I want to corner faster but how?

[nzspokes]

I have NEVER had a pinlock visor ... and in over 40 years of motorcycling ... NEVER killed anybody (on the road) ...

Perhaps I need more rider training to change that ...


And ........... I use a clothes peg to stop the visor closing completely. AND ... I admit ... I have lost a few pegs over the years ...

You put it on ya nose?

[nzspokes]

Are you serious?

No.

10char

[FJRider]

... it's safer to fit one than risk being temporarily blinded and driving into some other vehicle you can't see.

Tell me again why ... motorcycling is NOT dangerous ...

Have you ever ridden into some other vehicle you didn't see ... ???

[FJRider]

You put it on ya nose?

Nah ... pegs aren't big enough.

I slide the open peg up the perspex from the bottom. Visor wont close ... but can get a tad cool on my nose. But ... I CAN SEE WHERE I'M GOING ... too simple for you .. ??

[nzspokes]

too simple for you .. ??

I like simple solutions. My visor just stays where its put.

[FJRider]

I like simple solutions. My visor just stays where its put.

You must be Cassina's brother ...


I am (obviously) a peg above everybody else then ...

[Big Dog]

There are few or no absolutes in riding.
I hate it when people say never.
If you are not there at the helm you may be wrong in your assesment.

I hear it all the time:
* Never brake in a corner! Well fuck me, if I listened to that little gem in the road code circa 1993 I would have had several major head ons. Because I over rode this generalistic twattitude with the common sense of better to risk a head on and or losing control than to guarantee one on finding opposing traffic on my side of a blind corner I survived at least 1 occasion this year and probably 10 - 15 times in the last 23 years. And no I was not speeding any of these times, yes there have been other times of similar number where dropping a gear and booting it was of equal saviour.

* Never put your visor up while riding! Yep, listened to that one and wrote off my bike. No, I don't listen to that one any more. I often travel at lower speeds with the visor up and sunglasses on. Do you open the windows in your car? if so do you have safety glasses on? my worst facial injury to date was from a stone through the passenger side window of a car I was driving. I have also had multiple stinging insects come in through the vent in my helmet and start flying around... you bet the visor went up smartish! Shit happens.
Pinlock with the visor down can be very dangerous in a few situations I have discovered, incuding but not limited to, glasses under the visor fogging up, sun at a bad angle, tunnels with lights, sun dappled roads. Yes, if the visor is the obstruciton to me seeing what is going on the visor goes up until it will no longer be the greatest hazard present.

* Never use the front brake while accelerating! Nope, not generaly a smart strategy but I have had to use this strategy to regain control when the throttel stuck wide on an older bike I didn't own.

You make your choices and you play the cards you are dealt.

[nzspokes]

You must be Cassina's brother ...

Oh thats harsh.

[FJRider]

There are few or no absolutes in riding.

Only ONE that matters ... RIDE TO THE CONDITIONS ...

[Big Dog]

Only ONE that matters ... RIDE TO THE CONDITIONS ...

There is an exception to every rule except this one.

[george formby]

Only ONE that matters ... RIDE TO THE CONDITIONS ...

Aaaaaagh, my fingers have been taken over by an evil demon. Just got home from work & wammo, Evil Dead in the living room and not a chainsaw in sight.

But yeah, the shouty bit in the quote is the be all and end all. Slow down so your speed matches what you can see. Or not see in some circumstances.

I like the peg idea. Been demisting my visor with my tongue for decades. It's not easy.

Just to be relevant, observation dictates the speed you can enter and exit a corner. The more you see & understand going in, the more efficient you can be coming out. Bike control, steering, braking, throttle ect enhances observation. IMHO. Just sayin.

That's me for tonight, I'm going to do some research on pegs.

[Big Dog]

Most modern visors have a mechanism to hold them at 1/2 a click. Shoei have a little lever, hjc have a clicker etc.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[nzspokes]

I am guessing the guy thinks that if you take your hand off the bar to flip the visor up will cause a loss of control only holding on with one hand for a few seconds. He would be dead now by his own admission if pin lock visors (whatever they are) were not invented when he started riding.

Wow you are a prat.

Of course I can ride one handed, how else would I text?

[george formby]

Most modern visors have a mechanism to hold them at 1/2 a click. Shoei have a little lever, hjc have a clicker etc.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

Modern? My hemlet is made of cork.

Ckuf, demon again. Cassina, not taking a hand off the bars only applies to A merckan labelled cruiser riders. See the waving thread(s). And stop being obsessed with death. You've fallen off heaps and your still posting.
Oh, if your visor fogs up how come your specs don't?

[george formby]

Wow you are a prat.

Of course I can ride one handed, how else would I text?

I can wave in a corner.

Recently acquired an open face helmet so I'm building up to eating a pie on the go.