Seeing in Fog

[Smokin]

I have the little wiper thingie on my Spool gloves, Works mighty fine too

[LaggCity]

Unless like me you wear glasses then you are truly screwed

Yes fog is my least favourite weather to ride in. The only way I can see to do it is to ride with my visor up. Your face will freeze and get very wet and those tiny droplets will sting your eye balls but at least you will see better than with your visor down. Of course slowing down helps a little.

[Goblin]

Unless like me you wear glasses then you are truly screwed

So how do you cope with fogging up? What if you HAVE to ride through fog or even rain?

[kickingzebra]

When riding for many hours in heavy rain, I just leave the visor a crack open, and muffle my breath as much as possible... Every time I stop for gas, I clean visor and glasses.

[Dont_die_wondering]

yea fog's a biarch sometimes eh, i got a light pneumonia at a rally once , long story short my tent flooded and i just zipped myself in an army roll and fell asleep,woke up ice cold, put my soaked jacket on and refused to take it off, and perched on the back of a trike for the foggy freezing ride home the fog was really bad, we both stuck our visors up,it does help, but talk about freezing!
but no way i was gonna get a lift in a car home lmao

[sunhuntin]

rode in very thick fog between rotorua and taupo heading home from paeroa this year, open lid so visor fogging wasnt a problem, but boy was it cold! i couldnt see shit in front of me it was that thick.....the only way i stayed on the road was i glued my eyes on the center line and followed that to a tee....even though i could only about a meter of it at a time! LOL. kept my light on, mainly for the tail light. my mirrors were useless and by the time i came out the other end, all my gear was soaked through. next time i do paeroa, i wont be leaving roto so darn early!

[hXc]

What about getting someone with a lot of balls (or breasts) to go like a bat out of hell in front of you. Theoretically(sp?), it should make a wake with no fog for you to follow afterwards.



I haven't had the misfortune of fog yet but when I encounter it, then I shall just slow down and take it easy. Seems logical

[Dont_die_wondering]

What about getting someone with a lot of balls (or breasts) to go like a bat out of hell in front of you.

youd need alot of balls and/or breasts to do that! lol

[kickingzebra]

Cold breasts... Headlights on full beam...

[MrMelon]

Ah, that sounds a goer, I wonder if slip on thumb wipers are available Just purchased a new pair of gloves but wasn't planning on riding 1hr in fog so didn't factor that in.....

My uncle got me a slip on thumb wiper for xmas a couple of years ago, and it works really well! I haven't seen them for sale at any local shops but I haven't really looked hard.

[Squeak the Rat]

I haven't had the misfortune of fog yet but when I encounter it, then I shall just slow down and take it easy. Seems logical

Not something I'd done before either and surprised how little vis i had because of the effect on the visor, even of the road surface right in front of me (and how unsettling this is!).

Trouble with slowing down too much is the risk of getting hit from behind. I had some cars in front doing around 95 - if they weren't there and just visible I would have probably pulled over for a pants wipe. I got used to it after 30 mins or so. Didn't enjoy it, but then i got to go over some windy hills

[terbang]

What about getting someone with a lot of balls (or breasts) to go like a bat out of hell in front of you. Theoretically(sp?), it should make a wake with no fog for you to follow afterwards.

I haven't had the misfortune of fog yet but when I encounter it, then I shall just slow down and take it easy. Seems logical

Narp doesn't work Ive lined up after 747's on runways that were fogged in and they really only had a minimal effect on the fog though they dried the runway nicely..

[Goblin]

Cold breasts... Headlights on full beam...

you'd know about that living in Hams eh?:spudwave:

[kickingzebra]

Maybe I should rephrase that...
Cold breasts = Headlights on full beam (hard to tell when they are wearing leathers...) Thats me all dodgied out for the day!!

[terbang]

You mean the old "Hi are you cold or just pleased to see me" routine..?