Well I guess I could contribute something for the noobs.
One of the annoyances of riding in wet weather is not having windshield wipers for your visor :icon_mrgreen:
When I rode cruisers with windshields and tourers I always kept a small bottle of wax, (Meguires gold class) in my trunks and every time i washed my windscreen I would wax and polish it. At road speeds the water just beads up and rolls off.
Now that I am into my second childhood, (the first one never really ended it just got a little tamer) and am riding sport bikes again I keep a small can of plexus polish under the seat with a cotton cloth for cleaning my visor. You can use honda polish or an automotive style wax anything that buffs clear and is mild on paint works well on helmet visors.
While riding instead of wiping your visor with your glove just turn your head slightly to the side and everything just rolls right off. This works best if you haven't got 100 miles worth of bugs plastered to the visor already so if it's getting ready to rain it's a good idea to go ahead and make a quick pit stop and polish your visor.
One side effect of keeping your visor polished with wax is that it makes the bug clean up much easier.
Hope this helps alleviate some of the stress a new rider feels when confronted with impending rain.
That's a good tip, obviously the wax doesn't damage the visor?
My winter/wet weather gloves have a rubber strip on each pointer finger for wiping away rain.
Quote from: bubba zanetti on July 24, 2007, 02:02:51 PM
...obviously the wax doesn't damage the visor?
My winter/wet weather gloves have a rubber strip on each pointer finger for wiping away rain.
I have heard from one person that plexus damaged their mirrored visor but they were using HJC' helmets. In that instance the film was already begining to seperate and had already been pitted and the polish higjlihgted the damage that already existed and the spray worked under a couple of nasty scratches. I think it was a cheap visor. I haven't had any problems with the iridium visors on my Shoei's, but as they age any pitting or scratching of the visor is more obvious when using a polish on them.
As far as thumb squeegee's and wet weather gloves like you have, I used them once upon a time and got really pissed about scratching up expensive visors because you inevitabley will get some road grime on your visor in wet conditions.
My wet weather riding is limited to I only do it if I have no choice, otherwise I drive in the rain, so I'm not worried about the visor scratching up.
I believe products like MAY damage visors, so be wary of products like that.
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that is SOOO funny... Just before I left work today it started to rain. I was talking to two of the mechanics about riding in the rain and one mentioned the wax on the shield/turn head method. :icon_mrgreen: We we went out on the floor and grabbed a can of Honda spray wax/polish :thumb:
Rode home in a downpour just about an hour ago and it worked great. Only at lower speeds did I have to turn my head to clear it, when I went faster it cleared itself :thumb:
Awesome tip :thumb:
Good tip, BP! I have moved the helmet to clear the visor, but haven't tried wax. I will now!
Another tip -- stick some latex gloves in the tank bag to wear UNDER your gloves in the rain. My gloves completely bled leather dye onto my palms when I rode in the rain. It's difficult to get off.
And yet one more: Store your rainsuit in the tankbag OR in the saddlebag on the right side of the bike (left side in UK). When you stop to get out the rainsuit, you'll want to be on the non-traffic side of the bike for safety.
I just use the stuff that comes with my shoei helmet, but i have wax too, i should use that too. all i used the wax is for the shell and pain of the helmet. makes the helmet alot smoother and cleaner look. i advise everybody to wax their heads off :P. air gets into the holes easier too :P