What did you do to your Spyder today?

[LesC]

Are those all pock marks/rock hits on the rads or just bug remnants?

Just bugs!

 

[prokrypt]

Are those all pock marks/rock hits on the rads or just bug remnants?

Black usually means bug and white means dent/crater

 

[Gwolf]

Love bugs are thick here right now. Piles of them all along the eave drip of my shop. They light on the roof, get fried, and slide off the eaves. Looks like it has been raining love bugs.

 

[LesC]

Black usually means bug and white means dent/crater

I do have some fins to straighten out. The radiators aren’t in too bad a shape. The oddest thing I’ve found so far is all the grain in my primary air box.

 

[Mrmikey]

... The oddest thing I’ve found so far is all the grain in my primary air box.

I'd be more concerned about that ^ - it's usually a sign of damn rodents, which also love to chew wires.
My next door neighbour had mice get into her car; it was over $2K to get the wiring and seatbelts replaced.

 

[LesC]

I use dryer sheets in multiple places on nearly all my outside and detached garages. Also the rat snakes, cats and terriers we have around here help with mice and other rodents. So far there are no signs of mice damage. It’s nearly to the frame now. I’m inspecting everything.

 

[Cobranut]

Love bugs are thick here right now. Piles of them all along the eave drip of my shop. They light on the roof, get fried, and slide off the eaves. Looks like it has been raining love bugs.

I HATE those damn things. They're acidic and very bad for paint, and they taste horrible when they fly in your mouth.

 

[Gwolf]

I HATE those damn things. They're acidic and very bad for paint, and they taste horrible when they fly in your mouth.

Yeah, they are bad on the paint jobs, and keep the windshields smeared up so they have to be washed with soap and water to see out.
I wear a stretch neck gaiter under my helmet when them things are around. I pull it up over my mouth and nose before I put the helmet on. I try not to eat very many of them.

 

[LesC]

I had to look up ‘Love Bug’ insect on the internet. It appears to be another great reason for living in middle Tennessee, if they are around here they must be few.

 

[Badkarma]

Just what it says really... I see this question/topic on a couple other forums I visit, and it's always interesting to see what people post. So, what did you do to your Spyder today? Any model, heck let's include Ryker too...

Went for a ride near Lake Medina, TX then put an adjustable brake rod on and moved my footpegs to position one, in order to stand up when needed. I also took off rear fender and put a side plate mount on. I tried a rear mount under the seat area but due to the Spyder's horrible rear shock it ripped it off halfway through my ride.

 

[Gwolf]

I had to look up ‘Love Bug’ insect on the internet. It appears to be another great reason for living in middle Tennessee, if they are around here they must be few.

If you need some we have extras. Just come get all you want.