Old-school goggles?

**Padmei** · 11th July 2013, 16:48

i'm thinking of getting some old school goggles. Have any of you experiences or comments bout wearing them.
There are some cheapo T me ones - anyone tried them? Worth the $13.00 they want for them or should i not waste my time?

**Paulo** · 11th July 2013, 17:13

Originally Posted by Padmei

i'm thinking of getting some old school goggles. Have any of you experiences or comments bout wearing them.
There are some cheapo T me ones - anyone tried them? Worth the $13.00 they want for them or should i not waste my time?

Yep they are pretty crap to be honest (I wore some for a friends photo shoot and they were horrible), the design of them means your vision is pretty obscured by the padding and edges of the frame in between the eyes, also they wont sit flush on your face because of helmet thickness (wind get through the gaps)

If you wanted to wear goggles I'd go for something like the biltwell with a continuous lens (similar to scott motocross goggles)

If you want a retro helmet but value your teeth and chin consider the Gringo a full face vintage style helmet that seems popular with the cafe racer cool kids (looks a bit like the old Bells or the Ruby Castell at a fraction of the price)

**Road kill** · 11th July 2013, 18:37

I have a pair I paid around $80 for,thjey look super cool with the Davida Jet.

But it feels like your inside a fish tank when you wear them.

FUGIN' OARFIL !

**Kickaha** · 11th July 2013, 18:42

http://classicpartsltd.com/, spend the money and get something decent

**jellywrestler** · 11th July 2013, 21:42

Originally Posted by Kickaha

http://classicpartsltd.com/, spend the money and get something decent

there are new zealand agents for these, maybe basis in renwick??

**Voltaire** · 12th July 2013, 06:46

Is this to go with the helmet http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-612819961.htm

" Chocks away Binky, off to teach Johnny Hun a lesson wot"..... up diddly upp and down didlly down down.

**Blackbird** · 12th July 2013, 07:46

Originally Posted by Padmei

i'm thinking of getting some old school goggles. Have any of you experiences or comments bout wearing them.
There are some cheapo T me ones - anyone tried them? Worth the $13.00 they want for them or should i not waste my time?

I'm so old, goggles are what I wore as standard when I first started riding

!! If you rely on them for all conditions, they're effing terrible. They fog up and because beads of water or crap on the lenses are so close to your eye, it really obscures vision. I know goggles are supposed to be retro-chick on cafe racers and similar stuff but they're bloody terrible things for anything other than posing

**Padmei** · 13th July 2013, 08:39

Ahh all good then.
I was getting them for the poser thing but also for using on those cold days to stop my eyes watering. I had seen the halcyons & were impressed with those however was after experience with cheap & expensive ones to see if there was any difference apart from quality of parts.

as you were chaps

**awa355** · 14th July 2013, 03:46

There was a time when I wore goggles, then some buggar made a helmet with a drop down visor.

I used to ride on square wheels, then some buggar made round wheels.

Time does move on,

Usually for the better.

**Banditbandit** · 15th July 2013, 12:32

Flying goggles look good pushed up on your helmet .. The only time I have actually worn them to see through, they leak air round the edges blasting your eyes ... water follows when it rains ... they can be very hard to see out of as the restrict your periferal vision and the segments put vertical lines on the outer edges of your vision ..

I'd recomend them if you want to look cool to non-riders ... but I wouldn't recomment them for practicality ...

**granstar** · 15th July 2013, 12:45

Wore Stadiums with open face in the days there were no full face helmets (early 70's)

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They fog up, and the straps loosen, at speeds approaching 100 MPH they flew off the top of the helmet hanging on by the helmets leather strap provided at the back. They were a real pain to put down and take off when riding.
For looks yep cool, practicality ... useless.

The next stage pre- full face helmets was a plastic shield that donned on, and the wind and rain went up under them unless you wore a scarf.
Then I got one of the new full faces, basically an open helmet with a built on chin surround, still had to don on the plastic shield. I found them really claustrophobic and heavy but after kissing the tarmacadam head first and surviving, some better protection was best practice so wore it.
Thankfully these soon developed to flip up visors and better/ lighter helmets, a major step to safety and comfort as bikes got faster and more reliable allowing longer distance travel from the man cave.