I tried the road one commuting to and from work for a few days (my commutes were quite spirited back then) (
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While riding I could find the limits in the head up/down and it was fine, you'd have to be scaling mount Everest or playing with yourself to need any extra up-down movement so that was really good.
The worst bit was while trying to headcheck, looking back over my shoulder my helmet (HJC carbon at the time) would connect with it. On the road, this might be acceptable if you have good mirrors and trust them (you can then start arguing that doing this will only lead to an occasion of needing a neck brace if you want) I imagine if you were more upright (I was on a 2004 r6 at the time) and had biiiig mirrors on your tourer or upright bike then you'd probably be ok, and probably able to rotate your head enough to see behind you. Otherwise the limitation was in my opinion a hazard.
So on the race track because you don't have mirrors this could be quite a limitation if you want to see what's behind you. Even entering the track you wouldn't be able to see over your shoulder.
A few racers I spoke with said it stopped them from getting low enough on the tank too.
The new version looks a lot lower profile, maybe it's better?
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