Monday, May 04, 2009

I rode the bike to work today...

and I could see. I purchased a Fog City anti fog insert for my helmet last week and installed it. It worked great this morning. I did not check the weather but I think it was under 40° this morning. One problem with this is I tend to wear glasses under my helmet and they can fog. I don't wear corrective lenses, I just like to have redundancy in the eye protection arena. If I don't want the shield down for some reason I am still protected. Two words - June bug. Today I just took the specs off because at 40° I had no desire to open that shield.
The shield was about twenty bucks and I purchased it through Aerostitch Rider Warehouse. I get their catalogs and I really like their philosophy so I buy something from them once in a while. They are available in clear, smoke, and amber. My safety glasses I wear with my helmet are amber so I went with the amber tint. I'll now switch to clear glasses. On the Aerostitch website they state the amber is being discontinued, I don't know if Fog City is discontinuing them or Aerostitch, frankly this won't be an issue until I need another. So far I am not disappointed. Installation is easy but cleaning the shield was tricky. After I installed it and let it sit for 24hrs as per the instructions, I put the helmet on in the early morning sun in my driveway I had no fog issues. The insert did however seem kind of blurry. Turns out it was a bit dirty and this too was hard to clean. I don't remember the shield being dirty when I installed it but it was dim and in the house as opposed to bright sun out in the driveway. I also tried my best to fog it with my breath and perhaps I needed to brush my teeth. EEWWWWWW.....GROSS!
Anyway, problem solved and it was a good excuse to clean my motorcycle hat.
In a related event....
When I was a youngster my Dad and I took a motorcycle trip on his sidecar rig and we found ourselves in the middle of a Monarch butterfly swarm. We we both covered in yellow goo. I had a bit more protection in the sidehack but getting hit in the shoulder at 60mph. with a hundred Monarch butterflies is not comfortable. It was sort of a surreal experience.

2 comments:

Samsmama said...

Well, at least you wear a helmet. I posted a pic of my husband and I on his bike today and got a bunch of shit for not wearing one.

Your Monarch story is one that very few (if any) people can tell.

Surly said...

At least the bandanna will soak up the blood.