Seeing in Fog

[Squeak the Rat]

Apologies if posted already - i was surprised that a search on "fog" got zero results.

Went for a nice blat over to Pauanui on Friday, but spent half the time riding in a thick fog. Wasn't too bad for a while, but then visibility became real bad. The problem wasn't fogging of the visor as such, but more the thousands off tiny drops fixing themselves to the outside of the visor.

In the rain, the water on a visor is big enough to be affected by gravity and aerodynamic forces. It seems that the fog droplets are so small that they just sit there taking up more and more seeing-space on the visor. No amount of head turning seemed to make a difference apart from a sore neck.

Any smart / clever tricks? I was riding a little blind in places, some oil/mud/cow-shit etc could've been interesting. Great weekend for riding though :yes:

[bobsmith]

Sorry, This doesn't help in relation to your post... But

I've noticed that any words less than 4 letters are ignored in the search function. For example, if I type in fxr 150 suzuki, it will only search for suzuki and leave out fxr and 150. likewise, if you only put in, fxr 150, it will return no results... To combat this I would search for fxr150 but that would leave out people who spelt it with "fxr 150" anyhow, it probably doesn't help with things like fog, since there is no "longer" way of saying fog....

Just to let you know that fog, may have been discussed before here, but I'm sure that many people will be understanding of the fact that we can't search for it easily... Now I seem to be ranting more and more lately so I'll shut up now and keep an eye here since I would love to know what the answers are....

[trumpy]

I use Rainex on my visor and this seems to work in fog as well.

[Goblin]

Yes fog is my least favourite weather to ride in. The only way I can see to do it is to ride with my visor up. Your face will freeze and get very wet and those tiny droplets will sting your eye balls but at least you will see better than with your visor down. Of course slowing down helps a little.

[MSTRS]

Its possible to buy gloves with a little squeegee/wiper blade built in to the thumb. I've seen them in use and they seem to be very effective

[Squeak the Rat]

Its possible to buy gloves with a little squeegee/wiper blade built in to the thumb. I've seen them in use and they seem to be very effective

Ah, that sounds a goer, I wonder if slip on thumb wipers are available :niceone: Just purchased a new pair of gloves but wasn't planning on riding 1hr in fog so didn't factor that in.....

[kickingzebra]

Hmm, well lifting the visor doesn't work when you wear glasses under said visor... I reccommend gloves with suede inserts or similiar, then when needs be you wipe, and hey presto, clean!!!

[Blairos]

As per Trumpy's post, Rainex would be the way to go

[Squeak the Rat]

I've always been a bit nervous about using Rainex ("do not use on plastic" - instructions) in case it eats my $120 visor. I've heard a few people say they use it so I guess it must work....

After Bobsmiths tip regarding the search I also came across a postabout a product that Lou's trying to flog off called Nikwax Visorproof which also looks like it could be a gooer too.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=25611

Or pledge :rofl:

[terbang]

Rainex is the answer I clean my visor only with rainex and it never fogs and when in the rain its clear as well.

[Warren]

Here is a search of the kiwibiker site for "fog" as the default search will not accept any word less than 4 characters

http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=fog+site%3Akiwibiker.co.nz&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

[bungbung]

Ah, that sounds a goer, I wonder if slip on thumb wipers are available :niceone: Just purchased a new pair of gloves but wasn't planning on riding 1hr in fog so didn't factor that in.....

Slip-on rain wipers are available, ask at your local bike shop.

[GR81]

tear-offs :blah:

[terbang]

There are some visors that react with Rainex as my missus found out on her AGV but I have been using it for years on Shoei with no probs.. Another old favourite is Pledge (furniture polish) which I also used to use on plastic aircraft windows to good antifogging and rain repellent effect. It lasts longer than Rainex as well. The trick with these coatings at lower speeds is when you get a few drops accumulating on the visor just momentarily turn your head sideways and everything nicely runs off.

[Bangbug]

2 solutions to seeing in fog
1: Go faster
2: Drop head (visor) down past the eddy created by your windshield. It should blow it off.

Another solution to fog
Move out of the waikato..... been there....... done that...... got the chest infection (since they have no t-shirts) lol.
P.S: DON'T MOVE TO AUCKLAND! why? because its frekkn auckland!

[Smokin]

I have the little wiper thingie on my Spool gloves, Works mighty fine too :niceone:

[LaggCity]

Unless like me you wear glasses then you are truly screwed:gob:
Yes fog is my least favourite weather to ride in. The only way I can see to do it is to ride with my visor up. Your face will freeze and get very wet and those tiny droplets will sting your eye balls but at least you will see better than with your visor down. Of course slowing down helps a little.

[Goblin]

Unless like me you wear glasses then you are truly screwed:gob:
So how do you cope with fogging up? What if you HAVE to ride through fog or even rain?

[kickingzebra]

When riding for many hours in heavy rain, I just leave the visor a crack open, and muffle my breath as much as possible... Every time I stop for gas, I clean visor and glasses.

[Dont_die_wondering]

yea fog's a biarch sometimes eh, i got a light pneumonia at a rally once , long story short my tent flooded and i just zipped myself in an army roll and fell asleep,woke up ice cold, put my soaked jacket on and refused to take it off, and perched on the back of a trike for the foggy freezing ride home :pinch: the fog was really bad, we both stuck our visors up,it does help, but talk about freezing!
but no way i was gonna get a lift in a car home lmao :niceone:

[sunhuntin]

rode in very thick fog between rotorua and taupo heading home from paeroa this year, open lid so visor fogging wasnt a problem, but boy was it cold! i couldnt see shit in front of me it was that thick.....the only way i stayed on the road was i glued my eyes on the center line and followed that to a tee....even though i could only about a meter of it at a time! LOL. kept my light on, mainly for the tail light. my mirrors were useless and by the time i came out the other end, all my gear was soaked through. next time i do paeroa, i wont be leaving roto so darn early!

[hXc]

What about getting someone with a lot of balls (or breasts) to go like a bat out of hell in front of you. Theoretically(sp?), it should make a wake with no fog for you to follow afterwards.



I haven't had the misfortune of fog yet but when I encounter it, then I shall just slow down and take it easy. Seems logical

[Dont_die_wondering]

What about getting someone with a lot of balls (or breasts) to go like a bat out of hell in front of you. youd need alot of balls and/or breasts to do that! lol:pinch:

[kickingzebra]

Cold breasts... Headlights on full beam...

[MrMelon]

Ah, that sounds a goer, I wonder if slip on thumb wipers are available :niceone: Just purchased a new pair of gloves but wasn't planning on riding 1hr in fog so didn't factor that in.....

My uncle got me a slip on thumb wiper for xmas a couple of years ago, and it works really well! I haven't seen them for sale at any local shops but I haven't really looked hard.

[Squeak the Rat]

:2thumbsup :2thumbsup

I haven't had the misfortune of fog yet but when I encounter it, then I shall just slow down and take it easy. Seems logical
Not something I'd done before either and surprised how little vis i had because of the effect on the visor, even of the road surface right in front of me (and how unsettling this is!).

Trouble with slowing down too much is the risk of getting hit from behind. I had some cars in front doing around 95 - if they weren't there and just visible I would have probably pulled over for a pants wipe. I got used to it after 30 mins or so. Didn't enjoy it, but then i got to go over some windy hills :2thumbsup

[terbang]

What about getting someone with a lot of balls (or breasts) to go like a bat out of hell in front of you. Theoretically(sp?), it should make a wake with no fog for you to follow afterwards.

I haven't had the misfortune of fog yet but when I encounter it, then I shall just slow down and take it easy. Seems logical

Narp doesn't work Ive lined up after 747's on runways that were fogged in and they really only had a minimal effect on the fog though they dried the runway nicely..

[Goblin]

Cold breasts... Headlights on full beam...
:laugh: :laugh: you'd know about that living in Hams eh?:spudwave:

[kickingzebra]

Maybe I should rephrase that...
Cold breasts = Headlights on full beam (hard to tell when they are wearing leathers...) Thats me all dodgied out for the day!!

[terbang]

You mean the old "Hi are you cold or just pleased to see me" routine..?

[kickingzebra]

You mean the old "Hi are you cold or just pleased to see me" routine..?
I percieve you are wise in the ways of old women...
I mean cold... Or particularly warm...