How to get those deceased bugs off your bike.
While searching for an anniversary destination recently, Patti and I found that bad weather dominated most of the country except for the upper midwest, so we decided to keep it local and trailered the ST1300 to southwest Wisconsin's driftless area to spend the week motorcycle and horseback riding. We based ourselves in the midst of the state's best road and horse country at Justin Trails Resort in Monroe County and enjoyed four days of perfect riding weather, awesome roads and great scenery.
How is this relevant? Well, this is farm country and that means bugs...and lots of 'em. When we got back home I had a bike and truck coated in dead bugs. In case you don't know this trick, here's a magic potion to melt those critters away with minimal effort.
It's called hydrogen peroxide and it's about $1 a quart at Wally World. This stuff really is magic — at 90% solution it's used as an oxygen source in rocket fuel while at 3.5% it can bleach your teeth, marinate your meat or melt bugs off your fairing.
It's called hydrogen peroxide and it's about $1 a quart at Wally World. This stuff really is magic — at 90% solution it's used as an oxygen source in rocket fuel while at 3.5% it can bleach your teeth, marinate your meat or melt bugs off your fairing.
One of its interesting properties is that it oxidizes dead tissue, like bug splats, but doesn't hurt live, like our skin. Just spray it on any surface, let sit for a few minutes and wash your bike as usual with soapy water. As far as I know it doesn't affect plastic, metal or acrylic surfaces in any way so it's safe to use anywhere there's bug remains. Now you know.
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