Ok, i have a simple question, how do you drive a bike in the dark while it is raining? Visor down, you cant see cos of the dazzling lights, visor up, water flooding on the foam in your helmet, and water in eyes?

How do i get around this problem?

Rob

Only ride in the day when it's not raining. Seriously though, you'll get used to it after a while. Just take your time give yourself extra braking space from the vehicle in front and keep things smooth on the throttle and brakes.

To keep the rain running off your visor you could try wax based house hold polish, that works for me but you have to keep using it before a ride out.



My Mate users rainX he recommends that btbh I have not tried it so I can say if its any good.



Look at the quality of you helmet since i changed mine it has improved quite alot.

Absolute cleanliness is the real secret, I use bees wax on the outside of the visor and Bob Heath anti fof for the inside. Both need doing at least once a week and you must really polish the out side. Once you have done this youwill be able to clearly see if a bloke with a tash on a scooter is coming up behind you one dark night

Comming home from the Blue Oyster

I use none of the above and I ride all year round. I wipe my visor frequently with my thumb or forefinger. Then again, I do often have soggy gloves and blue hands

I use rainex on both the inside and outside of the visor and it is good for getting rid of the rain and stopping the fogging up on the inside ,also I have a pair of gloves with a built in visor wipe on the thumb if the rain gets too heavy for the rainex

[quote name='scousepie' date='Mar 17 2007, 11:41 PM' post='251953']
To keep the rain running off your visor you could try wax based house hold polish.



Yeah like pledge.. .I have used that on the outside of the visor before now. Stinks a bit ,but hey it works.

I use the force and I've found that not only can I see the cars perfectly well but I can move them out of the way with a quick flick of my Richa gloved hand, while under my breath I say "You want to take the next exit" and "You really need to go to the toilet, pull off at the services".

If only.


Seriously though I think you either get used to it or you trade in your naked Bandit for a VRF with a nice fairing like I did.

Ok so who wasnt listening when they did the CBT?
you know, the bit where you get told NOT to use household polish etc because it COULD effect the outer shell of the lid?

i remember when a brand of helmet/visor cleaner was found to "melt" the plastic vents in Arai lids.......
cant see a problem with beeswax, but i wouldnt use pledge etc.

Shhhh, ffs dont tell everyone or they'll all be doing it.

The thing with spray polish is more to do with the fact that the overspray goes all over your helmet, I use bees wax furniture polish in a jar and its only applied to the visor itself DP. The WW2 pilots used to use it on their goggles and it still works well today, the rain and a fair bit of the road crap just gets blown off if you just lift you head slightly. I use Bob Heath spray on the inside but apply it indirectly on a small piece of cloth those little spray containers last for ever, the one I am using now is at least Two years old and still feels half full.

i used to use bee's wax, but now i use some stuff i bought at one of the shows, it was to to re-wax my leathers, but its so good a waterproof that i have done my gloves and boots with it too... mr jo jo its called, cost a tenner at the time. but well worth the investment

You do get used to the limited visability - been using a V - wipe for the last 20 years and now some of my gloves have a wiper stitched in.

If your on the motorway or at speed, just turn your head briefly it will blow the water off.

When I first started out I had a cheap plastic open face lid and no goggles for an all year round 20 mile commute on a moped. I used to just squint and nail it to get out of it as quick as I could. My face would be red raw and cheap nylon bomer jacket and overhauls were soaked ok on the way home, but would have to spend all day soaked if on the way in.

I use a car..

Bike is my only form of transport. Fecking hate cars. I have come across this loads of times. I normally stick to main roads in the slow lane just plodding along when its dark and peeing it down. I have used bees wax and I have found that helps a fare old bit.



Yep

Beeswax for me too, works a treat everytime. But you do have to really polish it in to remove the chance of smears.

However, there are occasions when I forget and get caught out in an unexpected downpour. Because I also wear specs keeping the visor at a certain angle (neither fully down or fully up) means it can deflect the worst of the rain and thus give me decent vision with no misting or getting too sauturated

Guess who first told me to use Pledge?
Yep, CBT instructor...

Never did, myself, fortunately.
Use HG brand of Rainex and anti-fog.

Just the old gloved hand for me.

B xx

Friend has one of those flexible tubes that goes over your gloved finger, that has a squeegee wiper blade on it.

'pparently it works wonders!!!

Anyone got a link for 'em, d'ya know?

dont you just love these girls....

My missus uses the same.

B xx

Similar here, on the police Bikesafe course, the plod that taught me had Mr Sheen wipes in his pannier box!!!!

I use rain away on the out side and a fog city insert inside my Arai lid, near perfect vision all the time!!

V Wipes - sold most shops, about a fiver.

Never had a problem using furniture polishes (water or wax based).