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Started by Caffeine, May 25, 2006, 05:03:47 AM

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Caffeine

May 25, 2006, 05:03:47 AM
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-522lovebugs,0,2602361.story?track=mostemailedlink

I thought lovebugs were pretty much a north Florida thing, and I had seen them (on my windshield) in Central Florida before.   But last week I took the GS on a late afternoon ride out to Okeechobee, and the little farkers were EVERYWHERE!   It was like riding in a snowstorm!   My faceshield was almost completely plastered with the little bastards, and I had to find a place to stop and wash it off.  :mad:

So, it turns out   :2guns: lovebugs are alive and well in south Florida!   Any interesting bug hazards in your country and/or neck of the woods?

I did wash & wax the GS yesterday.  Looks purty!   :thumb:
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Stephen072774

#1
May 25, 2006, 05:28:03 AM
Yep, they swarm in Alabama too... we had them like crazy last year.  Haven't seen them this year as of yet, you can keep them down there :cheers:
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3imo

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May 25, 2006, 08:05:08 AM
I ran through a swarm of the kamikazee "f*ckers" at about 80mph.  I had to wipe my visor and just smeared them and still couldn't see worth a shaZam!.
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#3
May 25, 2006, 08:40:11 AM
Texas coastal and piney woods have love bug storms
That's why I got a higher windscreen
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#4
May 25, 2006, 11:40:26 AM

scratch

#5
May 25, 2006, 12:12:00 PM
Spraying PAM cooking spray helps keep the radiator and engine clean, too.
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#6
May 25, 2006, 12:32:25 PM
i think that those things may make it all the way up to VA.  I am sure that i have seem then before but never in swarms the size of what you guys down south are seeing.
Bikeless in RVA

3imo

#7
May 25, 2006, 12:43:59 PM
not so bad.....if your hungry just open your mouth and chew.....mmmmmmm

the guys in FL who ride with no helmet......thats a laugh.
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