Helmet issue

[sels1]

Another possibility is to try direct the air out of the helmet by breathing strongly out your nose or directing the air from your mouth down towards your neck.

Or just breathe thru your ears

[Pwalo]

For a quick and dirty fix, just rub a small amount of dishwashing liquid on the inside of your visor (lemon scented is nice) and polish off gently with a soft cloth. Do it once or twice a week and seems to work a treat.

I usually spray pledge on the outside of the visor which helps the water run off.

[johnny]

Hey i got HJC ZF7, its a nice litle helmet
the problem is that it seems to fog up alot even when i control my breathing carefuly, as a result i end up riding with the visor litle open most of the time. Is there anyone else who wants to admit to having one of these beauties and have you got the same problem. Also what would you suggest would be a nice replacement helmet?
Thanks

(if anyone wants my beautiful helmet as wallpaper just let me know and i will take a pic for you )

My is HJC too.... smae foggy problem.............

[vifferman]

do you fellas with expensive helmets have this problem with fogging? do you use fogcity or alike to stop it, or does it not happen at all?

Doesn't happen with the X-Vent; I ride at low speed with the visor open a crack, and all the time with the vent on the chinbar open. This directs a stream of air up the visor. (Better than my last AGV, the vent of which directed a stream of air up my nose!)

As Pwalo said, treating the inside of the visor with something such as dishwashing liquid that is a surfactant is effective too. I just treat both sides of the visor with Plexus, which helps somewhat.

[250learna]

I would not install a fog city at the moment if you are commuting.
They are CRAP at night!
Wait until spring!

There are a few other products you can get sprays etc, a deflector is often worth it, but make sure there is airflow around your chin. I use the same stuff that divers use. If you want to buy some of mine, I can sell you some of mine for $50 a bottle. If you don't want to fork out $50 then you can spit on your own visor, it works really well.

Keep your speed up (hence the quote "I was speeding/lanesplitting because it was safer as my visor was starting to fog up").
ANd if it is raining / snowing, dry and close your visor and close top vents. you don't want any water in side because then it will fog up no matter what you do.

yeah not realy keen on spending that much yet, am going to australia in a month or two all booked in, now i have orders from girlfriend to have $1500 put aside atleast. Once i got that sorted im off to motomart for something nicer with more kudos to cover my head so i dont realy want to spend on this helmet.

As for the spitting trick, i used that when i use to teach kids snorkling at the pool, works wonders never thought about spitting on my visor tho

[Lou Girardin]

Dunno about the spitting, I go brrrm brrrm brrrm in my helmet till it's all wet and it still fogs up.

[Jabez]

I would not install a fog city at the moment if you are commuting.
They are CRAP at night!
Wait until spring!

There are a few other products you can get sprays etc, a deflector is often worth it, but make sure there is airflow around your chin. I use the same stuff that divers use. If you want to buy some of mine, I can sell you some of mine for $50 a bottle. If you don't want to fork out $50 then you can spit on your own visor, it works really well.

Keep your speed up (hence the quote "I was speeding/lanesplitting because it was safer as my visor was starting to fog up").
ANd if it is raining / snowing, dry and close your visor and close top vents. you don't want any water in side because then it will fog up no matter what you do.

Well I have been using a fogcity systems for over 5 years, previously in my Shoei RF800 & since my RF1000.

The RF1000 has much better air flow but just after I purchased it & installed a fogcity, there was heavy fog commuting to work in the morning & every were that the fogcity was not covering was badly fogged up, But I could see clearly through the Fogcity with the visor closed & no cold face!
It is an excellent product & dose work, there are similar products, my Wife has a Nolan with the Pinlock (I think that’s what it is called) system factory fitted & it seems to work just as well.

I do use it at night & don’t have any problems with it. I did get one that had a manufacturing defect in the middle of it which caused distortion, but that got replaced under warranty.

I think that the fogcity or simular products are the most convenient fit & forget. Sprays, spit etc are a pain to apply, as you have to do it just before you need it & what happens when you encounter fog halfway to work?

[Big Dave]

They are CRAP at night!

hmmm are they I thought - then i realised i only ever had one on my tinted visor.

How does the dishwashing idea work in oncoming headlights? Do you get that flare thing?

[Pwalo]

How does the dishwashing idea work in oncoming headlights? Do you get that flare thing?

Haven't ridden after dark for a while so can't comment on that, but I do make sure that I polish off the dishwash thoroughly with an old t shirt (or you can get distortion in the daytime). Should work ok, and it sure is cheap.

[250learna]

hmmm are they I thought - then i realised i only ever had one on my tinted visor.

How does the dishwashing idea work in oncoming headlights? Do you get that flare thing?

ya thats what im worried about, and also if you get lots of moisture on to it cnt it blure up your vision?

[XP@]

One fo these should stop the fog.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...158081180&rd=1

could do with a bit more googling to find a manufacturer

[zeRax]

my nolan n61 i think, is super, the only time it fogs is when im standing still, and it takes awhile to fog, why would i stand still for that long with my lid down ^^
quiet, comfy, cheap, ;D

[zeRax]

oh :P, i think nolan helmets come with this visor with uber tech, thats why, i remember peeling something off about it ^^

[MrMelon]

I've got 2 progrip anti-fog inserts. One for my dark visor and one for my clear one. They were $30 each from TSS, and there are no problems using them at night either. I didn't install the one on my clear visor properly and it started leaking after about a year, so I've pulled it off for now, but the one on the dark visor's still going strong!

[Wolf]

Had to do a search, but I recalled that HJC have recently released an accessory for the ZF7 that you breathe through to eliminate the fogging issue you are experiencing? See here: HJC

Cool as, Zed.

In all seriousness, I have considered using one - or wearing a snug fitting face mask with hoses letting down and out into the great outdoors - start looking and sounding like Darth Vader.