Visor Fogging, how to prevent it ?

[DoubleEagle]

I tried putting some shampoo on the inside of the Visor , used my fingers to spread it over the Visor , then rinsed it off and dried it with a bath towel.

I rode Saturday in the same temps that fogged the Visor a week earlier and this time no fogging.

I'd be interested to see if it works in colder temps.

Dolph     

[minnesotamonster]

  nice. Usually it's good down to about 20 degrees.

[speedevil]

I tried putting some shampoo on the inside of the Visor , used my fingers to spread it over the Visor , then rinsed it off and dried it with a bath towel.

I rode Saturday in the same temps that fogged the Visor a week earlier and this time no fogging.

I've heard of some success using various kinds of soap, but I just don't think that soapy water blowing into my mouth while it's raining is worth it.  There's got to be a better (and better tasting) way to prevent fogging.

I've ordered a pinlock kit from a site in the UK, when I've received it and installed it in my Shark helmet I'll write up a review.

[minnesotamonster]

If you put soap on your visor and it rains. And you are getting soap suds on your mouth you are doing it wrong lol. If it gets wet it doesn't get "soapy" at all.

[Nakedsuperbiker]

same as scuba divers you spit on it and rub it around with your fingers?

[kingbaby]

same as scuba divers you spit on it and rub it around with your fingers?

oooook, what does that have to do with foggy visors?

Oh wait!  Filthy mind.  My bad 

Now back to your regularly scheluded program.

[causeofkaos]

same as scuba divers you spit on it and rub it around with your fingers?

that should go on a t-shirt like " photographers do it in the dark "
" scuba divers spit on it and rub it around with fingers "

[speedevil]

I received the pinlock DIY kit (includes template, drill, and 3 posts) yesterday.  That's a little over a week, ordered from a site in the UK (http://www.racevisors.co.uk) and shipped to the US.  Not bad.

I haven't installed it yet but will probably do that this weekend.  The directions aren't very clear, my first read through them makes it seem like the pinlock goes on the outside and it definitely goes on the inside of the shield.

This is a clear shield, if it works as well as I expect, I will probably get a yellow pinlock as well.

Stay tuned...

[stopintime]

Maybe it's the template that goes on the outside? If so, the template should be wider than the PinLock?

I believe the trick is to drill the holes in the exact position which makes the eccentric movement of the plastic "bolt" actually push the PinLock visor together, forcing it into a closing contact with the original visor.

[Triple J]

I received the pinlock DIY kit (includes template, drill, and 3 posts) yesterday.  That's a little over a week, ordered from a site in the UK (http://www.racevisors.co.uk) and shipped to the US.  Not bad.

I haven't installed it yet but will probably do that this weekend.  The directions aren't very clear, my first read through them makes it seem like the pinlock goes on the outside and it definitely goes on the inside of the shield.

This is a clear shield, if it works as well as I expect, I will probably get a yellow pinlock as well.

Stay tuned...

I doubt you will...but if you want some pics of a pinlock visor to help with your install let me know.

[speedevil]

The template does go on the outside of the shield; the directions have you put the template on with the shield still on the helmet.  The template is wider than the pinlock when both are flat.

I will probably drill the shield and put this together sometime today, but I am also building two bedrooms in the basement and that has to take priority.  I got married in July and her (our) kids are looking forward to having their own bedrooms.  They should have been done before now but that's another story...

[KRJ]

   Learned the soap trick on fishing boats in Alaska, been doing it for years on trucks and heavy equip. as well as visors, apply  to dry inside surface like waxing a car, straight from the bottle, wipe it around with clean towel, let it dry, buff off excess. lasts a couple weeks, Joy or Dawn soaps work best, cheap and easy..

[Monstermash]

Rain X makes an anti fog wipe for windshields, but I have no FHE with it.

+1 this is what I use and it works as advertised.