I really, really don't like...

[Dustybell]

MICE!!!
Took our spyder in for it's 6,000 mile service today. And got a call from them before we barely got out of their driveway. Seems mice had built a nest all in the front end! :shocked: When we picked it up, they gave us two baggies full of insulation. I have been riding this winter, so I don't think the nest is recent, but thankfully, there was no damage yet. And no wires chewed through.

We are even storing the spyder in one of those big truck box containers. Didn't think mice could get into it. Did I tell you that I really, really, don't like mice?

This means war! I'm going hunting! If your spyder is in storage, you better check it. No matter how safe you think it is. I sure thought mine was safe.

 

[murphybrown]

AGREED

MICE!!!
Took our spyder in for it's 6,000 mile service today. And got a call from them before we barely got out of their driveway. Seems mice had built a nest all in the front end! :shocked: When we picked it up, they gave us two baggies full of insulation. I have been riding this winter, so I don't think the nest is recent, but thankfully, there was no damage yet. And no wires chewed through.

We are even storing the spyder in one of those big truck box containers. Didn't think mice could get into it. Did I tell you that I really, really, don't like mice?

This means war! I'm going hunting! If your spyder is in storage, you better check it. No matter how safe you think it is. I sure thought mine was safe.

I fight them all the time . They eat Decon like candy. YEP I ALSO HATE MICE!

 

[Bob Denman]

...Furry little :cus: can find their way into almost anyplace... Willie Sutton must have taken lessons from them. :gaah:
We cover the end of the exhaust with tinfoil, and have had decent luck with dryer sheets up under the Tupperware...

 

[Chupaca]

Have to agree..!!

Have had to deal with wiring nightmares during my time wrenching. Air boxes are a favorite especially if its a paper filter. But on faring bikes anything gives...good luck..!! :thumbup:

 

[Dustybell]

Any tips on mice demise that will keep dogs and cats safe? Our rat terrier is a great mouser and I'm leary of her finding a poisoned mouse and eating it.

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[SPYD1]

Put some pine scented moth balls on the floor around your bike...no more mice.

 

[ARtraveler]

Mice and such are very crafty and can get into spaces that you would not think possible. Good ammunition against them is to get a cat.

 

[Bob Denman]

I forgot about them... pps:
Mothballs also help to discourage them :thumbup:
Just don't ask how they get them away from the Moths! :yikes:

 

[Desert Spyder]

Mice??? Oh crap...what next? Limp Mode, Throttle Bodies, and Mice, Oh My!

 

[boborgera]

Like mentioned,;.....
Moth ball's; I've been using them for years [40] I will not use poison, sometimes poison doesn't just kill the intend victim's.:sour:

 

[asp125]

Lucky you got to them before they chewed up your ignition wires. Trust me, arcing under the hood is NOT something you'd like to see. BTDT.

 

[coz]

peanut butter

put some peanut butter on the trap of your choice. that will take care of it. i've heard a mouse can squeeze through a 1/4 inch opening, so you've got to seal things up REALLY tight.:thumbup:

 

[Cavman]

I have had them eat the peanut butter off the trap and not trip it. That's both mouse and rat Victor traps. I have to be careful where I've placed traps because Stumpy is in their size category! ray:

 

[rnet]

Had a mouse nest in the air box once, but since I put in the 4 post lift and stored it up there, no more mice. Store the bikes up there also. To get up there they would have to climb one of the smooth painted post.

 

[Bob Denman]

Did you, by any chance, wire them up to a little bit of voltage???

:yikes:

 

[otter28169]

I use steel wool to keep hem out of places I don't want them going. I know it doesn't work everywhere, but it is more effective than poison. When they chew through the steel wool to get inside something, they ingest it. It cuts as it passes through and they bleed out. I know, I am a mean old B:cus:d, but it will always work.

 

[Dustybell]

My sweet husband came home loaded for bear..er..mice! :clap: He brought moth balls, poison trap, and glue traps. Nobody messes with my spyder!

 

[Bob Denman]

He sure sounds like a keeper! :2thumbs:
He DOES empty the traps; right?? :shocked:

 

[Jeriatric]

Don't kill'm.

Put'm to work!

 

[IGETAROUND]

My sweet husband came home loaded for bear..er..mice! :clap: He brought moth balls, poison trap, and glue traps. Nobody messes with my spyder!

cheap bars of soap seem to work quite well in closed spaces on the pop up trailer. Can't see why wouldn't work to keep them out of stored spyder also:joke: