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[cahdbiker]

Does anyone spray their fairing and lowers with any product to stop bugs from sticking prior to riding? I am thinking of trying some kind of non stick cooking spray so the bugs won't be able to stick to the fairing so much. cahdbiker

[tjstreetglide]

Try a good leather conditioner and dont try to rub it around, just spray it on and when you get to where your going then wash. got this from a hot rodder. I tried it on a 2000 mi vacation thru Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado, Leave the bugs on till you cant stand to look at the bike any longer . The guy sprayed it on till it was running down the side of the bike, put it on the windshield to. It was almost to good to be tru, but it worked, and didnt bother the paint at all.
TJ

[cahdbiker]

Try a good leather conditioner and dont try to rub it around, just spray it on and when you get to where your going then wash. got this from a hot rodder. I tried it on a 2000 mi vacation thru Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado, Leave the bugs on till you cant stand to look at the bike any longer . The guy sprayed it on till it was running down the side of the bike, put it on the windshield to. It was almost to good to be tru, but it worked, and didnt bother the paint at all.
TJ

Thanks for the tip I will try it on my next trip.CAHDBIKER

[1abastarsmda]

So let me get this straight.  We now use Pledge to shine our bikes, oven cleaner to clean the exhaust, Draino to clean the inside of the ends of the mufflers, and now I need to keep a can of Pam in the garage to spray the front of my bike before riding.  Hmmm!  Has anyone tried Maxi-Pads to clean their spokes or hair conditioner to dress the sides of their tires?

Sorry, I just had to toss this out there.  It's getting more and more difficult to explain the things in my garage to my neighbors.

[tjstreetglide]

Don't forget the glass cleaner for the chrome. Maybe the maxi pad dry the bike with.
    

[LarryB]

we have tampons in the A/C

[grc]

Just make sure to finish your trips with a 20 minute ride through a rain storm.  The water will dissolve the bugs and rinse them right off.  One downside is it tends to fill all the nooks and crannies with dirty water, but who said life is fair?

BTW, the Pam thing works pretty good on the underside of your lawnmower too.  So if someone questions that can of Pam, just tell them it's for the lawnmower. 

Jerry

[guppytrash]

So let me get this straight.  We now use Pledge to shine our bikes, oven cleaner to clean the exhaust, Draino to clean the inside of the ends of the mufflers, and now I need to keep a can of Pam in the garage to spray the front of my bike before riding.  Hmmm!  Has anyone tried Maxi-Pads to clean their spokes or hair conditioner to dress the sides of their tires?

Sorry, I just had to toss this out there.  It's getting more and more difficult to explain the things in my garage to my neighbors.

Thats funny!

I will tell you I trick I just learned about.  Soak a towel with water lay it on the bugs/windshield/fairing and leave it for 30 minutes come back pull it off.  Hit it with a little quick detailer and you are on your way.  I have only tried this once but it worked really good.

[Twolanerider]

Thats funny!

I will tell you I trick I just learned about.  Soak a towel with water lay it on the bugs/windshield/fairing and leave it for 30 minutes come back pull it off.  Hit it with a little quick detailer and you are on your way.  I have only tried this once but it worked really good.

Nice old trick that one.  I've trashed a lot of hotel towels over the years in the early AM before heading out to start out if not clean at least not caked with the prior day's bugs.

[1abastarsmda]

Thats funny!

I will tell you I trick I just learned about.  Soak a towel with water lay it on the bugs/windshield/fairing and leave it for 30 minutes come back pull it off.  Hit it with a little quick detailer and you are on your way.  I have only tried this once but it worked really good.

Just wet a towel and keep it in a plastic bag in your saddlebag.  You don't need to leave it on the bugs for 1/2 an hour.  If it's wet enough, they'll wipe right off in a minute.

[skreminegul07]

Don't forget the glass cleaner for the chrome. Maybe the maxi pad dry the bike with.
    

It's for the head gasket leaks.

[LarryB]

Just wet a towel and keep it in a plastic bag in your saddlebag.  You don't need to leave it on the bugs for 1/2 an hour.  If it's wet enough, they'll wipe right off in a minute.

ya, and when you get home, open the bag, whew, talk about stink

[Heatwave]

Getting the bugs off the front of your bike is actually pretty easy. Just take a towel and saturate with steaming hot water from the faucet. Wring most of the water out. Lay the towel across the area covered with bugs. Go crack a beer. Enjoy for a few minutes. When you come back, just wipe the area with the wet towel.

Wring out towel. Saturate again with hot faucet water. Lay hot wet towel over new area that needs to be cleaned. Go back to beer. Enjoy. Return to towel and wipe dirty area with towel. Continue till all areas are clean. Front of bike will be spotless in 15 minutes and no chemicals used on the bike.

[Fiestabill]

I have been using "Ivory" dish washing liquid diluted and sprayed on before washing. Works better than HD`s bug remover and it is cheap.

[1abastarsmda]

I have been using "Ivory" dish washing liquid diluted and sprayed on before washing. Works better than HD`s bug remover and it is cheap.

Dish washing liquid, from my understanding, is a taboo item.  I used to use it to wash my car, and then I was shown what I did to my paint surface.  Never again.  Car wash soap is apparently made for cars and dish washing soap for dishes, and not really interchangeable.  It really did destroy my paint surface over about a year.