Bugs on the Inside

[CMGuy]

Interesting - for me anyway - phenomenon: When I clean the bugs off my windscreen (MadStad 22") I also have to clean the inside surface. The old hands on this forum will, I suspect, get a good laugh out of this but for me, it was completely unexpected. Granted, the inside is not nearly so buggy as the outside and I don't get the big splats on the inside.

Guess it is just the aerodynamics of the mounting system. They must hit the mount plate, bounce off a bit, but get sucked up the inside of the screen where they manage to leave their mark.

 

[SergeantChuck]

I just removed my Honda Touring Screen and I'm giving it to a forum member. Well I didn't want to send it with all the nasty bugs splatter so I started to scrub it in the sink. There were a couple of spots that were giving me a hard time. I rubbed the heck out of those spot and they just would not clean off.

I think you see where I'm going with this.

Sure enough it was on the inside. It made sense. There is a good size gap at the bottom where air forces its way through. I didn't think about that at first because I have never had a bike with a screen like that.

 

[Old Can Ride]

If you think we got bugs on the inside, just think how many a Goldwing has with reverse.

 

[turbodieseli4i6]

Either that or you have some very fast bugs!

 

[anglachel]

Me and my wife had a similar effect with the canoe on top of her car.... larger bugs would get sucked up under it (instead of hitting the windshield) and then pulled to the bow of the canoe where they got stuck because of the aerodynamics of the canoe... they probably got bashed up against the hull pretty well too...

When we pulled it down off the car after a 400 mile trip we found about 2 dozen wasps mostly, some dead.... some alive... none in good enough health to fly...

I guess so long as they aren't inside your helmet visor count your blessings and keep riding

 

[anglachel]

If you think we got bugs on the inside, just think how many a Goldwing has with reverse.

You mean to tell me that there isn't a button on the gold wing to clean the bugs off the inside of the windshield?

 

[happy]

You mean to tell me that there isn't a button on the gold wing to clean the bugs off the inside of the windshield?

Wipers are not included.

 

[johnakay]

Wipers are not included.

is that so, I guess I wont be buying a gold wing then

 

[FlaNC700X]

Suprisingly, I was atr the Honda shop the other day and the salesman told me that Goldwing owners are turning in their bikes for the new CTX. Imagine that! CTX has our engine