The magical disappearing road [Archive]

TerminalAddict

30th July 2006, 18:02

so after spending 2 hours night riding on friday I need some serious suggestions on how to aleviate fog from the inside of the visor

tried a breate guard .. no good
tried anti fog crap .. vision went blurry
tried a scarf over nose/mouth.. no good

I am asthmatic, and therefore (stated by some theorists) I suffer from hyper ventilation (meaning I breathe heavy ;) )

any suggestion would be welcomed .. anything !!

ended up riding with my visor slightly open, but at near freezing temperatures, this was not fun

98tls

30th July 2006, 18:06

be interested in the replys to this...i to have tried everything i could find but like you the only thing thats worked is to open visor a bit.

sAsLEX

30th July 2006, 18:21

oldrider

30th July 2006, 18:24

Nolan Pinlock system, its the best one I have tried and under very cold conditions too.
Ask Lou Girardin, he will put you right. :yes: Cheers John.

hXc

30th July 2006, 18:28

On cold mornings I just wear a bandana in town. Otherwise it's the balaclava. I don't have any problems with fogging up. If you have to stop at lights etc then directional breathing works good.

Or just try going faster:doobey:

cowboyz

30th July 2006, 18:50

I usually raise the visor a little and then moan about the cold and then put the visor down and get fogged up again and then make mental note about finding a solution which I forget by the time I get to town..

Hopeless. I did see some of that antifog cream in the shop the other day. Do you not recommend it?

paturoa

30th July 2006, 19:03

Ive got an HJC and got a breath guard for $18 from motomail.

I have to make sure that it seals around my nose properly (big) and then everything is fine. Occasionaly it will still fog up if I cough, but otherwise it works well for me.

zeRax

30th July 2006, 19:12

nolan pinlock ~~~~

Ixion

30th July 2006, 19:15

,,
ended up riding with my visor slightly open, but at near freezing temperatures, this was not fun

Meh,just harden up. I just crack the visor open a bit.

hXc

30th July 2006, 19:16

Spit should work too. Swimmers spit in their goggles and wipe it around, so it should work for a visor. I've personally never tried it though.

trumpy

30th July 2006, 19:18

I have a pinlock system to fit my Arai Chaser...absolutely brilliant. Survived the frosty (and mean FROSTY) mornings in Taupo test with flying colours....now if I can only stop my glasses fogging up.......

The_Dover

30th July 2006, 19:19

Visor insert or pinlock system.

Cat crap is useless, but I sacrificed ten bucks to find that out for you all.

sAsLEX

30th July 2006, 19:19

These are cheap and work well on all helmets not just Nolan http://www.phoenixnw.co.uk/fogcity.html

metric

30th July 2006, 19:54

remember reading that cutting a potato in half and wiping that on the inside of the visor works... mind you, never tried it so don't know if they were taking the piss...

cowboyz

30th July 2006, 20:13

potato works on bathroom mirror. as does dishwash liquid. Dont like the idea of looking through it though

Ixion

30th July 2006, 20:16

You have to piss on the potato first though. Effect is due to interaction bewtten uric acid in the piss and starch in the potato.

Terminated

30th July 2006, 20:22

as does dishwash liquid. Dont like the idea of looking through it though

Have an HJC helmet and use warm water with heavy dose of dishwash liquid and wiped off with paper towel, then wipe off with damp paper towel again and then dry paper towel. Sounds a bit fiddlerly, but seems to work okay.

beyond

30th July 2006, 20:28

Yep, a spud will work but makes your view somewhat hazy. :(

I have a breath guard as standard on the HJC but still fogs up when really cold and induces a real cold air vortex around the neck and chin. End up riding with the visor open a crack which is cold.

Macktheknife

30th July 2006, 20:34

Don't waste time with half measures, seriously get a Uvex helmet, they NEVER fog.

marty

30th July 2006, 20:37

straight dishwash liquid polished in with soft tissue paper works best. has to be done each day though

The_Dover

30th July 2006, 20:39

jesus h christ.

just get a 20 buck visor insert. they work a treat.

Merwood

30th July 2006, 20:42

ride with the visor up a tad i say.... or pay the 30 odd bucks for the insert thingy, or you could get one of those cool open face helmets :blip:

Timber020

30th July 2006, 20:56

Go for the visor insert, they are fantastic and well worth the money. Cheaper than crashing.

Hitcher

30th July 2006, 21:08

Learn to breathe through your ears. Your visor and girlfriend will both love you for it...

scumdog

30th July 2006, 21:11

Harden up!

Get an open faced helmet.

Wolf

30th July 2006, 21:56

imdying

31st July 2006, 19:02

I have some antifog stuff that I rub around on the inside of the visor. Works great for paintball masks too :)

sAsLEX

31st July 2006, 19:14

Harden up!

Get an open faced helmet.

After having fist sized rocks hit my visor off the back of Dazza's Duke I wont, it hurt my neck with the force and left huge gouges in the Visor , but not a broken jaw!

Clivoris

31st July 2006, 20:31

All I nose is that since using a pinlock antifog system I will never not have one. Only hassle is that they can get scratched up in normal use but it's one of those things that I can't imagine living without.

Ulaa

31st July 2006, 20:33

I have to wear glasses when I ride so i get double blinded, visor fog and glasses.
Ive found an Oxford breath guard and a visor insert together will do the job. Riding with the visor cracked also helps/

Qkchk

31st July 2006, 20:35

Has anyone tried Pledge? You know the wood polishing stuff.... We used to use it on aeroplane perspex, works a treat on that.

sAsLEX

31st July 2006, 20:40

Has anyone tried Pledge? You know the wood polishing stuff.... We used to use it on aeroplane perspex, works a treat on that.

Nah only use plexus!

here fishy fishy

Patrick

31st July 2006, 20:52

Get a visor insert from oxford or whoever, they stick to the inside of your visor creating a double glazing type arrangement. About 30 bucks from whereever and they work brilliantly, can huff and huff on to the visor with no fogging

Yep, sAsLEX is spot on. Mines fine, got the light activated tint one for no extra cost either. Killed 2 birds with one stone, as they say.

Ixion

31st July 2006, 21:11

Has anyone tried Pledge? You know the wood polishing stuff.... We used to use it on aeroplane perspex, works a treat on that.

I use Pledge . Works OK, but you have to keep redoing it

oldrider

31st July 2006, 22:29

After having fist sized rocks hit my visor off the back of Dazza's Duke I wont, it hurt my neck with the force and left huge gouges in the Visor , but not a broken jaw!
You are so right sAsLEX, I was looking at the visor on my relatively new helmet and there are some serious gouges where stones have hit it and that's just from vehicles on sealed roads. :sick: John.

Hitcher

1st August 2006, 09:48

Has anyone tried Pledge? You know the wood polishing stuff.... We used to use it on aeroplane perspex, works a treat on that.
Yay, Pledge! I carry a can and a soft cloth in the tankbag and clean the helmet and visor at each stop. It's also good for the headlights and screens on our bikes. A fantastic product. Thank you Mr Johnson.

ManDownUnder

1st August 2006, 10:01

Cat crap is useless, but I sacrificed ten bucks to find that out for you all.

I can get you a pile of catshit cheaper than that... 2 cats, probably crap once a day - more if we give 'em too much fibre

Firefight

1st August 2006, 10:12

Not sure what you lot are on about, did you mean this ?

Wolf

1st August 2006, 10:19

Not sure what you lot are on about, did you mean this ?
Best advert I've seen for driving/riding like a nana. Hate to come across that when scraping the pegs around the corner.

Ixion

1st August 2006, 11:10

Well, that is just disgraceful.

What idiot was responsible for stringing that red mesh right across the road? Blurdy youffs again I suppose. Think it's funny to see a biker hit their ruddy net and come off. A good flogging is what they need.

Roads a bit narrow too, isn't it.

Firefight

1st August 2006, 11:13

Roads a bit narrow too, isn't it.

No, the bikes got past !

F/F

nodrog

1st August 2006, 11:23

Dririder has a "FogOff" (try saying it quickly... Cheeky Aussies!) balaclava arrangement that has pipes to direct exhaled air down and out of the helmet like an upsidedown snorkel. Never tried them but they're similar to an idea I had ages back that I never got round to putting together. If Road and Sport had them in stock when I was last in there, I'd've been tempted to buy one. Could be a costly experiment if it didn't work, though.

i have ones of those "FOGG OFF" things, is the best thing i have ever used, can be sitting at a standstill with the visor completly shut, in the pissing down rain and my visor will not fog at all.

Biohazard

1st August 2006, 11:24

I found that an anti fog visor insert works very well.........along with riding with the visor slightly open (a fraction of an inch tbh).

You can always try smearing fairy liquid on the inside, this has also known to work..but foams up when it gets wet though....which can be kinda fun and smells soooooooooooo good.

Macktheknife

1st August 2006, 12:43

Not sure what you lot are on about, did you mean this ?
Now that would really get the old heart rate up wouldn't it?

oldrider

1st August 2006, 13:30

Not sure what you lot are on about, did you mean this ?
I would be parking my bike further away from that unstable edge than that I'm afraid.
Would be great to come onto that at night wouldn't it! :bye: John.

sAsLEX

1st August 2006, 14:02

Not sure what you lot are on about, did you mean this ?

Seems to be getting bigger, how old is that pic.....oh hang on I can answer that myself....you lost your camera a while back now..... plus mel aint on the cbr no longer

My pic from sep last year i think http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=13785&d=1123555244

Wolf

1st August 2006, 15:10

Fogged visor + that washout = the magical disappearing life...

Hitcher

1st August 2006, 15:29

Fogged visor + that washout = the magical disappearing life...
I thought that Pagans believed that if you couldn't see something, then it didn't exist?

Wolf

1st August 2006, 15:38

I thought that Pagans believed that if you couldn't see something, then it didn't exist?
No, that's Atheists...

Hitcher

1st August 2006, 18:55

No, that's Atheists...
That's right. Silly of me. A Pagan would believe that it contained a Hole God.

Wolf

1st August 2006, 19:20

That's right. Silly of me. A Pagan would believe that it contained a Hole God.
A Celtic Reconstructionist like myself would probably believe it was an entry point into the Otherworlds - and if I hit it at speed, I would possibly be right...

One of our beliefs is that in the fog the boundaries between this world and the Otherworlds are weakened and when abroad in the fog you can unwittingly cross from one to the other. Given a thick enough fog and a fast moving vehicle, this too can be proved to be true...