Visors and rain

I've got a problem with my Shoei. It gets more rain on the visor than
any helmet I've ever owned, and speed doesn't clear it.

I thought it might be the screen on the GTR that was causing it, but
adjusting that doesn't seem to help. The visor just gets covered in fine
droplets instantly, and I'm constantly wiping it, or navigating by
sonar.

I'm struggling to think how the lid's aerodynamics can cause the
problem, but is seems to be so.

Does that Rain-X stuff actually work?

I should just say "sod it" and buy another Lazer Revolution.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

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Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

which Shoei is it? I've never had a big problem in the rain with my
XR-900.

Dunno.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, darsy

It's a Multitec flip-up job.

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SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

What I've found with Rain-X on cars is that it's great on side windows and
so forth, but on the windscreen it creates a white misting of tiny droplets
when I use the wipers. Does your visor have any sort of special coating?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

Fuctifino.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

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SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

can't help you then - even the (very) black visor I have for the
XR-900 is fine in the rain.

 

How old is the visor?

[did you get my email btw?]

 

Over a couple of years of all weather riding I've settled on 2 things.
Firstly, furniture polish works as well as anything else I've tried.
Secondly, I let the mist build up as long as I can (obviously not so
long that I can't see where I'm going). It seems to reach a certain
level and then a slight turn of the head lets the wind blow it off. If
I wipe it off before that watershed point then it's a case of doing it
every 30-60 seconds.

As it happens, it's not the rain I find worst, it's the damp roads
without rain. My visor becomes opaque anywhere near other traffic.
Still don't know the solution to that one.

 

you mean misted on the inside? If so, rub a little bit of washing-up
liquid over with a bit of kitchen roll and then polish it off with
more paper - that stops misting for me.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Cane

About four months.

I did. I've sent one to the bloke-wivva-lorry and I'm waiting on his
reply. I've tried calling him, he didn't reply, so I'll try again today.
Sorry.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

platypus wibbled:

Been using Rain-X for donkeys years on various Buzby Battlebus wagons
and on my AGV visor with geat success - although I've never noticed a
white misting - you do get a load of very small droplets which seem to
blow away quicker than on an untreated surface. Works for me.

 

well, I don't ride in the rain (much) these days, but I used to
commute every day come rain come shine on my bike(s) between 2001 and
2004.

 

No I don't - the fairy works for me too [1]. I mean the that when the
road is damp the traffic throws up droplets of mucky water that form a
layer that I just can't see through. When there is rain it tends to
wash that stuff straight off, also the water on the road surface tends
to be cleaner.

[1] I'm sure that could be feedline.

 

OIC. Yes, I know what you mean. And no, I don't have a solution for
that one, either.

around here? Never...

 

Yup Pledge works just fine here too!!

 

I've had some success with ordinary furniture polish in making the
drips slide off easier.

 

It's worked on all my visors.

Or give Rain-X a try first.


--
Beav

VN 750
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OMF# 19

 

In the cage I find that when driving along in rain the water beads and
rolls off the windows. This tends to give a clearer view of the road
providing you focus in the distance. If you're easily distracted then
the moving raindrops may grab your attention and it won't work as well
for you.

The downside of using rainx for me is that on cold, damp mornings the
moisture in the air tries to settle on the windows, but makes a very
fine condensation. It's hard to shift until your heat gets going, which
takes a while in a diesel.

It works, but it's not without niggles.

 

I don't understand it but I know the way the water runs off the visor
differs on helmets. My cheapie Takachi, no matter what I do, (turn head
sideways, up, down etc., the water refuses to run off and stays in
beads. Even at eek speed with no screen. My X-spirit is completely
different, the drops just run straight off that.

I haven't treated either of them, though I guess they maybe coated.

 

Yes - it causes the droplets to not adhere so a quick duck of the visor
into the airstream blows them off. You have to renew it every couple of
days or so though.

You know it makes sense. The headgear for the discerning gentleman.

Phil