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I'm new to riding.

Now that that's out of the way I have a couple of questions...

When riding in the rain how do you keep your face shield, googles or whatever clear? From the outside and inside. I wear a flip-up type helmet right now.

And one more, what do you do if you have to sneeze while riding with (or without) a helmet?

Thanks in advance.

These things are brilliant for keeping the inside of your visor clear of mist:
http://www.phoenixnw.co.uk/fogcity.html

A helmets visor is shaped so that when riding in the rain the water runs off it very quickly so after a while riding in the rain you never really notice it. My wife always gets irritated when I don't put the wipers on in the car, but I generally don't use them because I am so used to looking through the rain drops on my bike.

Sneezing is a fun one. If you are wearing a full face helmet, open the visor.

I use Rain X and Fog X and it seem s to work fairly well as well as leaving the screen open just a bit. As for sneezing just go ahead, not much else you can do.

Chels wrote:I use Rain X and Fog X and it seem s to work fairly well as well as leaving the screen open just a bit. As for sneezing just go ahead, not much else you can do.

i thought you werent supposed to use rainX and those types of things on plastic they are ment for glass only? while working at walmart i always had people asking about anti fog stuff for paintball helmet/visorys to keep fog off they all said rainX or any glass stuff found in the car section is bad for their plastic visors.

Have been there, done that - forgot to open the visor.

It's not a good thing!!

Best advice, DONT SNEEZE!! and if you reaaaaalllly gotta, pull over and take your helmet off!

I heard Rain-X was bad for plastic too.

I've been using soap. Just rub a dry bar of soap on the inside of the shield, then buff it off like wax, no more fog.

Rain blows off the shield well enough on it's own. At a stop, use the side of your glove like a windshield wiper.

You need to test the rain x before you use it on plastice, as some plastice is doesnt work on like the paint ball visors and snowmobile visors.

Chels wrote:You need to test the rain x before you use it on plastice, as some plastice is doesnt work on like the paint ball visors and snowmobile visors.

how are those visors different than motorcycle helmets?

when I sneeze, I do it so the air goes out the bottom of the helmet. Like when you want to look straight ahead but blow down.

A modular helmet is great for sneezing!