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Offline JoeRau

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bug collection
« on: July 09, 2014, 09:34:17 AM »
Last weekend I was visiting my parents to help around their farm in NW WI.  With the wife and kid off elsewhere I took the C14 for the 4 hour (one way) ride from SE MN. 
Sunday evening on my way home I stopped for gas and cleaned my shield in Minong, WI.  209.5 miles later parked in my garage my helmet looked like this.....

Also the 209.5 miles was without a stop.  No stop sign, stop light, or stop in traffic... which was amazing with holiday weekend traffic on I35 into MSP.  Average 52.9 MPG for the trip & had a high of 54.9 for the last tank on the way home!  Never expected that with the speeds on the slab. 
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Re: bug collection
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2014, 01:42:53 PM »
Have you notified the next of kin of the deaths of their beloveds? 

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Re: bug collection
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2014, 09:56:21 AM »
Beats picking 'em out of your teeth.

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Re: bug collection
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2014, 01:11:34 PM »
Have you notified the next of kin of the deaths of their beloveds?

Funny stuff. Hehe
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Re: bug collection
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2014, 06:55:16 AM »
Yesterday the primary bugs were again little gnats - they were everywhere.

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Re: bug collection
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2014, 10:06:18 AM »
If you want to keep the gnats out of your face when stopped use a drop of vanilla extract between the eye & ear.  Old mountain man trick, and it works.  Just not for mosquitoes. 
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Re: bug collection
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2014, 03:06:30 PM »
If you want to keep the gnats out of your face when stopped use a drop of vanilla extract between the eye & ear.  Old mountain man trick, and it works.  Just not for mosquitoes. 

You mean where the old mountain men put their blush on?
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Re: bug collection
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2014, 06:38:40 AM »
If you want to keep the gnats out of your face when stopped use a drop of vanilla extract between the eye & ear.  Old mountain man trick, and it works.  Just not for mosquitoes. 
Now I know why I have an unexplained craving for cookies when on MNMSTA rides...
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