Nose Art

[GregFeeler]

In the tradition of the crews of WWII aircraft who painted interesting art on the noses of their airplanes and in recognition of the beginning of the serious bug season most places, let's see who can come up with the most interesting bug-splatter nose art on their bike.

I'll start with this shot of my K1200RS after returning from last weekend's 49er Rally. We rode through 5 to 10 miles of butterflys about 30 miles south of Fernley, NV on Hwy. 95. It looked even better before we hit a couple of light rain showers.

[boofer]

You win :clap :wave

[GregFeeler]

You win :clap :wave


Yeah, well maybe we should wait and see that others turn in over the next few months. Bug season is just getting going, at least around my part of the country. :D

[lorazepam]

wait till the 4 inch long grasshoppers get out in late summer. They are good for a softball size explosion on yer fairing

[BradfordBenn]

I am just getting warmed up. To quote someone at the Bonzai Rally, Dang did you hit a deer on your way to Omaha? It was so bad I had to clean it.

[GregFeeler]

wait till the 4 inch long grasshoppers get out in late summer. They are good for a softball size explosion on yer fairing

I ran though a swam of grasshoppers many years ago riding my /5. They packed into the cylinder fins and I could smell them cooking as I rode to the next town. I actullay had to stop and dig the little f'rs out of the fins so the bike would cool right. :lol

[manicmechanic]

If memory serves, there was an award at Spokane for the Best Bug Collection on the way to the rally.

[GregFeeler]

If memory serves, there was an award at Spokane for the Best Bug Collection on the way to the rally.

You're right, but I never got a chance to see it. Given all the bugs in the mid-west, could be a good event for Lima.

[kbasa]

We hit a bunch of butterflies headed west from the rally on 12. There were tons of them just fluttering around. They make some really neat big yellow splats.

:thumb

[GregFeeler]

We hit a bunch of butterflies headed west from the rally on 12. There were tons of them just fluttering around. They make some really neat big yellow splats.

:thumb


You sure they weren't just flashbacks from all that bourbon Satruday night? :drink

[donkey doctor]

Hello; Back in the good old days, we didn't have no windshields or fairings, or even helmets to cover with bugs. Nose art actually involved noses. I remember going to a drive in movie that was cancelled because a cloud of grasshoppers came by and got between the projector and the screen so there was nothing but darkness to watch. Other times I remember having to ride through clouds of grasshoppers afraid to open my mouth. Then when you get to the farm all the chickens would try to eat/peck all the dead hoppers off your clothes, then off your motorcycle. They would actually make the roads slippery and slimy with their greeness.

Now I wear a flip up helmet behind my little "S" fairing, but still the odd little winged creature still seems to find it's way into my closed helmet. Bugs on the teeth used to be the sign of a hardcore rider. I haven't seen a grasshopper cloud in decades now.

[jmerlino]

I hit a bumblebee the other day. Went splat REAL good.

[sgborgstrom]

To borrow a quote often seen on a different board:

"This thread is no good without pictures"

Now go out there and put those smugmug accounts to good use!

Steve

[GregFeeler]

To borrow a quote often seen on a different board:

"This thread is no good without pictures"

Now go out there and put those smugmug accounts to good use!

Steve


Exactly! :thumb

[sgborgstrom]

bump
http://stromborg.smugmug.com/photos/26067228-M.jpg

Steve

[rocketman]

After winning the "Dirtest Bike" award at a spring open house at local BMW dealership with my '78 R100/7 I was going to go for a "largest Bug Collection" award at the end of the year (I'm sure one of the vintage rallys I attend would go for that), but the dang T-storms we get around here on the east coast during the summer keep eraticating my collection! Maybe I should get a cover just for the 'jammer' windscreen when I'm riding in rain to protect it? :D

RM

[iRene]

I like a nasty bug splat that leaves "rice" entrails. EEEEEEEWWWWWW!

[GregFeeler]

After winning the "Dirtest Bike" award at a spring open house at local BMW dealership with my '78 R100/7 I was going to go for a "largest Bug Collection" award at the end of the year (I'm sure one of the vintage rallys I attend would go for that), but the dang T-storms we get around here on the east coast during the summer keep eraticating my collection! Maybe I should get a cover just for the 'jammer' windscreen when I'm riding in rain to protect it? :D

RM

OR, take some lacquer spray along and coat each new collection of bugs so it becomes perminent. Then you'll always look like you've just compleated an Iron Butt ride. :brow

[rocketman]

OR, take some lacquer spray along and coat each new collection of bugs so it becomes perminent. Then you'll always look like you've just compleated an Iron Butt ride. :brow

hey, great idea, thanks! :D

RM "Bug Collector Extraordinaire"

[bigfoot105]

I did a solo power ride this past Sunday (400mi RT in 6 hrs) through the mountains to Glennallen,AK and back to Anchorage and collected some interesting art. The most noteable one was some type of blood sucking parasite I presume, that hit the air deflector just above the headlight set on my 1150GS. This deflection caused the blood sac to vortec behind my Cee Bailey windshield and then stick to the inside of it with out bursting. Yuk!!

The estimated size of this thing was about the size of the smilie face seen here.... :D

I know that pictures would normally be required to show proof but, by the time I got home this bright red blood sac had turned into nothing more than a dark brown bulbulous scab of art.

I could take a picture of it now but, the true beauty of this thing has long faded into oblivion. I will say this, as far as art, the bugs were so thick that they were even sticking to the front rim and spokes of the GS. I had bugs on every leading edge of my ride. I even had a couple on the front of the passenger backrest.

The second most noteable was a moth of some type that hit me right between the eyes on my face shield. Wings still attached, fluttering in the wind. I made the mistake of trying to wipe it off with my glove without stopping and it in turned made an even bigger mess of it. Luckily a rain shower was in the near future and aided in the clearing of the shield.

The GS did a fantastic job on the power ride, averaging 66.67MPH and 45.85 MPG.

And one last note: I was about a milisecond from having a rabbit somewhere on the GS as art....I not sure who was closest to crapping their pants me or the rabbit.....Dang that was a close call at 85mph.

Ride Fast, Go Far, and Return Safely... :thumb