Does any one have a helmet with heated visor?

[Drogen Omen]

Now that its coming into winder i am finding that my visor is fogging up.

I have tried all the products out there and they don't really work for that long...

I have had the spays, the wax's that you polish on...

They all seem to work for about 1 ride to work and then start to fog up on the way home from work...

I want to know if anyone has found a helmet available in NZ that comes with a Heated Visor... or a visor that can be adapted to any other brand of helmet...?

I'm not really desperate enough to try this out yet...
http://www.ibmwr.org/otech/visor.html

Other option would be to order myself a HJC Helmet CL-15 and an Electric Shield (HJ-09) from the USA. But these are snowmobile helmets and have a different safety rating to motorbike helmets...

Have attached some Images.

[jim.cox]

Now that its coming into winder i am finding that my visor is fogging up.

I have tried all the products out there and they don't really work for that long...

I have had the spays, the wax's that you polish on...

They all seem to work for about 1 ride to work and then start to fog up on the way home from work...

I want to know if anyone has found a helmet available in NZ that comes with a Heated Visor... or a visor that can be adapted to any other brand of helmet...?

Simple solution: ditch the visor, go for an MX helemt with goggles or glasses

works for me :)

[Hitcher]

Some years ago I mastered the art of breathing through my ears. It is surprising where such a talent comes in handy.

[Taz]

Or better still get a helmet with venting that actually works. My shoei multitech doesn't fog up. My HJC fogs up bad. Venting on HJC's is just for show.

[cave weta]

I tried a small pot belly stove - but the chimney kept getting caught in tree branches.

You could possibley duct up some heat up off the headers using that product that Marc Ellis advertises

Drink lots of vodka- the vapour on your breath will inhibit moisture build up

see - ask me, Im full of good ideas!:first:

[Hitcher]

There are many variables that contribute to helmet fogging, many of which have nothing to do with the helmet, such as weather conditions, turbulence interference from screens, size and shape of the occupant's head, whether they wear eyeglasses, etc.

In my experience with three Shoeis and two HJCs, the ventilation that works is that which moves air around one's head. The stuff that happens right in front of one's face is rather pointless and largely there for cosmetic purposes.

The biggest gap in a helmet with its visor closed is the one in front of the occupant's chin. It is that gap that has the biggest effect on what happens on the inside of a closed visor, not a bunch of little flaps and levers that regulate air flow through a hole capable of being completely occluded by a dead wasp.

[DingoZ]

Fog City. Stuck that on the inside of the visor and have not had the fogging problem since.

[Ascott]

Fog City. Stuck that on the inside of the visor and have not had the fogging problem since.

+1 sorted the Shoei raid sweet!
Al

[Murray]

Some years ago I mastered the art of breathing through my ears. It is surprising where such a talent comes in handy.

Easy to do when theres not much in between!!!!

However a lot of us struggle with this!!

[Drogen Omen]

My problem is i wear perscription glasses so when it rains i have to open my visor a bit so it doesnt fog up but when i open the visor rain splashes all over my glasses making things worse.

pitty spitting on my visor doesnt work as well as spitting on diving goggles... hahahahaha

Gona see if i can get an HJC CL-15SP helmet with the electronic visor from ANZA Motorcycles or Wellington motorcycles...

[shafty]

FOG CITY.

I'd hate to think how hot a helmet with heated visor would get.

[IdunBrokdItAgin]

I bought an Arai the other day . It has the pinlock inserts which really do stop it fogging up.

I noticed that the Arai pinlock inserts come with the pins. Ergo you can put them on any helmet (as long as the curve of the visor is the same - which they all should be roughly the same). The thing came with the pins to put through holes in your visor. It also had instructions on how to drill the holes (what drill bit size etc).

I am thinking of trying this on my old HJC (I got a spare pinlock insert with my arai). Might be something you may want to try as well. All that can go wrong is that you bugger your visor and have to buy a new one.

Cheers

[slofox]

Some years ago I mastered the art of breathing through my ears. It is surprising where such a talent comes in handy.

You sure you spelt that word right there Hitcher...? You don't want to change the order of the letters do ya? huh? huh? Like moving the 'e' to ... ahhh... never mind...

[Harry33]

Some years ago I mastered the art of breathing through my ears. It is surprising where such a talent comes in handy.

Huh you have nothing on me...I can talk out my arse :P

[Marmoot]

Heated visor?
Damn that would be very dangerous indeed. Imagine crashing, doing a faceplant, getting your nose or face sticking on the visor while unconscious. You'll be cooked by the time the ambo came around.

Stick with the Pinlock system. They're the best, not a drop of fog even when you breathe on the visor (the breath smell stays though).

Best of Pinlock, they are transferrable, reusable, washable, and no glue involved. Not too expensive too. And can be used on any helmets. Available in clear and tinted.

[Drogen Omen]

Heated visor?
Damn that would be very dangerous indeed. Imagine crashing, doing a faceplant, getting your nose or face sticking on the visor while unconscious. You'll be cooked by the time the ambo came around.

Stick with the Pinlock system. They're the best, not a drop of fog even when you breathe on the visor (the breath smell stays though).

Best of Pinlock, they are transferrable, reusable, washable, and no glue involved. Not too expensive too. And can be used on any helmets. Available in clear and tinted.

??? Why would it be dangerous for Motorbike helmets if Snowmobile helmets have them standard...???

I'm guessing it would be like the demister on your cars rear window... even after having the demister on for a couple hours the window is still reasonably cold...

HJC, CANAM, Arai and Shoei have the electric sheild replacement visor.

Here's the range of HJC electric visors.
http://snowcitymi.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=42_44_48

Cant be that dangerous...

[Marmoot]

??? Why would it be dangerous for Motorbike helmets if Snowmobile helmets have them standard...???


Would love to see snowmobiles going 110kph on hard tarmac in busy traffic.

[Ixion]

I like this idea. Very sensible thinking. Give that man an orang-utan.

So, the idea's a good one, just need to execute it.

Years ago, before cars had heated rear windows as standard, we used to be able to get stick on heated strips that we stuck on (duh). That would work.

Hm.I sense the solder iron calling to me.

[Drogen Omen]

Would love to see snowmobiles going 110kph on hard tarmac in busy traffic.

I have seen it done before on the Ghost Rider vids...

http://www.streetracersonline.com/videos/ghostrider/

The snowmobile he was riding had the skies at the front replaced with wheels and the metal link tracks replaced with rubber tracks...

It was fucking quick going down the motorway passing cars and going down the median strip to get away from the cops also did burn outs on it round a mini roundabout till the tread came off then he abandoned it and jumped in to the car that was filming it and took off...

Have you guys not seen the Ghost Rider vids of the guy in Black gear going all out on bikes and running away from the cops... judging by the name on the police cars I'm guessing its in Italy as they said Politcia.

I remember one where he was riding a twin turbo Hyabusa down an abandoned air strip doing a wheelie the hole way at 300+kms.

Gona try and dig them outa my box'o'old stuff and circulate them round to local bikers...

[BASS-TREBLE]

My old man has a Schubert helmet thats probably around 15 years old that he had a heated visor fitted to.
He got it done by a private business back when he lived in Germany.
And no they don't get hot, its just warm enough for getting rid of fog, plugs into the accesory plug thing, ideal for Brass monkey etc

Will try to get pic later.

[BASS-TREBLE]

Pics

1st is the wires and second shows the plug, done quite neatly.

[steve_t]

Would love to see snowmobiles going 110kph on hard tarmac in busy traffic.

No busy traffic, but you get the idea... in under 9 seconds :eek5:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULdqrKqCP5c

[Hitcher]

Great. A bunch of cables to forget to disconnect before one dismounts or walks away from the helmet one has just placed on the back seat of one's bike.

[pete376403]

Heated visors were an option on BMW System 3 helmets so they were existed for bike helmets at one stage.

Wire to the bike power supply would be a pain but maybe a little wind driven generator - could be made out a small brush-type DC motor (ie slot car motor) - velcro attached to the helmet so it would break away in a crash... yeah that would work.

[Cheshire Cat]

Would love to see snowmobiles going 110kph on hard tarmac in busy traffic.

that made me :lol:

[budda]

pinlock or a fog city ( HJC does their own equivalent ) and breathe through your NOSE . HJC do a double layered visor for snowmobiles, essentially the same end product as a fog city/pinlock setup .......