Antifog pinlock inserts

[slofox]

Now i just gotta find how to stop my glasses fogging

Breathe out through your mouth - slowly - and in a downward direction. Works for me...

I tested my Rainx treated visor this morning (fog plus rain - oh the joys of Waikato winters). Certainly helped - where I would normally be wiping the visor (outside you unnerstand) every couple of seconds, this morning I wiped it only three times in 85km...course the rain helps, but even before the rain started, when it was just fog, it was better.
Now to test it in fog alone - bring on the next pea-souper please.
Would have to say the pinlock is the bees knees as well...

[jono035]

Breathe out through your mouth - slowly - and in a downward direction. Works for me...

I tested my Rainx treated visor this morning (fog plus rain - oh the joys of Waikato winters). Certainly helped - where I would normally be wiping the visor (outside you unnerstand) every couple of seconds, this morning I wiped it only three times in 85km...course the rain helps, but even before the rain started, when it was just fog, it was better.
Now to test it in fog alone - bring on the next pea-souper please.
Would have to say the pinlock is the bees knees as well...

Yeah, I've had success with that before and tried it again. Seemed to work ok but it still gets a bit of a hint of fogging. Also if I forget and breathe out through my nose it goes really foggy pretty much instantly. Hoping the pinlocks will mean I don't have to worry about how I breathe!

[mister.koz]

Yeah, I've had success with that before and tried it again. Seemed to work ok but it still gets a bit of a hint of fogging. Also if I forget and breathe out through my nose it goes really foggy pretty much instantly. Hoping the pinlocks will mean I don't have to worry about how I breathe!

The pinlocks are great, i have seriously had enough condensation to cause water drops to form inside the visor and the pinlock insert was totally clear... very cool!

[Sparky Bills]

Yeah, I've had success with that before and tried it again. Seemed to work ok but it still gets a bit of a hint of fogging. Also if I forget and breathe out through my nose it goes really foggy pretty much instantly. Hoping the pinlocks will mean I don't have to worry about how I breathe!

I assure you mate the pinlock insert will solve all your problems

[slofox]

I assure you mate the pinlock insert will solve all your problems

The pinlock does not solve the problem of spectacles fogging unfortunately, as mister.koz has pointed out.

What I have noticed though, is that I have less problem with specs fogging wearing the Arai helmet (Chaser) than I did wearing the Shoei (Raid II). I do think the Arai has superior ventilation which helps me with spec fogging. Leaving the visor just the slightest tad open also helps at the beginning of a ride. Once all is up to temperature I find I can clip the visor closed without problems.
One other advantage of the Arai over the Shoei is that the visor may be opened to any position because it doesn't have a "click" system when you open it - it may be freely swivelled to any position. Initially I thought this a disadvantage but have come to quite like the fine adjustability the feature gives.
The Shoei wins hands down on changing the visor though....Arai should be shot for inventing the dumb system they use...

[jono035]

Riding to work this morning I couldn't close my visor at all, even while directing my breath down and breathing out slowly. It helped a lot, but still started to fog slightly, which got very distracting...

RJays fog film down, pinlock time.

[Sparky Bills]

Riding to work this morning I couldn't close my visor at all, even while directing my breath down and breathing out slowly. It helped a lot, but still started to fog slightly, which got very distracting...

RJays fog film down, pinlock time.

Have you talked to your local shop mate? They should be able to get one in for you if they dont have them already. Otherwise let me know by pm and I can send one up to you overnight. OR... If you can do without your visor you could send that to me and ill fit it for you and send it back up to you.

Cheers
Martin

[cs363]

The pinlock does not solve the problem of spectacles fogging unfortunately, as mister.koz has pointed out.

What I have noticed though, is that I have less problem with specs fogging wearing the Arai helmet (Chaser) than I did wearing the Shoei (Raid II). I do think the Arai has superior ventilation which helps me with spec fogging. Leaving the visor just the slightest tad open also helps at the beginning of a ride. Once all is up to temperature I find I can clip the visor closed without problems.
One other advantage of the Arai over the Shoei is that the visor may be opened to any position because it doesn't have a "click" system when you open it - it may be freely swivelled to any position. Initially I thought this a disadvantage but have come to quite like the fine adjustability the feature gives.
The Shoei wins hands down on changing the visor though....Arai should be shot for inventing the dumb system they use...

The Chaser does have excellent ventilation, a friend of mine who wears glasses bought one for exactly that reason over the RX-7.

Regarding the visor change, I had exactly the same thoughts when I first got an RX-7 but I found that I was my own worst enemy as I was trying to hard and forcing it which was making it more difficult, if that makes sense. While it's not the best system I've ever used it's not as bad as it appears and gets much, much easier with practice, one you've got the knack of it, it really is quite easy.

This might help:

[Trudes]

The Arai visors are easy to change. I believe the system they had on their old helmets were difficult, but the new ones are easy, easier than the HJC I find. There is a knack to it, but like cs363 says, don't force it and practice makes perfect (Hubby has a Shoei and we often have visor changing races... he normally wins by a second... but my visor doesn't fog up )

[slofox]

The Chaser does have excellent ventilation, a friend of mine who wears glasses bought one for exactly that reason over the RX-7.

Regarding the visor change, I had exactly the same thoughts when I first got an RX-7 but I found that I was my own worst enemy as I was trying to hard and forcing it which was making it more difficult, if that makes sense. While it's not the best system I've ever used it's not as bad as it appears and gets much, much easier with practice, one you've got the knack of it, it really is quite easy.

This might help:

Thanks cs. I have watched that vid and it does make it look easier than I have found it to be. To be honest, I think I may have fucked the system slightly in my early attempts at removal...now that I know how to take off those side covers, I will pull it to bits and check out how well the innards are...brute force and ignorance are not always the universal solutions they are cracked up to be...

[NZsarge]

.brute force and ignorance are not always the universal solutions they are cracked up to be...

No they are'nt, well not in this case anyway. If there is a failing in the Arai system is if you try to force thing when changing your visor breakages could well happen, they are'nt super robust. There is also a trick to taking the side pods off without damaging them, best take it to your local qualified Arai service tech and yes they do exist, a mate of mine is one.
BTW, if you do break something on the side pods be prepared for a long wait to get new ones, particularly if the side pods are of a coloured/patterned helmet, last I heard/experienced parts back up for Arai helmets (in NZ at least) was shocking! Had a mate that was waiting months for a side pod for his Viper and in the end he did'nt get it coz he binned.. Bought another Arai Viper though..

[KrazyGixxerBoy]

Have a look here to see what these look like:
http://www.webbikeworld.com/anti-fog-visor/

Cheers for the link. I had never heard about these either....may look into it if the Foggoff mask I just bought doesnt do the trick for me.

[slofox]

No they are'nt, well not in this case anyway. If there is a failing in the Arai system is if you try to force thing when changing your visor breakages could well happen, they are'nt super robust. There is also a trick to taking the side pods off without damaging them, best take it to your local qualified Arai service tech and yes they do exist, a mate of mine is one.
BTW, if you do break something on the side pods be prepared for a long wait to get new ones, particularly if the side pods are of a coloured/patterned helmet, last I heard/experienced parts back up for Arai helmets (in NZ at least) was shocking! Had a mate that was waiting months for a side pod for his Viper and in the end he did'nt get it coz he binned.. Bought another Arai Viper though..

Got the side covers off easily yesterday - you need to look for the little red doovers inside the covers and press them - carefully. I used the handle of a teaspoon to do it with. The covers came off easily enough.
No damage inside when I checked. But having seen inside the workings, I have a better appreciation of how the visor detaches and reattaches.

[NZsarge]

Got the side covers off easily yesterday - you need to look for the little red doovers inside the covers and press them - carefully. I used the handle of a teaspoon to do it with. The covers came off easily enough.
No damage inside when I checked. But having seen inside the workings, I have a better appreciation of how the visor detaches and reattaches.

Nice

[Sparky Bills]

(Hubby has a Shoei and we often have visor changing races... he normally wins by a second... but my visor doesn't fog up )

So he wins the battle, but YOU win the war