I am stupid, can I blame the credit crunch

[bledubd]

Today when I wanted to go for a spin on my black beauty, I cleaned my S1 helmet visor with the dishwashing liquid. Obviously this damages the anti fog insert, and it did. I was mighty pissed of with myself. Now I had to on ebay to find a replacement Pinlock anti fog insert.

I am just pissed of with my self. Maybe I can blame my slackness on the credit crunch as well.

 

[buccs40oz]

might as well. that is always a good excuse these days :Flip:

 

[Fz6Sa]

Since you already messed it up, - why not try to treat it with "anti-fog" fluids?
You can get all sorts of "Rain-Off", "Anti-Fog" etc. products for car windows, - perhaps it would work?

I haven't had the courage to try it on my S1 or my R1 (both use the same Pinlock visor), but it would be nice to know if this could be a "cheap-fix".

 

[alanrim]

No your helping everyone to come out of the credit crunch by actually spending some money.... you are a HERO


Well done, if only everyone was as slack as you we would be out of this mess pdq

 

[SovietRobot]

I did this to my old helmet. How do you actually clean the inside? Mine always get dirty, but I'm afraid to clean them.

 

[Fz6Sa]

I did this to my old helmet. How do you actually clean the inside? Mine always get dirty, but I'm afraid to clean them.

try a DRY microfibre cloth. Seems to do the job for me.

 

[reiobard]

sorry to hear about your shield, but it is an important lesson so that nobody else does it, also it is really bad to wash your car/bike with dish washing soap as well, it can actually break down the wax layer and make it easier to damage your clear coat.

I always clean my shield with the waterless motorcycle cleaner and a CLEAN microfiber cloth. Never use paper towels either as they are also fairly abrasive and can scratch it. I always have a microfiber cloth in a zip lock bag under my seat in case i need to clean my shield while on the road.

 

[necrotimus]

I use my fleece jacket sleeve when its cold and my tshirt in the summer... i figure i probably save as much not buying cleaners and nice cloths as i do replacing the shield... im not super careful because i know eventually i will screw it up no matter how careful and i will need to buy a new one anyway...

i figure a pin lock or two a year is par for the course... the shield maybe every two years

 

[bledubd]

my pin lock arrived in the post yesterday and they didn't have the fitting instructions. so had to google.

thanks about cleaning using micro cloth I was used to using paper towel.

 

[blchandl2]

I use the cheap furniture polish from the dollar store and a piece of white cotton flannel to clean my faceshield. It is great for removing bugs and leaves a wax layer to keep the new ones from sticking.

 

[sideslider]

Today when I wanted to go for a spin on my black beauty, I cleaned my S1 helmet visor with the dishwashing liquid. Obviously this damages the anti fog insert, and it did. I was mighty pissed of with myself. Now I had to on ebay to find a replacement Pinlock anti fog insert.

I am just pissed of with my self. Maybe I can blame my slackness on the credit crunch as well.

It's cool man, i'll make some calls and see if we can't get you bail out.