Subscribing, I need something as well.

 

I use to switch out with glasses. I now have the HD goggles with transitional lenses, for the most part they work great in rain. When I hit some really bad rain, I have clears I put on. In the cooler weather, you will find the goggles fog up pretty quick. Other than that I like em.

 

That was my experience, the fog. Traffic was almost a deathtrap.

 

That ain't gonna cut it. Yours have good venting, Gold?

 

I only have problems with fogging in temps in the 50s, and only when first gearing up once I get rolling never had an issue with fogging while riding.

 

The glasses I use didn't fog up in the rain, but just couldn't see from all the rain on them.

 

I typically wear a 3/4 helmet with a visor. At night I just take off my sunglasses. Lately since getting a windshield I take the visor off my helmet. Been pondering a half shell lately.

Last year when I road the Blue Ridge parkway rain was an issue. My buddy road with goggles and a half shell. He hated it as he couldn't see anything. My visor was a savior

 

I use the 3/4 helmet with a visor for rain, even with the windshield and fairing. The visor helps to keep the rain off my specs.

 

I have rode in downpours, where the rain was pounding my eyes, to the point they were burning. Light rain for a short time is one thing, but all day in a fairly heavy rain I definitely need something.

 

Every try glasses that have the foam fit around your eyes? Thats what I had before goggles, worked good in a day ride in the rain.

 

Coming home from C-II last year, after kd and I split up, I ran into the worst rain situation I've ever ridden through. Traffic on the slab was slowing to 45 and some cages were pulling over. I was glad I was wearing my 3/4 helmet with a clear full visor. I was also wearing cheap clear safety glasses behind the visor. That combination enabled me to keep going. I had also treated the visor and my windshield with Rain-X for plastic (different from the regular stuff) before the trip. I probably should have pulled over, but I didn't want to chance becoming a sitting duck on the shoulder.

I normally wear the 3/4 helmet without the visor on the highway -- just the windshield and glasses, but when I'm anticipating rain, I snap on the clear visor. It has detents to hold different angles to help control air flow to help with rain and road spray.

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I normally wear the 3/4 helmet without the visor on the highway -- just the windshield and glasses, but when I'm anticipating rain, I snap on the clear visor. It has detents to hold different angles to help control air flow to help with rain and road spray.

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Good point Dave, I did fail to point out, with the googles and the glasses I use to wear, when I've gotten rained on, I did not have a helmet on. I don't know if that makes a difference, so far I have not ridden in a downpour in my helmet, last year was the first year I rode with one.

 

Check out the Scott 83X Safari Face Mask Goggle. I've used these before I bought my 3/4 helmet. It works really well in the rain.

 

Ski / snowboard goggles work well. They are well vented.

There is also an anti fog product available anywhere they sell ski/snowboard gear that you run on your lenses. It works well.

 

I use ski googles too when it rains hard and it does a great job. The ones I have are tinted too so they tend to brighten your view of what would normally be a dark a cloudy one. When it is not raining all that hard I just snap in the foam inserts into my wrap around sunglasses.

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I also have the helmet with the pull down shield. During dusk and into night and rain I have been using the glasses with the yellow lenses. Find they brighten up everything, then if rain gets heavy, pull down shield.

 

In addition to all of the wind/rain deflection devices I have mounted on the bike itself, I've tried several types of goggles for rain. So far the most efficient are the cheap safety goggles from the home improvement stores. The old fashioned style clear plastic, flat lens, little holes for vents around the outside. I had to put thicker elastic strap on them, but they work ok, and my glasses fit under them.
Dorkey as hell, but I can see in the rain.

Lab Protection Goggles Eye Protective Safety Transparent Glasses Anti Fog Clear | eBay

 

Thanks for the replies, men. I may try the Scott goggles and add the Darth Vader thingy if needed. I run a short windshield on my SG, usually the 7" with my super lowered oem seat, unless I'm on a long run and have my lowered Sundowner on and then I'll run my 8".

 

I use Googles too and I use Rain-X on them. The rain rolls off the lens.

That being said the rain x might not ne good for the lens but the riding googles I have only cost $10 so if I ever notice something going bad on the lens I can afford another $10 for new ones.

 

I ordered a Scott Recoil xi Motocross goggle. Will see how this works.

 

I'd be real interested in how they do in cold weather, that seems to be the biggest problem for me. Do they have transitional lenses?

 

No. These are just clear Lexan with anti-fog treatment.

 

When I lived in FL I used to stuck riding in the rain a lot.
I wear eyglasses and tried dirt bike goggles and expensive "Riding glasses" w\ the foam.
Didn't work very well.
What worked best for me was switching to the full face when it started to rain.
Keeping the shield pretty well cracked open kept my eyeglasses from fogging.
I usually don't like a full face, but it did keep the rain from stinging my face and along with rain gear kept me a lot drier and more comfortable...

 

Most of the times I have been caught in the rain I have not had the opportunity to change helmets or glasses. The worst is when the contacts start floating.
You get stuck in the rain with what you have on.
When that happens, I find only two things that have helped me:
1) there is a sweet spot behind the windshield that the rain that gets through is minimum.
2) the visor on the helmet (I mean the little 1 1/2 inch piece that snaps onto the front of the helmet) When you hold your head at the best angle this helps put the rain water in front of your face rather than in your face.

That's about all I know to do when caught in the rain.
As far as goggles go, I find if the glasses are too tight to allow air behind them, they fog quickly regardless of the air temp.

 

I found something I wanted to share, I bought some goggles over the weekend, and they worked great. No water in my eyes, pretty comfortable, didn't fog up like I was expecting, and the price was right. They fit pretty well with my helmet as well.

I'm gonna hit them with some Rain X, and should be good to go.

Harley-Davidson Men's Performance Liberty Eyewear BLK/Clear Lens HDSZ710BLK-22 at Amazon Men’s Clothing store:

 

I just got overpriced HD glasses with the removable goggle foam and transition lenses. They work pretty good.