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Aerodynamic of cars has changed, but I noticed almost the same reduction in number of insects on myself during my motorbike trips. 30 years ago after some hundr
by gtufano 8y ago
Aerodynamic of cars has changed, but I noticed almost the same reduction in number of insects on myself during my motorbike trips. 30 years ago after some hundred kilometers you had to wash the jacket, now there are just a couple bugs. To be honest, in the last year or two I've seen a bit more bugs (Italy here, may be the EU rules on bugskiller help). (yes, I'm over 50)
- mikestew 8y agoAerodynamic of cars has changed Not on my '81 VW camper, it hasn't. Still the barn door with wheels it was thirty-seven years ago (we have not owned it the entire time). I clean the windshield to get the dirt off, not bugs. Similar vehicles ('77 Chevy full-sized van) I've owned in the past were bug magnets back in the day. I have the same experience as you here in the U. S. on the motorcycle. The same areas of Oregon I'd ride through twenty years ago at the same time of year would leave me covered in bugs, and I'd carry a can of spray cleaner for the face shield, because waiting to clean it at gas stops wasn't soon enough. Now the big can of spray cleaner stays on the workbench in the garage. I still carry a small can in the tankbag, but I think I've had the same can for a couple of years now. I still get bugs going through Oregon, but it can wait until I stop for gas now.