Winter Riding - Visor Gunk and Glare Problems

Originally Posted by Venom

Nah, he's a tight Scot.

V Sponges are a good visor sponge, expensive though.

That explains it, we learned much from those resourceful folk.

[Bibio]

hahaaaaa. yup i'm tight scotsman and having to live in fife makes me even more so.

wear spada enforcer gloves come with handy thumb wiper blade ,always did the job for me

Just smears it though, it was just like using the car wipers without using the water jets.

To combine the spone idea with the spada idea would be good but I've just spent £50 on some winter mitts so Im not about to spend even more on another set of gloves.

[keith_d]

1) Buy a cheapo flannel and a decent magnet.
2) Cut the flannel into a convenient size then fold one corner over and sew the magnet inside.
3) Rinse the flannel before you set out, leave it damp and stick it on your tank in the lee of the fairing
4) When the visor is covered in crap use the flannel to wipe it clean, then stick back on the tank.
5) Take the flannel inside when you get home and clean it properly so it doesn't collect grit and scratch your visor

And use cold water to rinse as heat will destroy the magnet.



Had this on previous bikes but I have a plastic tank now

[fastdruid]

I just stuck a wodge of tissue[1] in my pocket, whipped it out and gave my visor a wipe as needed.

Never had any scratches from doing it dry either, I found the only problem with 'scratches' were where the visor rubs against the seal, after 20-30k it gets a bit scratched.

Druid

[1] I used the hand drying tissue from the toilets but kitchen roll would probably work too.

i use a flannel at the moment the problem is I dont get to stop much on the journey so i'll wipe whilst filtering but I find that often makes the halo effect worse.

[fastdruid]

I didn't stop, just popped some tissue out of my pocket, wiped and replaced.

Druid

Originally Posted by fastdruid

I didn't stop, just popped some tissue out of my pocket, wiped and replaced.

Druid

maybe its the flannel/tissue then, maybe im better off with a wrap of tissue in my pocket. ill give that a go on the route home tonigiht.

cheers.