{"id":812,"date":"2025-04-16T21:55:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T04:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/?p=812"},"modified":"2025-04-16T22:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T05:05:14","slug":"already-bug-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/16\/already-bug-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Already bug season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When the winter season rain and cold weather goes away, the bugs come out in full force. I don\u2019t mind wiping the windshield down every  time I pull inside the Manetarium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s all part of being a daily rider. You get used to the different rituals you do before you take off and when you return. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started using bottled water that I pour into a spray bottle. This seems to break down the bugs mess if done carefully. I do use towels that are not abrasive and soft on the windshield avoiding scratching the snot out of the outer surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another step I take is spraying Honda Detailer cleaner onto the freshly wiped windshield and apply a layer of protection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the winter season rain and cold weather goes away, the bugs come out in full force. I don\u2019t mind wiping the windshield down every time I pull inside the Manetarium. That\u2019s all part of being a daily rider. You get used to the different rituals you do before you take off and when you &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/16\/already-bug-season\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Already bug season&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-rants","category-out-riding"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_2025-04-16-215419-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C1365","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":816,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}