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Old 20 Nov 2006
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Seeing in the Rain - Turbo rain visor (it looks silly, but does it work?)
Having ridden for 1,5 hours in the rain this morning, struggling to see, I was left wondering if other bikers battle with poor visibility...

Now, don't laugh (okay, well do, but don't laugh at me)...desperate times I tell you!
My brother races gokarts, and uses a Turbo Rain Visor (like in the pic) - exceptionally funny looking, but they make seeing things before you crash into them a hell of a lot easier

They have been adopted by some bike racers, but I'm not sure about what can be done for general travelling/overlanding when the heavens open.
I'm still deciding if I am willing to completely lose any smidgen of 'cool'ness by using one


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But seriously how do I increase my visibility in heavy rain?
There are only so many times I can wipe my visor. And raising it isn't an option because the rain really hurts when it's coming straight into your eyes at more than 30miles an hour! And then there is the problem of getting water on the inside of the visor if you are impatient enough to just lift it so that you can see for a few minutes. Aaarg!


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I remember these from the 70's, although I never tried one.
I find something like rain-x on the visor helps the rain run off it without having to wipe it very often.
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Rain-X
Hey Harleyrider,

Any problems with rain-X and glare or distortion when the sun finally makes an appearance?
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I also use Rain-X, which works really well. Only advice would be try on an old visor or unseen area of your current visor first, as it has been reported as damaging some, although I've never had any problems on my Arai visors (clear and tinted).

Make sure you follow the instructions and buff the surface after applying, and you shouldn't get any distortion or crazing in the sun.

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I've heared some mixed reviews on rain-ex, and it never worked on my sheild when i tried it. Something to do with using it on plastic, not glass. My answer is a product i got from a hockey shop called Fog-off. I don't think they have much hockey in the UK, but they do in Europe. It's by far the best i've tried and made for the same material as our sheilds are. It lasted a long time, up to three strait days of rain on one of my previous trips.

...BTW, you would look incredibly silly with one of those contraptions strapped to your bucket!!!
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well the thing in the pic works on a boat so why not on the road?
i think it will work an yes it will look stupid, but you will look more stupid when you'r dead
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Fog Off
http://highriders.co.uk/Fog-Off-Visor-Spray-pr-197.html
Perfect!
Advertised as helping to combat the ‘Aaaarg - I can’t see.......Crash!' syndrome. Just what I need!!
£3.65

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Don't laugh about this one!!
I read all the posting and no one mencioned my old friend the "potato".
In the case you find yourself raiding in the rain, and there is no time to stop until the skies open up or the road will be clear of water, do this :take with you a potato (when it coul be a rainy trip) when start raining, just stop 1' cut the potato and rub the white inside part of the potato on your windshield or visor or glases, the starch of the potato will act as rain-x without eating plastics or damaging glases or visor, you'll be amazed... this trick was brought you by a 3er. world country biker....also onions has another importat use, but that's another story...
Merry xmas everyone, and a smooth ride...
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Onions - please reveal all!!
Aw, come on, you can't leave us in suspense like that!!

What's the "other use" for an Onion?
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Ok... I didn't write not for the suspense, i didn't because I never tried myself, so... everybody knows that if your are riding at high altitude you must "touch" the carb in other to alter the mix of O2 and fuel, but playing with carburators mix is not easy, so is common saying in my country between bikers that if you're riding at +1500mts above sea level and you noticed that you bike is not responding to the gas due of lack of oxigen, you need to chop an onion and put it inside the housing of the air filter by the air filter, in fact covering the air filter, that will saturate the air coming to the air filter with more O2 due a chemical process that I don'y even remember....
I never knew first hand somebody who tried, but friends of a friend say that work pretty good, not like a new mix in the carbs, but much better that nothing...
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