visor care and seeing in the rain

does naybody here use anything on their plastic visor to help with the rain blowing off??

thought about RainX but hesitated using it on plastic because of alcohol

I have problems seeing in the rain???

What do you folks do?? besides stay home or take the cage???

mikenbern said:

does naybody here use anything on their plastic visor to help with the rain blowing off??

thought about RainX but hesitated using it on plastic because of alcohol

I have problems seeing in the rain???

What do you folks do?? besides stay home or take the cage???

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Hi Mike,
I posted a similar thread about glasses and night time riding, I was also in the rain. Its such a pain in the arse isnt it. There were a few mentions of RainX. I have brought a pair of gloves with a rubber wiper on the back of the thumb. It works pretty good.
Neil

aerostitch gloves with wiper.
Meguiers acrylic polish.
RainX
I have used it on a Nitro, Shark, Fulmer, HBC shields. No damage.

My ICON helmet came pre-treated with a "no fog, no rain" visor. When I asked the guy at the dealership what to do when it needs re-application he said "a little RainX will do the trick".

......the gloves I do need to invest in though....

Try turning your head sideways to the wind, if the shield is clean it should just blow off. This works on the fog as well. You can also move your head down and near the wind shield on the bike and the swirling air there will blow it off as well. Other than that, Rain-X and the like:thumbup:

As a side note, as long as the shield is not lexan, it shouldn't be damaged from most stuff. Lexan can be pretty sensitive, though its not very scratch resistant either.

The big problem comes to... whe there is dirt on visor, you do not want to scratch it...

I've posted another thread with my own personal solution, hope it helps...

http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6-mods/14879-dirty-water-other-cars-helmet-visor-solution.html

I would stay away from RainX on any face shield that has a mirror finish or a UV coating the RainX will eat the coating

Plexus, Lemon Pledge, and microfiber clothes.

Clean with plexus. Spray on some lemon pledge and wipe it in with the cloth.

Once I've treated my screen in this way, all that I have to do is turn my head while riding and the water just beads off.

The little finger squeegees from aerostich are a nice fall back if I find myself riding in the rain for an extended period of time and/or my screen gets dirty.

mstewar1 said:

Plexus, Lemon Pledge, and microfiber clothes.

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+1

Works great to keep leathers clean too

Rainblade - a must have for motorcyclists
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