The friendly "dumb" bike questions thread

[joema]

When it's wet and cold the inside of my pinlock is fogging up? i.e not in in between the visor and the insert but the face side of it.

The helmet is an AGV and the visor wont stay open at just a fraction so have to have it open about half way which is a pain.

Is it a case of just keeping the inside clean or is it a fundamental ventilation thing. Because in slow moving traffic I can't see how to keep enough air moving to keep it ventilated.

Probably a daft question

[Dakkon]

joema said:

When it's wet and cold the inside of my pinlock is fogging up? i.e not in in between the visor and the insert but the face side of it.

The helmet is an AGV and the visor wont stay open at just a fraction so have to have it open about half way which is a pain.

Is it a case of just keeping the inside clean or is it a fundamental ventilation thing. Because in slow moving traffic I can't see how to keep enough air moving to keep it ventilated.

Probably a daft question

I have an AGV Pista, it has a two stage 'lock' on the visor, at the first click, there is a small gap which is where I have it unless it is torrential rain, does your not have this?

[pessimal]

joema said:

When it's wet and cold the inside of my pinlock is fogging up? i.e not in in between the visor and the insert but the face side of it.

The helmet is an AGV and the visor wont stay open at just a fraction so have to have it open about half way which is a pain.

Is it a case of just keeping the inside clean or is it a fundamental ventilation thing. Because in slow moving traffic I can't see how to keep enough air moving to keep it ventilated.

Probably a daft question

i get the same problems, but i'm on a scooter with a massive screen in front of me.

are you on a naked, or on something with a screen?

[joema]

I'm on a naked.

The agv has a tab on the chin piece to raise the visor by about a millimetre but it's no use unless moving. Above that it's half way.

Maybe I'll just stop breathing but I thought pinlock stopped the misting.

[pessimal]

some mornings i have taken to wearing a snood or something over my mouth which stops the inside of the pinlock misting/beading up so much

[Mr2Mike]

joema said:

When it's wet and cold the inside of my pinlock is fogging up? i.e not in in between the visor and the insert but the face side of it.

Try giving the pinlock a gentle wash and dry, as per instructions that should have come with it. They stop working well if the surface gets dirty/greasy.


Is it a standard, clear pinlock or a posh auto-darkening one? I spend about £55 on a Shoei photochromic pinlock and it has never worked properly at absorbing moisture from day one, but the standard clear one works perfectly.

[Cbull]

Thanks Crofty & Jalozi. Obviously I didn't google them enough as there's plenty out there, although non it seems with a pressure gauge and what not.

Looks like Halfords do them for £3 or grab one from Amazon. The only issue from these maybe the loss of air whilst screwing them on.

[Jazoli]

Cbull said:

The only issue from these maybe the loss of air whilst screwing them on.

Yes that's the problem with them, they are st unless you have dedicated 90 degree valves fitted to the wheel, I amazed that only Triumph fit them as standard.

[Gavia]

You’re not going to lose much pressure taking them off.

[Cbull]

Nipped to Halfords last night but they didn't have any in stock. However, I did to pick an inner tube for my push bike, fitted it and managed to burst it. The wife shat herself, it was some bang

Anyway, previously I'd questioned a knocking sound and feel under my feet and I eventually put it down to a loose chain. So last night I tightened it (probably a little too much), in doing so I realised its not the chain. There's quite a loud knocking noise and I feel the vibes in the pegs, its more prevalent at slower speeds. It's getting louder and more often too, quite embarrassing tbh. Is it wheel bearings? There's no wobbles or anything, just clicking...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9R7vrwtFLk&in...

Thanks

[Blackpuddin]

Sure it's not coming from inside the engine? Cam chain tensioner maybe?

[Cbull]

Not 100% but I'm quite positive.

[Jazoli]

Cbull said:

Nipped to Halfords last night but they didn't have any in stock. However, I did to pick an inner tube for my push bike, fitted it and managed to burst it. The wife shat herself, it was some bang

Anyway, previously I'd questioned a knocking sound and feel under my feet and I eventually put it down to a loose chain. So last night I tightened it (probably a little too much), in doing so I realised its not the chain. There's quite a loud knocking noise and I feel the vibes in the pegs, its more prevalent at slower speeds. It's getting louder and more often too, quite embarrassing tbh. Is it wheel bearings? There's no wobbles or anything, just clicking...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9R7vrwtFLk&in...

Thanks

Worn front sprocket? rear cush drive? front sprocket nut come loose? (it happens, and it sounds like it to me), you really don't want to ride it until you have found the source of the noise as if something fails it could have you off.

Edited by Jazoli on Tuesday 20th February 09:15

[naetype]

Reg Local said:

Filtering.

................

Am I thinking in the right way? Any filtering wisdom you can share with me?

Just to pass on a little nugget that I learnt a while ago...

People always tend to go where they look (you knew this of course) and when they look, or are thinking about, to change direction or lanes then they tend to wander towards the center/lane dividing marks. Indicators are often optional but this is often a good tell.

[Lee_sec]

naetype said:

Reg Local said:

Filtering.

................

Am I thinking in the right way? Any filtering wisdom you can share with me?

Just to pass on a little nugget that I learnt a while ago...

People always tend to go where they look (you knew this of course) and when they look, or are thinking about, to change direction or lanes then they tend to wander towards the center/lane dividing marks. Indicators are often optional but this is often a good tell.

have a look through the commuting thread - a few months back (might be a long way back through the thread) there was some really good filtering advice shared

[bogie]

naetype said:

Reg Local said:

Filtering.

................

Am I thinking in the right way? Any filtering wisdom you can share with me?

Just to pass on a little nugget that I learnt a while ago...

People always tend to go where they look (you knew this of course) and when they look, or are thinking about, to change direction or lanes then they tend to wander towards the center/lane dividing marks. Indicators are often optional but this is often a good tell.

Lots of tips out there

http://www.bmf.co.uk/news/show/10-tips-for-safe-mo...

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2011/july/jul2...

Keep your speed differential down. The faster you go compared to other traffic, the longer your reaction distance.

Even at lower speed your reaction time is quite a few car lengths....so even if you are alert, if any of those cars move into your path, theres nothing you will do about it other than hit them and wonder what happened. Dont kid yourself otherwise ...usually when you start to get confident and cocky, is when life will teach you a lesson. Better to error on the side of caution.

it does not matter who is at fault if you are left walking with a limp for the rest of your life.....

[xeny]

bogie said:

Keep your speed differential down. The faster you go compared to other traffic, the longer your reaction distance.

as well as giving less time for the traffic you're filtering through to see you if they are at least bothering to look.

[pessimal]

oppssy, shouldn't be doing 30 between rows of stationary traffic then!

[Cbull]

Ha you can but expect the inevitable.

Yeah I'll take off the front sprocket cover tonight and have proper listen. Saying that, I'm still convinced it's coming from the back wheel.

[tvrolet]

naetype said:

Reg Local said:

Filtering.

................

Am I thinking in the right way? Any filtering wisdom you can share with me?

Just to pass on a little nugget that I learnt a while ago...

People always tend to go where they look (you knew this of course) and when they look, or are thinking about, to change direction or lanes then they tend to wander towards the center/lane dividing marks. Indicators are often optional but this is often a good tell.

And what I don't see written anywhere as advice, is get your feet up as soon as you're moving. May seem obvious but I've seen quite a few foot-dragging filterers and they just don't have control. I often see it where folks go for tight gaps, they slow to sub-walking and drag both feet, and then they keep then down for too long. In my book if the gaps that tight you're not confident of getting through feet-up just hold back, it'll widen at some point as inevitably one lane moves faster than the other.

And really get to know the width of your bike, and more importantly where the gap-limiting wide bits are. Mine is massively wide with crash bars, bags and wide bars...but actually it gets through pretty much the same gaps as most 'normal' riders go for, since a normal 'between the lanes' gap is actually fairly wide. But learn to read the 'wide parts' of the things you're filtering through and how they match the 'wide parts' of your bike. In my case my bars/mirrors are above the height of most car mirrors, but they're pretty much dead-on the height of mirrors on SUVs/white vans. So I can go for really tight (for me) spaces between cars as only the crash bars and bags have to get through with inches to spare, it needs larger gaps with HGVs to get my bars/mirrors through as HGVs don't 'narrow off' as they get taller like cars, and I need the biggest gaps between/beside SUVs/white vans as avoiding mirrors touching means there can be quite a gap left down at my engine/bag level/their door level. Anyway, lesson is don't just look at the 'footprint' of the gaps at road level, but look at what's sticking in to it and what you have sticking out. ooh, er missus.