bug, or potato bug. They can swarm pretty bad too.