riding in fog

**marty** · 26th February 2005, 03:57

having just got home from work, riding in the fog is starting to piss me off. how can i stop the water from misting the OUTSIDE of the visor. i don't have any problems with the inside - have no-fog in there, but outside....grrrrr. i've even tried aviation standard water repellent to no avail

**Monsterbishi** · 26th February 2005, 04:25

Originally Posted by marty

having just got home from work, riding in the fog is starting to piss me off. how can i stop the water from misting the OUTSIDE of the visor. i don't have any problems with the inside - have no-fog in there, but outside....grrrrr. i've even tried aviation standard water repellent to no avail

RainX or similar will do the job, water will bead right off.

**Wolf** · 26th February 2005, 09:42

I generally give up and open the visor - OK, I get cold wet air in my eyes and have to blink a lot (I also have to make sure I'm not wearing my glasses)

Would be interested in knowing what works best.

**FROSTY:Me** · 26th February 2005, 09:55

one company came up with visor wipers for visors -Like windscreen wipers.
I don't think theres a lot ya can do about it. As fast as you wipe it off it reforms . That why they call it fog methinks.

**wari** · 26th February 2005, 09:56

FOgg inda WAikatto ... I findat hard t' believe ...

GOnna be a nice day ...

**Biff** · 26th February 2005, 10:01

I keep turning my head from side to side (horizontal axis, left to right etc) and the wind blows the water off. I may look like a nodding dog when I do it, but it works for me.

**jrandom** · 26th February 2005, 10:14

I find that sleeping in and riding to work late works wonders with fog.

**Wonko** · 26th February 2005, 10:35

I do the head from side to side thing, and I also move my head close to the edge of the screen. the airflow over it helps to move it around

**marty** · 26th February 2005, 17:20

tried most of those things, except rainX, so thanks monster dude

there's no problem with fog in auckland alright, cause you're usually parked up waiting for the traffic to clear for so long, that the fog burns off....

**Will** · 26th February 2005, 17:28

I used to have a little wiper thingy that fitted on my LEFT index finger (over my glove) that I used like a windscreen wiper, only it was manual.
It was like a inner bicycle tube and had a wiper down the side.
Was excellent. Can't seem to find them for sale anywhere.

**What?** · 26th February 2005, 19:00

Yet again... if you want to try Rainex, test it on an old visor first, or around the hinge area. This stuff ruins most (but not all) visors - makes them go milky.

**bugjuice** · 26th February 2005, 20:39

best thing for fog, I've found, let it build up. Fog is a pain in the ass, but give it time, it cuilds up and then becomes rain. After a short time of build up, it'll start to clear itself, and keep clearing. If you wipe it off, it never builds up and keeps coming back as mist, which is the problem..
just my 2.7¢

**Wolf** · 26th February 2005, 22:04

Originally Posted by Biff Baff

I keep turning my head from side to side (horizontal axis, left to right etc) and the wind blows the water off. I may look like a nodding dog when I do it, but it works for me.

Works fine for rain but not Waikato fog - the stuff seems to be made of "sticky water" or something, turns a visor into something akin to frosted glass, never seems to properly bead.

I've tried polishing the visor in case it was sticking to road film or to the pitting caused by the 100km/h impact of thousands of sandflies but it doesn't seem to make much difference.

One of my pairs of gloves has "suede" running up the index finger and another pair of gloves had a short bit of wiper blade factory-mounted to the back of the thumb, but your hand spends more time up at the visor than down on the handlebars - a real pisser if you like using the clutch when changing gears.

Often thought about miniature windscreen wipers on the visor (hard to set up, what with the curvature of the visor?)

**avgas** · 26th February 2005, 22:38

well i actually stole an idea of Tecknic....
I have a nice pair of Tecknic Touring gloves, with some wiper blades on them (they are lovely gloves), but my mate saw them and was like "what the hell are these for mate???", "To clear ya visor mate" i replied, he then lookd sad and said "Thats amazing, i guess im buying some new gloves".
To solve this problem i ripped an old wiper blade off the car, cut it to length, glued it to his glove with some Selleys Fix all - and saw the biggest smile grow accross his face. He was so happy with them he went and bought me some new wiper blades.
So there you go folks, a $3 solution for all.
Infact if you want to get really fancy you could even get them stiched in.