Salty visors

I'm sure someone has a simple solution to this problem. I find at this
time of year my visor gets covered in road salt which is impossible to
wipe off. The spray is ok until it dries or you try and wipe it (with a
gloved hand). Then it just becomes a white smear across the visor which
won't shift.

Only clean water seems to clear it and unfortunately my helmet doesn't
have built in washer jets.

 

Damp chamois leather, attached by a suitable length of (joined
together) elastic band(s) to your tankbag/headstock/wherever you can
wedge it and reach it when you need it.

 

So the answer's obvious, innit? Just fit washer jets.

Alternatively, stuff a wet cloth into a convenient bit of faring or
whatever at the start of each journey and use that as you're riding
along, remembering to rinse it out when you get home.

 

Get one of those V-Wipe things. It's a blade of rubber that fits over
the index finger of your glove and you get rid of the water by using it
like a windscreen wiper or squeegy.

I had one but lost it somewhere up Pentonville Road...

 

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Get a car, you pikey ****.

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Whinging Courier wrote

A few years back I had a pair of gloves with that fitted. I forget who
made them now. Fucking good idea either way.

 

Yah. I had a pair of gloves with one of those on. It was on the back of
the hand. I also lost those when I went into a place and left my gloves
on the engine to dry out. I was half way up the A24 from Dorking before
I realised...

 

I like that, simple but sounds effective.

 

I've had those before and they shift the water but still leave a salt
smear.

I kept losing them too.

 

Never heard it called that before.

 

I've seen these little squeezy washer bottles before but have only
thought of using them when stationary. This site seems to imply you can
use them on the move though.
"Includes Velcro and instructions for on-bike mounting"

 

Whinging Courier wrote

Mine was a small wiper blade actually sewn into the seam along the index
finger.

I am not sure it wasn't the earlier Panthan. I could be wrong though as
I am convinced it was a four fingered glove.

 

Never seen them sewn into the finger. Good idea though and more flexible
than a V-Wipe.

 

Daytonas have one sewn in.

 

I had a pair of Sidi gloves with the blade sewn into the thumb seam,
they were great until they started to leak and wear out (2 years), I
haven't seen anything like them since although I did try the V-wipe
which kept breaking.


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I replied to this earlier but I think Google Groups ate it...

Would these be road legal though? I've seen them used in racing but not
on the road - I'm thinking about the hazard to other road users when
you discard them. Lozzo? SWK?

Besides it's bound to be more expensive than rinsing a cloth out.

 

The newer (red) ones are shit. They split quickly and are far too big
for a gloved finger and fall off. The old black ones were better and
made out of inner tube type rubber. I had one of those for about two
years and lost it before it gave any sign of giving up in any way.

 

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:08:45 +0000, steve auvache wrote:

I have a pair which have a blade running along the back of the left thumb,
(nothing on the right). RST. Not really warm enough for serious winter
use, (not on a long journey, anyway). Good for spring and autumn, and the
milder days of winter.

 

Actually, and I've wondered about this a few times, has anyone ever
crashed on a bike in a race or otherwise because their front or rear
tyre skidded on a discarded tear-off?

I liked Pip's idea of the chamois on the tank.

 

That'll be £600, please - I've got a hotel on it.