Rain...

[Cyclone]

 [moto] I went for a little rain ride so I will know the difference in the old Metzlers & the new ones when I get them put on soon & have a question for any of y'all that like riding in the rain or have a lot of experience with it.  How do you keep your visor clean enough to see out of ? I don't mind the windscreen being sorta opaque but too many raindrops on the visor makes me uncomfortable because I can't see - Duh !

So is there a water repeller spray, chamois, sponge or something that works for you ?  Squeegee-ing with a gloved finger kinda helps - but post up oh all wise Ducatisti!  Or is this a question for the boring beemer ironbutt channel ?

Thanks ! 

[Kevin848]

[moto] I went for a little rain ride so I will know the difference in the old Metzlers & the new ones when I get them put on soon & have a question for any of y'all that like riding in the rain or have a lot of experience with it.  How do you keep your visor clean enough to see out of ? I don't mind the windscreen being sorta opaque but too many raindrops on the visor makes me uncomfortable because I can't see - Duh !

So is there a water repeller spray, chamois, sponge or something that works for you ?  Squeegee-ing with a gloved finger kinda helps - but post up oh all wise Ducatisti!  Or is this a question for the boring beemer ironbutt channel ?

Thanks ! 

Wonder if RainX would work??

[Bonwilder]

Wonder if RainX would work??

Or you could just not ride your bike in the rain......I'm just sayin.....there's this really cool thing called a car, it has windshield wipers.

[pipeliner1978]

Or you could just not ride your bike in the rain......I'm just sayin.....there's this really cool thing called a car, it has windshield wipers.

when you getting yours?

[Bonwilder]

Have you all seen the way people around here drive in the rain....they go off the road for no reason....I'd sure hate to see them in the north.  I'm not riding in the rain unless I have to....I want to live.

[Bonwilder]

when you getting yours?

today

[fastwin]

I have heard NO to Rain-X for a long time on helmet visors so I have heeded the unproven rumor and never tried it. Arai shields are like $45+ and I don't want to use one as a guinea pig only to maybe ruin it. I haven't had much trouble with rain and visors. At decent speed I just turn my head a little and the wind blows it off to the side or I use a finger on my left glove as a "wiper". My insulated winter gloves have a mini squeegy on the thumbs for just that reason. I believe there is an add on, aftermarket squeegy thing you slip over your glove thumb/finger to do the same thing. I can't remember where I've seen them but I know I have.

[Cyclone]

 [moto]  For sure I will be commuting downtown in the car today so dodging the rain is probably always best if possible.  When cycling I've pulled over a waited out the heavy stuff before - high water sorta freaks me because you never know what's under it - probably the pothole to China !

I want to do some touring in the Fall and next Spring.  It seems inevitable that I will have to ride some in rain, hence my desire to build some skill through experience so that I don't have to worry.  Just wanting to know if there are tools that help because I've done some rain riding - I just find the visor thing really annoying!  

[Kevin848]

. At decent speed I just turn my head a little and the wind blows it off to the side or I use a finger on my left glove as a "wiper".

+1

[Cyclone]

  Thanks for the RainX warning Brian - seemed like a good idea - I worry about using the finger of the glove because of scratching the visor.  Part of my problem may be the aeroflow screen - at speed it flips the water over me but at the town speeds <40mph it seems to add to the spray hitting the helmet & makes it more mist like !  I tried tucking down behind it some & that helped with the visor but then I'm looking through a double layer of crud  !

I'll look for the finger squeegee thing - seems like a great idea for the tankbag tool collection !

Thanks for the suggestions!

[Duc L'Smart]

today

make you a good deal on a Z4

[Bonwilder]

make you a good deal on a Z4

I've got like $30 in my purse, but one of the $5 bills was ripped in half by my kids....I can tape it for you. 

[Cyclone]

make you a good deal on a Z4

Great day to put the top down ! Right Major threadjacker? 

[Duc L'Smart]

Great day to put the top down ! Right Major threadjacker? 

Top down, flaps up, good to go

[Bonwilder]

Top down, flaps up, good to go

are you ignoring my offer for $30 on the Z?