Run a thin 'finger-line' bead of Vaseline across the middle/top edge of the windshield but leave 1/2 an inch or so clear/untouched on either edge. :thumbup:
The water will still slide up the windshield, but if your bead is sufficiently thick (not wide tho!) it'll be stopped by the bead and run out towards the edge of the screen, where it'll run off the edge & hopefully blow backwards & out instead of into your face!
hyea:
Great idea. I'll have to try that. Hopefully it won't just miss me and hit my passenger in her face.
This Vaseline on the screen thing has worked quite well for me a number of times when I've been caught by an unexpected weather change. It's quick & easy to apply; it usually works pretty well no matter how heavy the rain, & if at first it doesn't work, I've just added a bit more height to the 'lip' until it
does work! :thumbup:
The only drawbacks I've encountered are that when you're on a trip somewhere & you get caught in the rain today, but then it clears up tomorrow, you're left with this sticky ridge of Vaseline across the top of the screen, collecting dust & bugs etc, and if it gets hot enough (as it often does here!
) it'll start melting and running down & out to the sides of the screen as you ride along, leaving an interesting pattern of 'spider web-like' snail trails across your windscreen that you
REALLY don't want to try to 'polish' off!! :lecturef_smilie: But I have been asked how I'd done the fantastic 'web-like' etching on the screen; even been offered money to do the same on other's bikes cos it looked so great! It
was fresh then tho, hadn't yet had time to get too dirty & sticky!
Rubbing the now dirty & dusty Vaseline with a cloth (wet or dry!
) is a recipe for needing to replace the screen, cos the dirt/dust/bugs collected in the Vaseline convert it to a really efficient grinding paste, but
definitely NOT a polishing paste!! :gaah:
Ideally, to get it off cleanly without scratching your windscreen, you need to use ample quantities of very hot water poured over it until it all melts away. Only don't stop when it's only been washed off the screen itself, you hafta wash it
all the way off the bike, off the tupperware below the screen, off the dash cowl, and off anywhere the hot water carrying the dissolved Vaseline runs as it washes off your bike! :lecturef_smilie:
But it
IS a quick & easy solution to apply when/if you get caught out on a ryde when it starts raining and the run-off starts flying off the top of the screen into your face! And it's not really all that hard to clean off properly, you just need to remember
NOT to try to wipe it off, but rather to just wash it off with a large jug or three of hot water!
hyea:
