Sunstrike

[sunhuntin]

i wear sunglasses, so that tends to help, though i think they could stand to be darker. mainly, if im riding into a setting/rising sun, i wind up squinting and just deal. i figure its just one more thing about being a biker. lol.

headlights on an open road on the other hand....

[Pixie]

reverse your helmet

[TerminalAddict]

but then it will fill with water when it rains

[merv]

Is the Grex like the Nolan, or is it a re-named Nolan?

Got ours at Sawyers before we went away on April hols and think they are associated with Nolan (cheap too!!). Can't seem to buy the N70 any more. Only hassle I have with Nolan type hats is they don't have very good ear pockets and you have to piss around getting your ears comfortable when you put them on as they are kinda of flat in the lining on the sides. In that sense I still prefer our HJC hats for the road as they have a far more comfortable interior, but for the dirt we wanted something light and airy - these things have a whole lot of extra air vents over road type helmets as well as the peak. I used to be an open face dirt biker, tried the motocross type with the chin bar but I'm not hard out enough for those and wanted to do some road work too like on adventure rides. So they would be great for commuting at not too high a speed particularly in the summer.

[Beemer]

just go to work earlyer 7.30 and leave work later or work on day light saving time, you'll miss the sunstrike.

Afraid that doesn't work! I am on contract and working in a building that has alarms - if I get there before 8am I can't get in, and if I work later than 5.30pm I have the same problem getting out!

I agree with the comments about the Nolan. Mine makes my ears hurt after about an hour - so it would be okay for the 30 minute trip to work - I don't know how I coped for two weeks when we went down south.

I don't fancy the idea of duct tape on the visor though - at $165 for my last tinted visor, I'm not in a hurry to wreck the coating!

[crashe]

I don't fancy the idea of duct tape on the visor though - at $165 for my last tinted visor, I'm not in a hurry to wreck the coating!

Once the duc tape is on ... it stays on... you never take it off EVER.

It never ruined my visor at all.
My visor only wears out when it gets scratched on the lower part that I have to look out from.. Those damned mossies scratch it when they hit it...

[merv]

I don't fancy the idea of duct tape on the visor though - at $165 for my last tinted visor, I'm not in a hurry to wreck the coating!

As I said above its no use anyway because it doesn't actually shade the visor even if its shading your eyes, whereas a peak does create the nice clear shaded band you can look through with no flares from sunstrike.

p.s. what are we doing on the computer at this hour? Well its damn wet and miserable outside and I was happy to sleep in and now getting some tasty lunch on all with the gas fire going. No sunstrike today.

[cooneyr]

The helmets are a Grex RD1 (made by Nolan it would seem). I have one too and find the ear thing a pain to but not as much as the rain at 100kph with MX helmet. The helmet comes with extra side plates (well mine did) that let you take the peak off so you get a street looking helment with a darth vader mouth peace LOL.

Linky here

http://www.grex.it/a/prod_grex.asp?c=&f=7

Cheers
R

[Swoop]

A decent pair of sunnies. I have a clear visor which gets opened up, and there are no issues at all with this setup.
On Aucklands North Western M-way, in the morning you travel straight into the rising sun. The cagers slow right down because of it . I notice that they also do not like changing lanes at this point - filterer's paradise!

[snuffles]

I used to think Oakie was normal......

On the topic of sunstrike, I pretty much ride everywhere with my eyes closed so no problems at all for me.

Actually, I got a VPS system for my Nolan N100E. Bloody Brilliant.

I concur, got the same thing works a treat

[Lou Girardin]

People put a strip of black insulation tape just above eye level so by tilting your head down you can shade your eyes.
I havent employed this method yet.... but may do as sunstrike is more likely with winter riding.

This works.

[pritch]

I don't fancy the idea of duct tape on the visor though - at $165 for my last tinted visor, I'm not in a hurry to wreck the coating!

I've mentioned this before but I use a Helmet Sunblocker

http://www.helmetsunblocker.com/#SUNBLOCKER

It ain't cheap but it isn't *that* expensive either. You can transfer it from helmet to helmet and it doesn't damage anything, (you stick it on the inside of the visor with a diswashing liquid/water mix.)

[The Pastor]

Where do u buy those helmet sunblockers?

[Biohazard]

Hmmm i've been experimenting with night riding and this appears to be a good way around the Sunstrike problem

[Kendog]

Can you get a plastic film tint, like the self tinting stuff, that is reuseable and removeable? (having trouble explaining).
Just thinking of a tinting something that you can take on and off your visor depending upon whether it is sunny or dark, that you can roll up into a thing to put in your pocket and if it gets sunny you smooth it onto your visor and if it gets dark you can peel it off, back in the pocket to reuse next time.
Anyone know of a product like that? (Anyone understand what I'm talking about) (Is there anybody out there?) LOL.
Mrs KD.