Wet riding

[gunrunner]

Heading off for a trip this weekend and chances are its gonna rain .
Whats the best thing to use on my visor so that i can see where im going ?

[CookMySock]

Speed. Keep your speed up around 105-110 clicks where you safely are able and it blows your visor clean real well. The absolute worst speed is about 90k, where the water will pool up real good and block your vision badly.

If you want some product to put on your visor, have a look in the cleaning cabinet and see if theres some pledge furniture polish. If you want to buy something, go to repco and get some turtlewax ice.

Steve

[p.dath]

If you want some product to put on your visor, have a look in the cleaning cabinet and see if theres some pledge furniture polish.

+1. Many people use pledge. Personally I try and avoid putting any chemicals on my helmet. Normally you can just look left or right, and the wind will blow any water off.

[PrincessBandit]

That's when you want gloves with the little rubber thingy on the left index finger - built in windscreen, oops visor wiper. Works a treat for rain and mist.

[98tls]

+1. Many people use pledge. Personally I try and avoid putting any chemicals on my helmet. Normally you can just look left or right, and the wind will blow any water off. Pledge?bugger me.All this looking left n right and waiting for some wind seems rather a rather drawn out way of doing it.Simply lean forward grab the towel and dry said helmet.So simple.

[motorbyclist]

Speed. Keep your speed up around 105-110 clicks where you safely are able and it blows your visor clean real well. The absolute worst speed is about 90k, where the water will pool up real good and block your vision badly.

this works, but no good if it's not safe.....


you can just look left or right, and the wind will blow any water off.

probably the best solution


That's when you want gloves with the little rubber thingy on the left index finger - built in windscreen, oops visor wiper. Works a treat for rain and mist.

I got a pair of those gloves and it's less effective than using any other part of the glove (and one of the armour pads was real good) - I once had pair with the soft side of the leather facing outwards on the back of the index fingers and they worked real well too

[st00ji]

i dunno, my dririder gloves have the aforementioned squegee, it took a bit of practise but i got the hang of it eventually - works reasonably well, main issue for me has always been fogging in the rain

[crazyhorse]

Heading off for a trip this weekend and chances are its gonna rain .
Whats the best thing to use on my visor so that i can see where im going ?

I have always used pledge. When the rain hits the visor, it just runs off in droplets. But yes, you still need to do the old look left, look right trick.

It does your visor absolutely no harm. I wash my visor after every ride with dishwashing liquid too. And its still like brand new :niceone:

Be careful on the roads this weekend. We were going around the East Cape, but its shocking weather forecasted, so guess we'll be staying home and doing another jigsaw puzzle.....

[Pwalo]

We get lot's of practice down here in Wellington. Might depend on your helmet as well. With my XR1000 I just give the visor a wipe with a micro fibre cloth before I set out, and that's pretty well it. I have used the pledge on the outside of the visor trick on my previous FFM and HJC helmets, and it works ok

[Mrs Cowboyz]

i dunno, my dririder gloves have the aforementioned squegee, it took a bit of practise but i got the hang of it eventually - works reasonably well, main issue for me has always been fogging in the rain

fogging is the biggest problem I get too, and you cant lift the visor to give it a wipe on the inside cause it makes it worse.Anybody have any tips to fix this?

[speed63]

Ride in the rain? Take the car LOL

[TerminalAddict]

fogging is the biggest problem I get too, and you cant lift the visor to give it a wipe on the inside cause it makes it worse.Anybody have any tips to fix this?

catcrap (true .. that's what the product is called)

or even better, a pinlock anti fog system.

[OutForADuck]

Pledge, silicon spray, soap, fat, wax, auto polish etc etc... anything that reduces the surface tension of the visor and allows the water to bead and roll off...... and yes head left right combined with occationaly wipe from glove. (just make sure you don't have really old black goves that may streak).

Pretty easy really....

[PrincessBandit]

catcrap (true .. that's what the product is called)

or even better, a pinlock anti fog system.

+1 for cat crap, although for a 4-eyes like me you have to do your glasses lenses too! I wondered why it didn't seem to work until I realised it was my specs misting up...:stupid:

[crazyhorse]

Regardless of this information................... have a great trip and stay safe :yes:

[motorbyclist]

fogging is the biggest problem I get too, and you cant lift the visor to give it a wipe on the inside cause it makes it worse.Anybody have any tips to fix this?

I just leave it open a crack, but if I'm riding in fog/cloud and/or it gets cold enough to freeze the fog onto my visor all I can do is open it and suffer the cold - although you can usually open it enough to get limited visibility while still protecting your eyes from rain/bugs

[Miscreant]

main issue for me has always been fogging in the rain

Stop breathing.

[OutForADuck]

Stop breathing.

Yeah I remember years ago in the UK they had an advert going around about "remember you have to breath" because they recon'd a number of the winter accidents were caused by riders rugging up so much they were reducing their oxygen intake (presumably city traffic):shit:

Hey dude... just have alot of fun non of this is hard and you'll no doubt have some good stories for us on your return.

[Usarka]

I just tried pledge on my helmet and fuck it hurts.


Just clean it with a cloth (don't use paper towels - they scratch!!!!!!) and use product if you desire. The wind is then your friend.

Sorry off to dip helmet in a cold bath.

[davo]

my helmet is an xr1000 with the vent on the front, if thats open and I'm riding there is no fog problems. occasionally I'll get some fog when I'm stuck at the lights, but it clears up pretty quick when I'm moving. Worth it for the cost of the odd bit of water making it through the vent!

[Scotty595]

Use Rain-x. Best stuff ever.

[Mrs Cowboyz]

Stop breathing.
haha...tried this but only can hold my breath for two minutes!!!


catcrap (true .. that's what the product is called)

or even better, a pinlock anti fog system.
thanks...will see if I can find this....note to self catcrap not catshit!


I just leave it open a crack, but if I'm riding in fog/cloud and/or it gets cold enough to freeze the fog onto my visor all I can do is open it and suffer the cold - although you can usually open it enough to get limited visibility while still protecting your eyes from rain/bugs
Have tried this but end up getting a nose full of rain and to tell you the truth...it aint pretty when I pull the helmet off and you can imagine the rest!!


my helmet is an xr1000 with the vent on the front, if thats open and I'm riding there is no fog problems. occasionally I'll get some fog when I'm stuck at the lights, but it clears up pretty quick when I'm moving. Worth it for the cost of the odd bit of water making it through the vent!

yes...i tend to have my front vent open all the time...maybe full of crap, will have to look at it!