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Old 04-11-2017, 04:06 PM
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A Fat Juicy Grasshopper to the snout at 70 leaves war paint too ! Looked like a science project...
 
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I got hit by a wasp over the weekend, lovely feeling. And today I drove through those little white bugs? They just blurred my vision
 
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Originally Posted by REW13
I got hit by a wasp over the weekend, lovely feeling. And today I drove through those little white bugs? They just blurred my vision
White flies! Man, I hate them things.

Years ago when I was a bicycle racer, we were climbing this steep hill at as fast a pace as we could go. We were racing after all. Entered a swarm of white flies, with mouth wide open trying to gulp in as much air as possible......lovely!
 
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Just a few small bugs on the windshield and headlight lenses after my 85 mile x 2 commute to work and back in Central Jersey today. This will change as Spring springs...
 
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Old 04-11-2017, 06:14 PM
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Bugs over the windshield into the eyebrows and glasses rims are the pain. Prior to the bigger windshield on the Super Glide had a bird fly into my neck, boy if that won't wake you up.
 
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Originally Posted by UrbanRunner
Which reminds me:

Q: What's the last thing that goes through a bugs mind as it hits you/your bike?



A: Its ***.
Kamikaze attack
 
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Job security for me!
 
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Did my part in reducing their numbers Sunday. Spring that is just part of it.
 
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Bugs suck!
 
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Old 04-12-2017, 03:59 AM
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Local bridge a year or two ago. These little buggers are will sure get your attention. Not real painful to get hit by but they'll sure mess up a recently cleaned motorcycle in a hurry.

Edit- not my pics. Got them off Google Images.
 
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