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easymoney YaBB Newbies Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 23	Problem with ANTs Today at 11:20:12 I park my Savage in a corner of an apartment parking lot. The grass in that area has ants and they are very attracted to my bike. It is always crawling with them. I put ant killer packs in the tool box which helped some, but still they come. Swatting ants at 50 mph in heavy traffic sucks! Any suggestions?
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Re: Problem with ANTs
Reply #1 - Today at 11:38:42

Couple ideas....

1) Kill the freakin' ant mound near where you park.
2) Spray the underside of the bike with "Ortho Home Defense". It's fairly odorless and doesn't hurt paint (at least not my baseboards in the house).

There are only 3 points on the bike that they can climb up on the bike from - front tire, rear tire, side stand. Spray the tires and side stand with Home Defense.

What is it with ants liking electrical stuff? For whatever reason, the little bastards like the electrical panel on our outside AC condensing unit. I have to fight the little assholes all summer.

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10671 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Problem with ANTs Reply #2 - Today at 12:07:17 Those little suckers are just after a quick BUZZ.
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zevenenergie Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1391 The Netherlands Den Haag	Re: Problem with ANTs Reply #3 - Today at 12:49:33 You can park your bike on a verry hairy carpet. That will stop them. And sprey the carpet whit poison.
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Reply #4 - Today at 14:39:26

Too many pets in the area (including mine} for most stuff, I sprayed some pet friendly "ant killer". but it was friendly to ants too. As far as attacking the hills, total ant biomass in the area (this is Florida) is probably as much as me and the motorcycle together, My car is parked right next to the bike but the ants don't seem to be attracted to it.

It's irrigated here too, (and hurricaned lately) so a small grass fire seems difficult.

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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1738 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Problem with ANTs Reply #5 - Today at 15:14:55 What's wrong with the pets in Florida (brain damage)? Our pets in Texas have enough sense not to stand in ant mounds and eat pesticide. Park in a different place away from the ants if you don't want to kill the little bastards. :'( Get a pet Anteater to guard your bike? Here's a Texas-sized ant mount. Are yours this big?
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