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Old 10-05-08, 06:33 PM   #1
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Default Downside to this good weather.

Whilst i am enjoying getting out on my bike in this hot sunny weather, i am starting to hate the flies! Im out for no more than half an hour and my visor has a layer of flies across it!

Im assuming this is a problem for all you bikers??!! How to get round it? Ride slower....
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Old 10-05-08, 06:35 PM   #2
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Whilst i am enjoying getting out on my bike in this hot sunny weather, i am starting to hate the flies! Im out for no more than half an hour and my visor has a layer of flies across it!

Im assuming this is a problem for all you bikers??!! How to get round it? Ride slower....
Ride quicker! That solves everything.

I just clean and polish the visor several times during a rideout.
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Old 10-05-08, 06:35 PM   #3
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How to get round it?
Bikini fairing, duck down behind the screen.
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Old 10-05-08, 06:36 PM   #4
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Default Re: Downside to this good weather...

Wet wipes under my seat, also keep a couple tucked under the screen just in case that big sucker decides to head butt you at 100mph.
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Old 10-05-08, 06:40 PM   #5
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wet wipes.... sounds like a good idea.
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Old 10-05-08, 06:42 PM   #6
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I like splatting flies. Its a mark of a good ride

i dislike the hot weather since i oveheat in my leathers in the london traffic
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Old 10-05-08, 06:43 PM   #7
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Old 10-05-08, 06:44 PM   #8
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wet wipes.... sounds like a good idea.
They are good for cleaning leathers too, but beware if you clean your visor with them and then go into rain you can get a nasty smeary visor.
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Old 10-05-08, 06:49 PM   #9
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dont have any leathers...yet. looking to purchase sum jeans soon. got alpinestars textile jacket and frank thomas textile jeans at the mo. the jacket is a fly graveyard at the mo
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Old 10-05-08, 06:55 PM   #10
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All the car drivers,slowly hogging the nice fast roads.
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