posted July 28, 2006 05:55 PM
ZX14 is this bike teflon? I have owned 28 bikes in my 50 years of life and have never had a bike that stays so clean I can ride the hell out of it in the valley heat or in the sierra foothills and there is hardly ever a bug splat-this cant be said for my 1000rr and surely not for my VTX1800 neo which collects bugs in places I didnt know possible. This must validate the time and design that went into aerodynamics. Or I am going so damn fast they just disintegrate on impact???
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posted July 28, 2006 06:05 PM
BTW, you ain't seen shit for bugs till you hit a June Bug at speed in South Carolina. They are usually the size of your thumb...
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posted July 28, 2006 06:08 PM
Edited By: vegasdude on 28 Jul 2006 19:09
Louisiana june bugs make south carolina june bugs look like gnats!! In fact our June bugs are so bad assed they come out in may!!
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posted July 28, 2006 06:14 PM
I will say the paint is by far the best paint for holding up to chips after 3400 miles not one nick in the front any where, fist bike that has not got your normal chips from road debri.
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posted July 28, 2006 06:58 PM
quote:BTW, you ain't seen shit for bugs till you hit a June Bug at speed in South Carolina. They are usually the size of your thumb...
...been there done that on the way to myrtle beach back in '76 on my z-1b...f'd the fixed screen of my bell star 120 it did! ____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
stand ready in the night to visit violence on those
who would do us harm.”
-George Orwell
posted July 29, 2006 05:11 AM
Great post. LOL
They must be spraying like crazy out there.
You better check how much bug spray you been breathing.
My bike did seem clean after wet rides. New bike and all I guessed.
posted July 29, 2006 06:53 AM
Try riding between 2 Indiana corn fields...we grow mutant size june bugs and deer that dont look both ways before crossing the street.
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posted July 29, 2006 08:52 AM
Edited By: speedgene on 29 Jul 2006 09:58
If you ride slow, the fairing is so efficient, it will push a bug away from the air stream. Even your face shield is immuned. That's Engineering!
What if you speed up? Well, the scoop takes in all the air it can. Bugs don't have time to splat. It's a virtual air cleaner up at the nose. Anything in the way is sucked in.
You'll find every last bug you ever smashed into; at the front of the air cleaner filter.
quote:If you ride slow, the fairing is so efficient, it will push a bug away from the air stream. Even your face shield is immuned. That's Engineering!
What if you speed up? Well, the scoop takes in all the air it can. Bugs don't have time to splat. It's a virtual air cleaner at the nose. Anything in the way is sucked in.
You'll find every last bug you ever smashed into; at the front of the air cleaner filter.
Makes me wonder how aero the 14 is compared to the 'busa...
posted July 29, 2006 12:46 PM
That's funny, bugs don't stick to my blue ZX14. Must be because its the fastest.
June bugs in Louisiana are about 6" long, and heavy. They look like nothing you've ever seen before. Had one hit me in the face shield at about 50. Almost knocked me off the bike. And don't get me started about love bugs. These are bugs that fly around connected at the ass. When they get on your paint, you better wash it off soon, or the acid in them will eat your paint, bad.
I use this stuff called "Pig-Spit" on the front of the bike, and the bugs don't stick. Stuff is like silicon or something. Bought it at walmart. I coated the inside rear fender of my bike with it before going to the drags. When I got home there wasn't any melted rubber under the fender. Never seen anything like it. And it won't hurt paint
posted July 30, 2006 09:25 AM
I agree with the paint being strong. I was pelted with construction debris on my way home from bike night, and not one chip. However my first chip came when I got a lugnut in the chin and fell and chipped my tank.
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posted July 28, 2006 05:55 PM
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In fact our June bugs are so bad assed they come out in may!!
