This wasn't a problem al through the winter, but I now find that, even on quite a short ride, my visor gets quite a lot of bug splatter. A wipe with my glove just seems to smear them and often makes matters worse.

I was wondering how you guys deal with them. Any tips for removing them while on the move?

Not easy. You can get a cleaning kit with a little bottle and a bug removal sponge, called something twee like a wee willie, but the best way to remove bugs is to get a bit of kitchen paper, soak it, lay it across the visor, and leave it there for 15-30 miutes. Then the bugs will have softened and you can wash them off with nothng more than warm soapy water. Obviously this method is problematic whiel on the move.

best bet on the move is simply dont touch it, if you try and wipe it off then it just smears and makes things far worse. Leae it alone and you can usually see past the bugs until you get home.

Least its not as bad as the salt in winter, thats even worse to see through

Nothing efective while on the move. just have to clean the visor at every stop. I always carry a smallish piece of chamois leather, wet and in a "zippy" plastic bag for the job. There is another alternative though, unless they have changed the law in the last ten years or so you could always ride sitting backwards then you wont get any bugs on your visor. The law stated that whilst riding or passenger on a motorcycle you must a) sit astride the machine and b) have both feet on properly constructed footrests, It however says nothing about facing which way. I discovered this when plod tried to "pull" self and brother as he was riding his bike and I was on the back facing backwards taking photos of a big run that we where involved with. The ACU pointed this out to us Quoting the relevant laws and sub sections and the case was dissmissed.

Get some carnuba wax and give your visor a good going over before you go out.

When a fly goes splat just wipe the little sod off

The really messy ones are worth leaving though

Me & my brother got a pull for the same thing when we were kids, but it didn't get to court. The copper got pretty flustered trying to lecture us though.

To the original question: best plan is leave them alone.

Alternatively, try cutting a tennis ball in half, finding somewhere reasonably out of the wind blast where it's not going to foul any important controls to jam it. Place soggy chunk of sponge in there & you can mess about with your bug splats/salt grime as you wish.

Or use tear offs.

like everyone else it seems i just leave them till i get home

There is an unwritten law of motorcycling that decress that when you start out on a long journey with a nice clean visor, less than 5 minutes down the road you will get the biggest greenest bugsplat of the day, right in the middle of your line of sight.

Don't touch it till it's dry (few mins only) then if the body is still there you can remove it with a flick of your glove which helps a little with visibility. No point stopping to do a proper clean-off tho, cos the next 5 mins will count as a new journey and it will happen again! You get used to it.........

Thanks for the tips all. I'll be leaving them alone from now, but I am also going to pop the damp chamois in a ziploc bag in my tank bag in case a really juicy one hits...

just clean it when you next stop, most biker cafes have no issue with you cleaning your visor, Hawes' Penny Garth has a sponge and bowl out ready for you.

get a V2 sponge.

they're ace

http://www.visorvision.co.uk/shop/product_...;products_id=29

a mini super absorbant sponge in a waterproof bag, you get it slightly wet and then it stays wet in the bag.
whip it out your pocket and clean all the bugs off your visor, then use the microfiber cloths to dry it off, and you're good to go.

they're invaluable.

But a bit of chammy, wet in a ziploc bag does ezactly the same job and cost`s bu**er all

true, but you get a few humorous stickers with the V2, plus the invaluable quick drying micro fibre cloths.

i just like that the sponge is a V shape


small things...

Send me six and a half quid and I`ll cut you a "V" shaped bit of chammy and tell you a couple of jokes ......Deal

Years ago I picked up a visor cleaner called Free View in a bike shop - it has a handy sponge on a squeezy bottle, with a cover for the sponge and even a little tap so it doesn't leak while in the tank bag. Never found it again but I just fill it with water and it's great!

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Just back from a run from Scotland 450 miles happy girl on a Burgman 400. the windscreen was broken so no protection but nothing stopped me, reduced the bugs by sitting behind the odd large trucks and any bugs stayed on till it became unbearable.. I travel with a small water bottle with a spray fixed to it.. (was my airplant mister) and a roll of kitchen roll .. I pull over, I remove gloves and helmet, spray visor put a single sheet of kitchen roll on visor wait while stretching the old body and then wipe remove bugs.. All done put helmet on gloves on life saver, indicate life saver and off I go.. 5mins absolutely max.. worth the pull off. vision good for another .... say 50 mins..?