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Anyone know if you can use monitor / glasses cleaning wipes on helmet visors?


Cheers

J

spectacle wipes .. yes, as most specs are madeout of plastic to keep the weight down.. i use them..

Posted
Anyone know if you can use monitor / glasses cleaning wipes on helmet visors?


Cheers

J

spectacle wipes .. yes, as most specs are madeout of plastic to keep the weight down.. i use them..

 

:D Thanks... will give it a try then.. visor is a bit greasy from the damp ride in this morning

Guest Mr Miller
Posted

This thread reminded me of a free visor cleaning service offered by Costa coffee!


On Sunday, on the way home from Mikey's Run, Frankie & I pulled into Wetherby services for a coffee before we went our seperate ways home.


Frankie kindly got the drinks in whilst I looked after our gear. After ringing Mrs. Miller to let her know I'd survived this far and that I'm on the final leg, I noticed that I really needed to clean the old visor - it looked like i'd taken out a few squadron's of flying enemies!


After coffee's finished and I head off to the little boy's...errrmmm....I mean, the gent's room, return to the table, get all the gear and head out to the bikes. Say goodbye & wave Frankie off, plugs in, helmet on followed by gloves, start up & head towards the exit. Big roundabout, find the right exit, speed up to safely join the A1, visor down and........Whoa boy! How clean?!? The lovely helmet cleaners must have nipped out & polished me visor when I was in the lavvy! I'm surprised Frankie didn't tell me they'd been out?!


My plain, black coffee - even with no sugar, was about £2½ but with a service like this - I'll be going back!


Just thought you'd like to know!

Posted

Wow that's the first I've heard of a visor cleaning service! I don't think I'd have the cojones in case someone took offence that I was manhandling their lid!


The science part of spectacle wipes and LCD screen wipes is that the cleaning part is something called isopropanol (Iso-Propyl Alcohol, or Propan 2-ol). It's a type of alcohol and they use it to clean screens before they leave the factory. I've got some that I use that's 99% pure (the stuff you get in the shops is a lot less than that as it's watered down with distilled water) and works brilliantly. The great thing about it is that it evaporates pretty much as soon as you wipe it on (hence a streak free finish). I don't see why you couldn't use it on a visor. I got mine from ebay, it was under a fiver for a good sized bottle of the stuff - much cheaper than buying the watered down rubbish that never lasts!


Here's a nice link to a listing on ebay I found for anyone that cares:


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IPA-ISOPROPYL-ALC ... 1|294%3A50

Posted

i think Mr Millers taking the P... i cleaned my visor, and then did his, just didn't tell him..

Guest Mr Miller
Posted

Oh, it was you was it? :( I was hoping it was that good looking, dark haired lass behind the counter.....anytime she liked she could polish my helm........nah!......too obvious, even for me! :D


Cheers for that Frankie! What did you use.... your coffee soaked napkin? :wink: More streaks than a world cup cricket match!! :mrgreen:


Only joshing! I'd be interested to know what you did use as it was a cracking cleaning job!


:cheers:

Posted
Oh, it was you was it? :( I was hoping it was that good looking, dark haired lass behind the counter.....anytime she liked she could polish my helm........nah!......too obvious, even for me! :D


Cheers for that Frankie! What did you use.... your coffee soaked napkin? :wink: More streaks than a world cup cricket match!! :mrgreen:


Only joshing! I'd be interested to know what you did use as it was a cracking cleaning job!


:cheers:

YOUR coffee, thought you'd finished it.. and a napkin... :up:

Guest Mr Miller
Posted

Well thank Christ it wasn't cleaned when you came back from the lavs!

Posted

Was going to say :shock: :shock: . I work at one of the Costa/EDC's and if there was a visor cleaning service, i'd have been first in line :P. Mine could do with a fair clean...

Posted
£2.50 for a cup of coffee :shock: How the other half lives. A plastic cleaner will clean plastic 8-)

colin, theres no butty wagons on th A1M so had to be a service station with inflated prices..

Posted
£2.50 for a cup of coffee :shock: How the other half lives. A plastic cleaner will clean plastic 8-)

 


£2.50? Its £2.99 for the biggest filtered coffee :D.


Yeah.. i just work at the place, i hate the prices.. Inflated Moto prices... If you can, seriously stay away from em. Theres normally a café two miles off the motorway if you have the time to look.

Posted
£2.50 for a cup of coffee :shock: How the other half lives. A plastic cleaner will clean plastic 8-)

 


£2.50? Its £2.99 for the biggest filtered coffee :D.

Yeah.. i just work at the place, i hate the prices.. Inflated Moto prices... If you can, seriously stay away from em. Theres normally a café two miles off the motorway if you have the time to look.

i had a medium... and i wasnt going "hunting" for a brew..

Posted

Mway on the bike :shock: £2.99 for coffee :shock:



One word.................................FLASK



And if you had a medium...........




surely she could have contacted someone who knew where to find a bacon waggon. 8-)

Guest Mr Miller
Posted
One word.................................FLASK

 

He wouldn't have been able to fit it into his tank bag......that was full of stuff in case we had to fashion an emergency repair for my holey exhaust!


I'm looking for some after-market cup holders and one of those thermal mugs for the bike!

Posted
One word.................................FLASK

 

He wouldn't have been able to fit it into his tank bag......that was full of stuff in case we had to fashion an emergency repair for my holey exhaust!


I'm looking for some after-market cup holders and one of those thermal mugs for the bike!

 

get a TMBF fleece

Posted
Will they hold a large hot drink? :wink:

no but they insulate a mug..

Guest Mr Miller
Posted

Well I walked right into that one, didn't I?


:D

Guest Mr Miller
Posted

I don't want to make it too easy for you!


:wink:

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