Goodbye tinted visor

[Will the ninja]

Was going along SH1 from Welly back home, battling crazy winds tonight on my 250 and then BAM! a freak gust lifts my head and my visor unlatches on one side!

I keep my focus on the road and try to ignore it but know that its gonna get worse. Maybe if I stay in the same lane and keep my head down I'll get home fine.. try not to panic!

But shit I'm in the wrong lane! Habit catches up to me and I turn my head to switch lanes and SNAP! There goes my visor. Ooh wow there's heaps of daylight left.. but shit it's noisy. And my eyes! Crap why are all these tears streaming?! Oh god what if my visor smashed into someones car?? Oh shit.. shit.. don't turn your head.. don't!

I turn my head and the wind almost takes my head off. OUCH! Oh shit.. WTF?! Why am I going 140k's?? Oh shit. Then I speed off home, sit at the kitchen bench and text my girlfriend. End of story.

[EJK]

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[Milts]

Riding without a visor is a right bitch...

Next time, just pull over and put it back on. Usually plenty of space on the shoulder of the motorway, although trucks are fucking scary.

[hellokitty]

:eek: doesn't sound like much fun to me....... I wonder how people with open face helmets cope? Wouldn't you bugs and shit in your face?

[p.dath]

Riding without a visor in good weather is great, but not when the weather is shitty. What a bummer!

[crazyhorse]

At least you made it home safe - would be abit scarey for sure.... but in motorcycling, anything can happen :)

[Bender]

:eek: doesn't sound like much fun to me....... I wonder how people with open face helmets cope? Wouldn't you bugs and shit in your face?


There's nothing quite like getting a bumble bee in the eye at 60 or 70 kph. I know this from the days before there were such fangled things as full face helmets.

[nutjob]

:eek: doesn't sound like much fun to me....... I wonder how people with open face helmets cope? Wouldn't you bugs and shit in your face?


They are great in summer, but in Jan of this year I got slammed by a bumble bee, it splattered on the bridge of my nose above my glasses and then in it's final act managed to sting me. I am allergic to bee stings so by the time I got home my face was the size of a watermelon and I could hardly see :(

[carver]

I used to see how fast i could get the GSXR with a open face on.
it strangles you in the end!

[Headbanger]

pussies


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[sunhuntin]

:eek: doesn't sound like much fun to me....... I wonder how people with open face helmets cope? Wouldn't you bugs and shit in your face?

i love my open facer and use it 99% of the time. last time i used a full face was when i hit the paraparas at 5am in july... thought it would be warmer. didnt work as the visor kept fogging up on the inside, so i rode with it up. lol. good thing it wasnt summer as i had no glasses underneath. bugs could have been an issue.

the bugs and stuff dont hurt as much as youd think. hail and rain is a different story. lol.

[Maha]

Just shut ya eyes, works for me.

[hellokitty]

I just have my visor open a little bit in summer, don't like the bugs in my eyes and my eyes water anyway. I had to pull over to pick a huuuuuge bug out of my husband's eye = gross! and painful!
Open face helmets scare me = I already smashed my face in a car accident once - don't want to do it on a bike, but I can imagine it must feel nicer wearing an open face helmet.

[pritch]

I have a cheap hat I wear sans visor on the moped in the summer. Always with eye protection though.

[maggot]

Been there, done that, hated it. Same kinda situation too! Visor came loose, headcheck on the motorway, bye bye visor..

Pulled over and chucked my sunnies on til I could get to the nearest shop, but not a fun lesson to learn!

[awayatc]

..... and shit in your face?

why would you shit in your face......?:facepalm:

[gale_wolf]

There's nothing quite like getting a bumble bee in the eye at 60 or 70 kph.
I haven't had a bug in the eye at speed but I did have a bee manage to get through the gap with my visor at its lowest point without being fully closed. I saw a flash of yellow and black then the bugger was inside my helmet. The little bastard buzzed around for half a second then stung me right between the eyes. I was at low speed so pulled over safely, removed the helmet and the bee. Got home and used an ice pack for the swelling. Luckily I'm not allergic to bee stings but right between the eyes was bloody painful and puffed up uncomfortably for a while.

[BuzzardNZ]

There's nothing quite like getting a bumble bee in the eye at 60 or 70 kph. I know this from the days before there were such fangled things as full face helmets.

lol, this also happened to me. When I got home, I had to fish around my eyeball removing the bastards legs from me eye :facepalm:

[Banditbandit]

Yeah .. the biggest thing is EYE PROTECTION .. insects, water, dust and dirt can all get in your eyes ... potentially causing an accidernt ...

I always ride with shades .. then I can open my visor as little or as much as I want ... tho' over about 140 the wind on a fully open visor the pressure pulls your head backwards ...

Don't replace the missing visor with another tinted one .. get a clear visor and ride in shades ... then if it's dark you can take the shades off ... much harder to take off a trinted visor when it gets dark ... and if you try it's harder to see and if anything hits you in the eye you're stuffed ...

[Will the ninja]

I do miss my tinted visor.. it makes me more mysterious on my bike. But for now the clear one will do. I've heard good things about the dual visors and the guy who parks next to me has the Illuminating Shark Helmet which has it. It looks pretty cool.

Every time I go along that stretch of highway I always sigh. I used to polish that visor every couple of days at work when I got bored. SIGH..

[BigOne]

I would never go back to an open face helmet.
The two or three major falls I've ever had, every time the lower front part of my helmet has been road-rashed. Scary if there was no cover there.........

[sunhuntin]

I would never go back to an open face helmet.
The two or three major falls I've ever had, every time the lower front part of my helmet has been road-rashed. Scary if there was no cover there.........

personally, i think the brain knows how to protect you. ive wrecked once in an open facer and my helmet didnt have a single mark on it from the crash. "i" had no control over my body while crashing, except deciding to jump over the car when i hit, but i think my brain did and took over, if that makes sense? like, it knew where the vulnerable parts were and reacted. a closed face doesnt feel so at risk, so it gets ignored somewhat. others will speak to the contrary, which is all good... everyone has their opinion, but i have no other explanation as to why i came away with very little damage. i was riding in a singlet, cownboy boots and jeans. no gloves. my upper body was fine... a tiny nick on my thumb. my legs copped it the most and they were the most covered.
im the same with illness and injury. drs and pills can get stuffed... humans survived for thousands of years without panadol and neurofen. i just let nature take her course. :sunny: