What a tw*t!

[blue_painted]

Not the Rainpal bloke -- but me.

A while a go I bought a pinlock insert for my visor, my first one, on recommendation from BCF amongst others, and it seemed good ... albeit a bit foggy. But that was a small price to pay for being able to breathe. So I thought.

Wrong.

Wrong wrong wrong.

Today I finally peeled the anti-scratch plastic film off the inside ... and now the road ahead really is clear.
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GP-100 -> CB250RS -> CBX550F2 (pause) KR1S -> RD350YPVS -> ZX6-R (pause) CD200 ->Mash 400 -> T100 (current) & (R1100RT scrapped pile o' shite) (CB250 Nighthawk - SORN in shed) Meteor 350 (current)

[M.C]

I've had lots of those moments unfortunately, like only realising during my second summer that the liner in my jacket was removable, or that the lens on my helmet cam' rotated so every video didn't need to be lopsided (even after someone told me so).

Or that pressing the indicator stalk cancelled your indicators, and you didn't need to fiddle about with it... in my defense the indicators weren't working when I got my 125 so it was very stiff, which's why I thought it didn't work

[ThatDippyTwat]

[myvision]

Did the same with my first pin lock I thought it was supposed to have a yellow tint.
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VFR800FI, YZF600R Thundercat and FZS 1000

[CaNsA]

[Dave70]

No wonder motorcycle KSI statistics are so bloody high.

You're all idiots.
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There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk.

2012: R125 killed by white van. 2016 R125 killed by 30,000 miles of redline. Current: 2016 Kawasaki ER6f.

[kerr]

I did the exact same thing, as the last pinlock ready helmet came with no film on it.
Was going to take it back to the shop and ask why they gave me a tinted yellow insert, up until a pal pointed out the corner was peeling
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aprilia 125 Af1 Futura >> Suzuki gsxr 600 srad >> J1 zx6r >> cbr 600rr >> Speed Triple

[pompousporcup...]

There needs to be poll

I did it too.

[recman]

Ok, not bike related but a similar thing.
My first washing machine used to jump around the kitchen on the spin cycle until I realised I'd not removed the transit bar.

I've never not removed the protective film on a pinlock though, that's just fuckin stupid.

[Dalemac]

[Landy10]

Still get that moment of panic when the bike wont start and you realise you knocked off the kill switch

[pepperami]

[grr666]

Wifes 17 year old brother still hasn't fitted his, despite my careful explanation that it isn't a spare visor which is
what his dad said it 'must be' after a quick disinterested look, and that once fitted he won't steam up nearly as much.
You can lead a horse to water...
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[stinkwheel]

I've still never got one to work properly for more than a single trip.

First one fitted by the shop lasted an hour. It still steamed up and made the light glare from the oncoming traffic worse than without it so it got hoyed over my shoulder in a tear-off style at 100mph on the A1M.

Fitted one to my current visor and it buckled in one corner when I left the helmet out in the sunlight (in Wales in February). Removed it and packed it away in a map.

Tried to refit it recently having flattened out the buckle with a hairdrier but there's still simply no way it will fit without fouling on one of the visor seals somewhere when you move the visor. It either stops the visor closing properly or catches and rubs against a seal when you raise it.

Getting the seal to make contact with the visor all the way round is also a near impossability on my Aeroh lid then if you do it catches the helmet seal and moves. Yes it's a very concave visor in a very compact helmet but if they can't make one that fits, they shouldn't sell it.

The only way I can see of getting it to work with my lid would be to fit it and never open the visor again. This would be fine if they actually didn't steam up but they do, to the extent you can't see.

I still look forwards to the day when someone makes a laminate glass visor with a heating element.
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Dave70]

I've used them on my previous lid (Caberg) without issue.

On my current lid (Shark) there's a small section at the bottom that doesn't seal fully. It only mists a tiny bit around that part and doesn't affect my vision at all as it's not in the way .

I certainly find them much, much more useful than not having one fitted.
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There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk.

2012: R125 killed by white van. 2016 R125 killed by 30,000 miles of redline. Current: 2016 Kawasaki ER6f.

[recman]

[stinkwheel]

[Landy10]

I got the agv one for agv helmets. fit and forget basically, been in there two years never an issue.

Got myself an agv gt veloce helmet this summer and havent found a need for insert yet as ventilation is amazing

[SophR so good]

Do you guys know that if theyre not sealing properly you can adjust the pin tension so that it lies flat? It barely steams up at all then. It's part of the point of the design, although it is in the same instructions that tell you to remove the film....
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[stinkwheel]

Yeah. It's ok, we've already established before that I'm a retard and it's because I'm not fitting the thing to inside of the visor properly that the insert steams up on the surface closest to my face to the point I can't see through it.

Or that I have the wrong helmet. Or I'm breathing too much. Or my expectations of having bought something that says it stops my visor steaming up are too high and of course it'll steam up.

Or that... Well, I don't know, but it's my fault somehow.

Yes they're better in most circumstances than the visor itself (I'd argue they are worse in the dark and rain with oncoming traffic) but they are a very long way from a panacea and I still have to either hold my breath or open the visor when I'm stopped or in slow traffic.

I call emperors new clothes on the whole idea.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Kaya75]

[Dalemac]

If you all had rainpal you wouldn't have this issue, as it prevents the visor from steaming up.
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YBR125 -> GPZ500S -> SL1000

[ThatDippyTwat]

I still use toothpaste to polish inside of my visor. May not work as well as a pinlock (reapply every couple of weeks), but it's available (no pinlocks for my lid) and it's a metric fuckton cheaper.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[Serendipity]

Thread reminded me to re-assemble my Pinlock. I got soaked on the way home last night so stripped down the helmet for a clean and dry.

I have a Shoei Neotec and had a XR1000 before that. Both came with Pinlock in the box and made me a convert. With a bit of adjustment and maintenance they should last the lifetime of the helmet. Perfect for year round riding. I encourage all doubters to persist because when fitted correctly they just work. It's like magic. I can hardly believe I made it though nearly 15 years of riding before trying one.

Most folk have done the kill switch thing before. My best effort was leaning across to adjust my right mirror with my left hand while hammering down a dual carriageway. Must have flicked the switch with the cuff of my glove and BOOM, lost all power. Pulled over thinking I'd seized the engine. D'oh!
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2007 CBF1000-ABS - Commuter heaven | 1994 CBR600FR - Awaiting defibrillation

[Doink]

Can't say i've had an issue with my pinlock.

I put the pins in the visor, placed the insert against them and popped it back in place towards the visor and it's fitted perfectly ever since.

Didn't even read the instructions.