What are tinted visors like in the dark?

[Brayden]

How bad is it in the dark with a black visor? I know there must be some visibility reduction but how bad is it? Opinions wanted cheers!

[Reido]

Pretty bad when there arent any lights around.
and you'll be practically blind if it rains.

[PirateJafa]

Just ride with the visor up in the dark. It's far from the end of the world...

[hayd3n]

keep some safety glasses under your seat :P use them @ night much better than a tinted visor

[rapid van cleef]

ive road around 2 hours with a tinted visor in the dark. it was a nightmare on country roads. reduces your vision considerably. so i open the visor and frooze my face. eyes stop streaming after a few minutes. it was pretty miserable

[Berries]

On high speed roads with lights it is like being in a video game, especially if you have an anti-fog insert. On the downside you can't see that lump of 4x2 dead ahead.

I wouldn't do it out of choice, but the safety glasses idea sounds good if you do get caught out.

[Wannabiker]

I have a very dark tint (iridium) visor on my Shark helmet....It is like a bloody welding visor!! Can only be used on a bright sunny day...if the clouds come over, I am searching for the high beam. I would imagine at night it would be like riding with a blindfold on.

Any form of tint will reduce night time vision.

[PrincessBandit]

I don't recommend it, especially if you're in rain as well - visibility severely limited in that instance. Only done it once and don't intend to repeat the experience. Visor up is probably quite nice on a warm summer evening, apart from airborne bugs, but the winter version is Miserable with a capital M!

Katman was using his tinted visor for our Taupo-Wangas ride a few weeks back in really bad weather and during our National Park thaw-out stop he commented that he was sure the tint made him think it was several degrees colder than it actually was. (And that's saying something, cos it was blardy freezing anyway!) 'Twas early afternoon...

Keep the tinted for nice sunny days only; or buy a helmet with a built in sun visor which you can slide up and down; or do what Balu used to do - carry alternate visor in topbox/pack stored inside an old sock (for scratch protection) and change as required.

[Dodgy_Matt]

I am using an Arai with an iridium lense.. I use it day or night. the only issus I have is if its raining....
But in saying that it dose not have a pin lock system so its worse than any other lense when it fogs...

[Eyegasm]

What's your families address??

So we know where to send the condolences.

[Maha]

For me personally, a tinted visor does not give the same clarity as a clear.
....its for that reason I choose a clear visor all the time.
I have a tinted visor, but only use it if I feel like it on the day (which is not often)
Sunny's on and im good to go for the day/night.
Night falls....remove sunglasses.

I also have a pair of Bolle' safety glasses just in case...its a good idea.

[oneofsix]

What's your families address??

So we know where to send the condolences.

+1 Got caught after dark with the tinted visor on once. You think you can see well until you lift the visor and take notice of what you hadn't fully appreciated, not so much as unseen more unnoticed or not seen clearly.

[angelindisguise]

someone should ask Gremlin what its like riding back from Russell in the middle of the night 2 up and with a tinted visor - it wasnt good, thankfully we had a mate behind us that sort of helped a wee bit...

[Daffyd]

I ride with a clear visor and use sunnies under it in the bright sun. Had to cut the wings back to stop them pushing forward with the helmet.

[Banditbandit]

I ride with a clear visor and use sunnies under it in the bright sun. Had to cut the wings back to stop them pushing forward with the helmet.

Me too .. 'cept I use cheap petrol station sharkie style sunnies - don't rub on the helmet and if the scratch or break they are cheap to replace

I've ridden with people using tinted visors at night - they can't see shit ..