Wet visor?

[Motu]

I used the Wurth helmet cleaner on my previous Nolan for 8 years,and never replaced the visor...I still have the spare in it's wrapper.Also used the windscreen squeege at service stations when on a ride....8 years of misuse without damage,and I ruin a new one with one clean? It's an antifog visor - I reckon it's crap.

[Edz1]

Thanks for the tips- as my gloves dont have magic squeezie action, I guess I better get used to it; at least until I find the instructions that came with the helmet...

[fliplid]

There's an old fashioned item, still got some around and use as needed... Vee Wipes, don't snigger
http://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/C...Vee-Wipes.html

[Edz1]

lol- I did snigger!

Those things look insane!

[Mystic13]

Wipe the visor with the glove when needed.
Turn side to side as some say.
Helmet shape has an impact.
Fairing has an impact.

For fogging get a pinlock. I would never own a helmet without one. It's like riding around with double glazing. Keeps the inside warmer too.

As for the anti fog coating. Some of them are a membrane and come off pretty easily with any cleaning. From memory aren't you meant to do nothing to them? On the inside of the helmet.

Ditch the coating, clean it off and get a pinlock.

[fliplid]

lol- I did snigger!

Those things look insane!

Who cares, they work! Just stick one in yer pocket til needed, and slip it on- oh er matron

[CookMySock]

Dont ask me how I know this stuff.I just remember weird shit and forget peoples names.

Hehe, introverts are like that.

TurtleWax Ice is great on visors.

If your suspension and tyres are up to it, keep your speed up around 100-115k in the wet. Visor stays miraculously clear except for some pinhead-sized beads which just fizz off. Obviously if you fuck up some tight corners at this speed you are up shit creek, so watch it.

Steve

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

keep your speed up around 100-115k in the wet. Visor stays miraculously clear except for some pinhead-sized beads which just fizz off.

Depends on the helmet, the shape and type, depends on the bike, fairing, naked, and shape of fairing... Depends on wind and rain... as well as traffic... ie following behind a truck in heavy rain... or the same truck in that misty rain or misy fog... depends on the speed a visor will clear. Depends on the road and zone...

There are various products that can help... but usually the best thing to do is a quick wipe with yah glove. Quite a few gloves now have a wipe blade configuration on pointer finger

Ok Im a newbie so don't laugh too hard at my dum ass question!

Telling a newbie to do 115-120 in the wet come on ... technically he is only allowed 70-100 (learners or restricted) he could be struggling to do 100 safely in the dry let alone the wet...

Please be carefull with the advise you give and get all the facts before you give it, before someone gets hurt

[YellowDog]

Yep, I find Pledge to be very good.

The rain forms into solid droplets and blows off rather than smearing.

Be careful not to scratch the visor whilst applying.

[modboy]

By the way, not such a silly question - it's always good hearing other peoples techniques for often the most basic things - like oiling a chain, and like how to keep your visor clear.

I'm also a pledge convert (thanks to KB). It was weird cos my mum always used pledge on wooden surfaces. I thought it might make a horrible smeary oily mess - but nup - works a treat - I like lemon flavoured. I also use it now to clean my painted bits on my bike - tank, side panels etc. Oh, and headlight.

Other than that - do every thing else everyone suggests. Wipe with glove, turn head to side, suffer it out with the visor up - I hate the rain drops hitting my eye balls - seems to be worse from about 50k up, so round town I usually go with the wet face.

[vifferman]

There's an old fashioned item, still got some around and use as needed... Vee Wipes, don't snigger
http://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/C...Vee-Wipes.html

I take it from the link, there's no NZ importer?
I wouldn't mind summat like this. I made a wiper from a piece of excess wiper blade and some elastic once, but it was pretty crap. Might have another go at it.
Trouble is, my waterproof gloves have pretty gnarly knuckles, which sort of makes wiping with them on kinda risky for the visor.

[slofox]

I've had good results with RainX as well...no damage to visor after several months use. It helps with riding in fog as well.

Rain is not really a problem - the fog round here is much worse...

[vifferman]

Rain is not really a problem - the fog round here is much worse...

Yeah, I hate fog too.
Snow's kinda tricky to ride in as well - sticks to the visor (or fills your helmet when you open the visor coz you can't see!

I don't mind rain - proper rain. What I do hate is the road spooge'n'crap that flings off SUVs' and trucks' tyres. Why do we have so many friggin' SUVs on our roads?!?
I can ride to work on a rainy day, and miss the rain, but if the road's wet, I get all that shit from the road sprayed over me anyway, and the SUVs are the main culprits.

[slofox]

Why do we have so many friggin' SUVs on our roads?!?

I think it's because people are trying to diminish their inferiority complexes by driving some heap of shit they deem to be "badass"...fucking feeble morons in fact...there's some fuckwit locally who drives one of those insane humvee things...he got really pissed once when I shook my head at it...I thought he was gonna explode...hehehe

[fliplid]

I take it from the link, there's no NZ importer?
I wouldn't mind summat like this. I made a wiper from a piece of excess wiper blade and some elastic once, but it was pretty crap. Might have another go at it.
Trouble is, my waterproof gloves have pretty gnarly knuckles, which sort of makes wiping with them on kinda risky for the visor.

Dunno if they're imported here- just did a quickie google to see if they were still actually made! Gonna see if me dad will send me some more, ones I have have been used for years.