Mice!

[enGage]

The Mice discovered my C650 over the winter. I got back from my winter home, smelled mice and saw lots of bits of foam around my motorcycle. Took the front and side panels off and learned that 1) the panels are lined with acoustic foam pads and 2) the mice really like these pads and had chewed several. Fortunately, it doesn't look like they have chewed anything else.

For years Honda had a similar problem. They used a material sourced from natural ingredients that mice loved. I wonder if the BMW acoustic pads are a similar scenario.

I started riding the bike figuring that would scare/heat them out and it did for awhile, but they came back. I have the front and side panels off now. Have hosed out bike as best I can and am riding it without the panels - giving the critters less places to hide, but I saw foam bits three nights ago.

I have two questions:

1. Anyone else experience this? If so were you able to get rid of them?
2. Anyone remove the lower and rear panels? I'd like to check these areas, but haven't figured out how to remove them yet.

I did put chewable mouse poison down a few days ago and its getting consumed (they have ignored the traps I put down earlier). In fact, found a dead mouse under my bike last night. Fingers crossed this will solve the problem

 

[freewheelinfrank]

Try spraying the pads with Cayenne pepper, one bite and they'll usually leave it alone

 

[Rooltje]

The Mice discovered my C650 over the winter. I got back from my winter home, smelled mice and saw lots of bits of foam around my motorcycle. Took the front and side panels off and learned that 1) the panels are lined with acoustic foam pads and 2) the mice really like these pads and had chewed several. Fortunately, it doesn't look like they have chewed anything else.

For years Honda had a similar problem. They used a material sourced from natural ingredients that mice loved. I wonder if the BMW acoustic pads are a similar scenario.

I started riding the bike figuring that would scare/heat them out and it did for awhile, but they came back. I have the front and side panels off now. Have hosed out bike as best I can and am riding it without the panels - giving the critters less places to hide, but I saw foam bits three nights ago.

I have two questions:

1. Anyone else experience this? If so were you able to get rid of them?
2. Anyone remove the lower and rear panels? I'd like to check these areas, but haven't figured out how to remove them yet.

I did put chewable mouse poison down a few days ago and its getting consumed (they have ignored the traps I put down earlier). In fact, found a dead mouse under my bike last night. Fingers crossed this will solve the problem

I experienced exactly the same. All the foam was all over the bike. I took the cover off the bike and put some baits out. The mice have not come back

 

[enGage]

Thanks for the replies. I put out traps, but that didn't work. My SIL had the same issue with her Honda Odyssey and used Tomcat poison. I put four of these out and the mice are eating it and the activity has slowed, but not stopped. I found a link to a service manual on this site and have removed all the covers (there was a live mouse behind the lower right footboard panel). Doing that I noticed some insulation on the starter wire and ground wire was chewed. The starter functions fine, but I decided to wrap it, which requires pulling the gas tank, which requires pulling a lot of other stuff. The mice had nested between the tank and heatshield - see picture. Anyway, wires exposed and repaired, but I'm somewhat Leary of putting it together for fear they'll just come back... That foam insulation is like crack to these mice! What a PITA!