I have a 2020 RT. This is my 4th Spyder, but it's the worse one for trapping dead grasshoppers and bugs in the grill and on into the radiator. I have a solid mass of dead bugs after every ride. For those who have a 2020 RT, what have you found that works best at keeping them from getting all the way to the radiator and for removing them?
Lamonster's Black Dymond detailer. Use it often and it will build up making it very hard for the bugs to stick. About the only thing you can do with the radiators is to flush them with water to rinse out bugs and debris.
Spyderpops is working on grills and they will look great.
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Lamonster's Black Dymond detailer. Use it often and it will build up making it very hard for the bugs to stick. About the only thing you can do with the radiators is to flush them with water to rinse out bugs and debris.
Thank you Jetfixer. Do I spray the radiator through the front of the bike through the grill?
This is my latest mat of grasshoppers, bees and bugs that I get after every ride. I spend an hour after every ride trying to get them off, but most are stuck on the back side of the grills and on the radiator. Any ideas on how to make their removal an easier, more effective process? I have a 2020 RT
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Cohoff, that is a problem. I used a peroxide spray, full strength to soften the dead bodies, then full force hose to knock them off. There might be something better, dish soap and hot water? This is one huge air scoop, would have to be one humongous grill. Then, does it block too much air to properly cool the radiator fins? I don't know. I suppose if someone brings it market it will work.
Cohoff, that is a problem. I used a peroxide spray, full strength to soften the dead bodies, then full force hose to knock them off. There might be something better, dish soap and hot water? This is one huge air scoop, would have to be one humongous grill. Then, does it block too much air to properly cool the radiator fins? I don't know. I suppose if someone brings it market it will work.
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Hey, where I’m @ we get the luv bugs bad every year, & all though I never tried it, I once had a trucker tell me to spray my grill & radiator down with “Pam cooking spray”, that’s what he did... keeps them from sticking... should take the heat since it’s made for fry pans & grills??? Like I said I never tried it but it might work???
Wow that's a lot of bugs, are you driving threw a swamp, or farm land?? I see a lot of bugs at the right time of season around the lakes and low lying bogs in Maine, but nothing like that OMG!!! Good luck!
I would be shocked if that was the collection after one season of riding! And it is from just one trip! That is totally inzane!
I inspected my radiator and air filters after 2500km, and there was one wasp in the CVT filter, and just a handfull of bugs in the radiator.
Wow that's a lot of bugs, are you driving threw a swamp, or farm land?? I see a lot of bugs at the right time of season around the lakes and low lying bogs in Maine, but nothing like that OMG!!! Good luck!
I live in western Nebraska.....wheat and corn fields
I live in western Nebraska.....wheat and corn fields
But it looks like you ride through the cornfields!!
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Looks like a good crop this year. Western Kansas, Texas and Okla panhandle we get the same thing Grasshopper.jpg
The 2020's look like they'll scoop them up pretty bad... but the back of the radiator looks a mite more accessible to unbolt the fans and flush them back out, but still a chore to keep cleaned out..
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Cohoff, that is a problem. I used a peroxide spray, full strength to soften the dead bodies, then full force hose to knock them off. There might be something better, dish soap and hot water? This is one huge air scoop, would have to be one humongous grill. Then, does it block too much air to properly cool the radiator fins? I don't know. I suppose if someone brings it market it will work.
I tried peroxide this morning. I sprayed them, waited an hour. Sprayed them again, waited another hour. Then took a hose to them. It got most of them, but not all. At least the radiator looks better. I will let them dry out and try to scrape the rest of them off the grill. I just heard that Spyderpops has the grills for the 2020 RTs. They're not on his website yet, but will be soon.
Just throwing out an idea, how about buying some cheap metal mesh and fit in front of the radiator? And just fasten it with cable ties or such. Should be easier to remove and clean
Usually I am not a big fan of fine mesh in front of radiators, due to the obvious negative effect on airflow and thus cooling capacity. But in this kind of extreme case, the radiator seems to quickly clog up, so here it could perhaps be a good solution. For a long trip, where you dont have the possiblity to easiliy clean the mesh, perhaps bring a few of them and replace as they get full of bugs.
Just an idea
Just throwing out an idea, how about buying some cheap metal mesh and fit in front of the radiator? And just fasten it with cable ties or such. Should be easier to remove and clean
Usually I am not a big fan of fine mesh in front of radiators, due to the obvious negative effect on airflow and thus cooling capacity. But in this kind of extreme case, the radiator seems to quickly clog up, so here it could perhaps be a good solution. For a long trip, where you dont have the possiblity to easiliy clean the mesh, perhaps bring a few of them and replace as they get full of bugs.
Just an idea
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Originally Posted by Jetfixer
Wow that's a lot of bugs, are you driving threw a swamp, or farm land?? I see a lot of bugs at the right time of season around the lakes and low lying bogs in Maine, but nothing like that OMG!!! Good luck!
