What are tinted visors like in the dark?

[gijoe1313]

The amount of times Gremlin and I have ridden at night ... and he has only his day tinted visor on ... amazing the guy hasn't crashed! My caberg has a flip down internal visor and when I flicked that down at night once to see what it was like ... gah! Couldn't imagine what it must be like when its heavily raining at night!

Try to avoid this scenario people!

[F5 Dave]

If you are a fine weather sunday afternoon biker (like me these days) then the dark visors are brilliant (maybe bad choice of word). Sunglasses are all very well, but in a bad accident your face is going to be smacked with a helmet which is going to move a little. Just bear some thought of anything that is worn on the inside & what sort of damage it might impart. Of course this is true of prescription glasses as well.

Take a spare visor if going further afield.

[bogan]

I have seen reactive inserts advertised in the past, but when it came time to try one for my new lid I couldn't remember where I had seen it.

Think next time I'll get some autotinting glasses anyway. Then just run a clear visor... wonder if non-bung-eyed people could just get some cheap autotinting glasses and roll with those?

[Maha]

I'll often carry spare visors with me, just have to make sure it's for the right helmet

Yip, find and old sock to keep it in (i use a bit of cheese cloth if I take an extra visor) works a treat and saves the thing from getting scratched.

[willytheekid]

Tinted visor @ night is a bad idea full stop!

I own a clear and a dark tinted visor for the AGV, carry one in the tank bag at all times and just alternate between the two
Great to have a dark tint on really sunny days as it takes the strain of the eyes, and when it gets dark...just swap em over.

[Maha]

The amount of times Gremlin and I have ridden at night ... and he has only his day tinted visor on ... amazing the guy hasn't crashed! My caberg has a flip down internal visor and when I flicked that down at night once to see what it was like ... gah! Couldn't imagine what it must be like when its heavily raining at night!

Try to avoid this scenario people!

My first night ride happened because we were an hour from home and the sky turned nasty real quick...it was about 5-5:30?..I had a tinted visor. It was also my first decent ride with Anne as pillion...It started to rain quite heavily.
What to do?....we swapped helmets, Anne had a clear visor. That was the only pleaseing bit about the end of a very long day.
Almost dropped the Triumph getting out of Whangarei Maccas....

[Brayden]

To be honest I just liked the idea of a tinted visor because they looked cool

Judging by the comments they are an absolute bitch in the dark, however buying a tinted visor and just swapping em over sounds like a good idea. How much for a tinted visor these days?

[Maha]

To be honest I just liked the idea of a tinted visor because they looked cool

Judging by the comments they are an absolute bitch in the dark, however buying a tinted visor and just swapping em over sounds like a good idea. How much for a tinted visor these days?

Tinted visor = $49 for my KBC helmet.

[Dodgy_Matt]

To be honest I just liked the idea of a tinted visor because they looked cool

Judging by the comments they are an absolute bitch in the dark, however buying a tinted visor and just swapping em over sounds like a good idea. How much for a tinted visor these days?

About $200 for my Arai

[slofox]

Not so very long ago, I had to ride from d'Auckland to The Tron. At night. In the pissing rain and howling wind. With only a dark tinted visor on the helmet (Arai). (Some dork forgot it would be dark on the return journey...dunno who )

"Oh well" I thinks to meself, "I'll just ride with the visor open!"

Ha fucking ha. I gotta wear glasses, eh. Tried the visor open and the rain (did I mention it was pissing down?) totally obliterated all vision through said specs within seconds.

So I had no option but to close the visor. After all, fuck all vision seemed better than none at all at the time.

What I discovered was that after a couple of minutes with the visor closed, my night vision (what's left of it) kicked in and I could see more than I expected. Enough to make me feel reasonably confident that I would complete the journey without riding into the Waikato river at some stage...

I did have to keep the speed down a bit though - just to stay within the bounds of what vision I had. Can't say it was any worse on the open road than in the towns. Overall, it was less scary than I had expected.

These days, I try to remember that a clear visor is better in the dark than the dark smoke job...

[no_8wire]

I frequently ride at night with a tinted visor...You get used to it to be fair, admittedly the visor does limit some of your visibility (given the whole point of it is to limit the amount of light getting through)but on the whole is fine for occasional rides at night.

If I was going on a ride longer than an hour, or on unfamiliar roads, I would be more comfortable with the clear visor, but other than that a tinted visor at night has done me no harm thus far.

[rapid van cleef]

You can also buy visor inserts that stick to the inside of the visor. I used to have one on my old KBC helmet that was mounted behind a pinlock type thing. worked fine. if i was out in the dark and couldnt see. pull over, and peel it off and put it in my bag, no worries. it doesnt look as slick as a full on coloured / tinted visor but way way cheaper.

[gijoe1313]

TOTO rides with an Oxford bum bag, which has a compartment especially for another visor, I've seen him whip it out and swap over his visors when the lighting conditions changed.

http://www.acsuzuki.co.nz/products/5...ts_lifeti.aspx

[rapid van cleef]

e got one of those. very handy and was not too bad when i had my first bike a gsxf600. but on a zx10, its a pain in the arse. i have to spin it round the back, so i just use my tank bag to keep my visor other in.. although i think i will guive the bum bag another go, as it has a handy pouch for wallet and cell etc.

[CRF119]

I get caught in the dark with mine quite often, It all depends how good your lights on your bike are.

It helps your riding skills to. You can still ride at the given speed limits pretty easily.

Mr police man wont like it much tho so don't get caught i am sure there is some rule against it.

Riding with the visor up isn't an option, 100kmh bug in the eye hurts and there are a lot of bugs in the summer.