Yikes! Spring is here!

[EJK]

Them bastards have begun to hatch!

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[ellipsis]

...they dont make such a mess of your visor if you leave it open...

[Oakie]

Ah, the delights of spring in Chch.

Akaroa perchance?

[G4L4XY]

Thats crazy, I just finished cleaning off my helmet and leathers from all the night-time bugs I got pwned by...not as big as those suckers though!

[The Reibz]

Ohlins Steering dampner. What a rich kenttttttttttt.

[EJK]

Ohlins Steering dampner. What a rich kenttttttttttt.

Those "Ohlins" are factory standard I believe.

[The Reibz]

Got any pics of the front of the bike? Bet your airfilter is feeling the love lol.
I pulled mine out a couple of weeks ago and there were heaps of bugs in it. Must have been about 30 odd bees in there too

[EJK]

Haha no pic of the front of the bike. Front wasn't so bad, it's the work of double bubble screen that really blew it onto my face (ok that came out wrong).

[Skiwi]

Them bastards have begun to hatch!

If you kept riding for about another half hour you could have passed for a Wookie:laugh:

[Laava]

Whitebait season in Canterbury!

[pritch]

Ah, the delights of spring in Chch.

Akaroa perchance?

On my visit to Akaroa I went through a swarm of what I assumed to be the adult form of willow grubs: green abdomen, brown legs and wings.
Gave me an idea for a trout fly to try near willows here. If there are any left after the council poisoning programme.

Nothing so interesting locally. Last Friday three of us went through a swarm of something, turned out to be wasps. Open face helmets anyone?

[EJK]

On my visit to Akaroa I went through a swarm of what I assumed to be the adult form of willow grubs: green abdomen, brown legs and wings.
Gave me an idea for a trout fly to try near willows here. If there are any left after the council poisoning programme.

Want to scrub some off from my airfilter?


Whitebait season in Canterbury!

You should come down sometime! Have a ride to Akaroa with your visor and mouth wide open! Lunch taken care of!

[Oakie]

On my visit to Akaroa I went through a swarm of what I assumed to be the adult form of willow grubs: green abdomen, brown legs and wings.
Gave me an idea for a trout fly to try near willows here. If there are any left after the council poisoning programme.

Size 18 hook from memory. I tied one or two many years ago but don't know if I ever used them.

[Laava]

Want to scrub some off from my airfilter?



You should come down sometime! Have a ride to Akaroa with your visor and mouth wide open! Lunch taken care of!

Early december bro!

[ellipsis]

...if anybody wants any of those lake-flies, not a problem..i can have 1 kilo bags of them dried and shipped within 24 hours of ordering...they are really good for, ummmmmmm...they eat them around Lake Victoria in Africa and, ummmmmm..

...we live with the bastards from sundown to dawn...one light left on in the wrong place and a window or door left ajar and you are in the shit...we have had twenty billion get inside the house by being dumb and forgetful at this time of year...I had to shovel them out of my shed once, after I left my big sodium light burning...they were 20mm deep around the fall of the light on the floor, easy 5 or 6 sq meters...

[Juniper]

Wow thats a nice catch. :sick:

[Muppet]

A local I was talking to in Little River told me the best way to avoid the lake flies is to slow down to about 50-60 km/h and they won't stick.

[5150]

You got a fishing license for that catch Mr? I bet you are over your quota as well......:nono::Police:

[ellipsis]

A local I was talking to in Little River told me the best way to avoid the lake flies is to slow down to about 50-60 km/h and they won't stick.

...that just gives the fuckers time to get inside your visor and up your nose and in your eyes...and they have a bitter taste, 'cos you get to swallow the fuckers too...my girl and i do 10 to 15 ks on the cycleway as often as we can but at times we have to turn back as the swarms are too thick to breath or see in...best thing to have is a damp rag in a plastic bag in your pocket if you are coming this way regularly...a warm summers night is far worse for them compared to the huge swarms you see during daylight hours...they were controlled to the point that they were not a problem at one point, but it was stopped by whoever...greenies probably, but probably sensible...the frogs may have been suffering from the spray also?...oh well, there must be some price to pay for living in paradise...

[EJK]

A local I was talking to in Little River told me the best way to avoid the lake flies is to slow down to about 50-60 km/h and they won't stick.

Can't we just nuke them? :(

[maraudingkiwi]

Wow. Yet another reason to stick with full-face helmets...

[Juniper]

A local I was talking to in Little River told me the best way to avoid the lake flies is to slow down to about 50-60 km/h and they won't stick.

Carnauba Wax works well too.