Emergency Visor?

[Zed]

99.9% of the time I ride with a tinted visor but they tend to be a major hindrance at night you see, not that I ride at night, but sometimes I get caught out!

Do any of you who use a tinted visor actually carry your clear visor with you on your bike 'just in case'? Maybe it's something I'll begin practising?

[Zapf]

I do.... I carry the clear one on long day rides.... usually by the time we are heading home a clear visor is a good swap.

[John]

Well I learnt my lesson the hard way, I was in auckland to see some friends and ended up leaving late, I got off the motorway at about 7:30 to fill up at orewa, I had tried riding with my helmet up unsuccessfully and I was rather stressed about the situation, I couldn't have gone anthor 2 hours to get to whangarei with my chrome visor, I was shit scared trying to figure out what to do, luckly I got a cellphone call at that time from a friend who offered a bed to me, as of now - I always take a spare visor (Well at the moment I only have one the chrome one got totaled in the crash)

You live and learn I guess.

[Skyryder]

Always use clear. Much easier to take off sunglasses than carry spare visor and change.

Skyryder

[Will]

Always use clear. Much easier to take off sunglasses than carry spare visor and change.

Skyryder

Same here.

[jimbo600]

I often carry my clear visor. Handy for when a stone fucks your tinted one too.

[Zed]

I often carry my clear visor. Handy for when a stone fucks your tinted one too.

Talking about "stones", I once bought a nice new mirrored visor and within a week it was totalled because this truck I was following sprayed up gravel which put about 20 big dots across the visor! That was the first and last mirror visor I'll ever buy.

I've already got a couple of good stone marks on my new shoei tint, it's pretty darn tough though and would take a decent size pebble to ruin it me thinks?

[stify]

Always use clear. Much easier to take off sunglasses than carry spare visor and change.

I end up staring at the reflection of me nose and sun glasses inside me visor when it gets a bit bright out there,thinking of going to tint visor instead of sunnies are they any better??,
and i always carry spare visor with fog insert for that just in case moment

[White trash]

I often carry my clear visor. Handy for when a stone fucks your tinted one too.

Shouldn't get passed by so many bikes then.........

[Skunk]

I carry a clear and tinted quite often, mainly on longer rides.

Can't do the sunglasses thing as I've got glasses already... (and the photo-chromatic (sp?) is fucked on them.)

[Yarg]

Clear visor & sun glasses. easier to carry than another visor.

[Zed]

I end up staring at the reflection of me nose and sun glasses inside me visor when it gets a bit bright out there,thinking of going to tint visor instead of sunnies are they any better??,
and i always carry spare visor with fog insert for that just in case moment

I wore sunglasses for years before deciding to try a tinted visor - I'll never revert back to sunnies again! The practicalities of a tinted visor far outweight sunglasses IMHO:

• Blocks the sun/glare across the whole visor instead of just around your eyes.
• No need to remember to take off your glasses when putting on & removing your helmet. Have you ever forgotten to take off your sunnies when putting your helmet on? It hurts your head and the glasses!
• There is always the option to replace the tinted one with clear when riding at night or in dull light. (note to myself: must remember to start taking the clear one in my bag!!)

Try out the tinted visor stifarms, you'll be pleasantly surprised. I buy the medium tinted ones and not the really dark tint. :raghead:

[the yoshie]

If I am going ride late PM or dusk always take the clear visor with me the Dark visor on the Simpson is not good after daylight.

[StoneChucker]

I wore sunglasses for years before deciding to try a tinted visor - I'll never revert back to sunnies again! The practicalities of a tinted visor far outweight sunglasses IMHO:

• Blocks the sun/glare across the whole visor instead of just around your eyes.
• No need to remember to take off your glasses when putting on & removing your helmet. Have you ever forgotten to take off your sunnies when putting your helmet on? It hurts your head and the glasses!
• There is always the option to replace the tinted one with clear when riding at night or in dull light. (note to myself: must remember to start taking the clear one in my bag!!)

Try out the tinted visor stifarms, you'll be pleasantly surprised. I buy the medium tinted ones and not the really dark tint. :raghead:

Thats just all luverly duverly, but where the feck DO you STORE a clear visor on a sports bike, if you weren't planning on carrying a backpack?

Omg Omg, I've just had a shitwave... How about you get headlight protectors that double as half of a visor? (2 lights covers' = 1 complete visor) Then you just swap them around as need be!

Seriously though, I am now riding with my clear on all the time, because the last tinted visor I bought, the tint scratched off when I was cleaning it using that harsh service station paper and water!!! So, my NEXT tinted visor will be tinted plastic, not clear plastic with a layer of shiny shit over it!

Oh, you can ride at night with some tints. While it's not ideal, the one I had provided enough visibility to make it home (Note, not set out on a trip, or make it to Auck from Invers)

[Slim]

Oxford make a visor carrier which the slimmer amongst us can wear under our jacket with the visor curve hugging the side of our waist. (I can picture this, but having problems describing it ... sorry).

On long trips, I pack the clear visor in my pack, near the top, but for to & from work, I carry a pair of clear safety glasses in my tankbag so that if I'm caught out after dark, then I can ride with the visor up & my safety classes protecting my eyes. Thanks to The Man for that suggestion.