I have very light sensitive eyes (all gerbils areOriginally Posted by Beemer
)and for that reason I wear a motocross helmet. Helps A LOT!!! One day I will buy myself one of those (available at Colemans):
The desert creature
I have very light sensitive eyes (all gerbils are
"People are stupid ... almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true ... they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so all are easier to fool." -- Wizard's First Rule
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The Arai XD - looks good (better in black - Motard Black or Pearl Black doesn't matter, they always look better in black...)I have very light sensitive eyes (all gerbils are
I've put the duct tape across the visor and I'll see how that works tomorrow when I ride into the rising sun (not quite as romantic as the riding into the setting sun they do in the movies. In fact, quite fittingly, it's quite the opposite.)
Motorbike Camping for the win!
Still Ridin'
The duct tape worked a treat. I had my visor up and the sun was streaming into my eyes, I dropped the visor into position and "bye-bye glare". No impairment to visibility through packed streets with lots of corners and intersections. Wish I'd known about that trick (or thought of it myself) ages back.
It's not an elegant solution, but it's a working one. All told it was quick, simple and required nothing that I did not already have to hand. It'll certainly suffice until I can locate and purchase a suitable "adventure helmet".
I'm not worried that it might "look funny" to others - I must have looked even funnier last night, standing in front of the mirror with my helmet on and drawing lines on the visor with a Vivid marker!
Motorbike Camping for the win!
Still Ridin'
Went on a 148km ride yesterday over hilly winding terrain where you can round a corner and find yourself looking directly into the sun pretty-near any time of the day - prime territory for sudden sun strike. In addition to the duct tape on the visor I was wearing sunglasses (cheap $2-Shop ones worn, in my case, in front of my prescription glasses).
Had no problem with glare or sunstrike all day and suffered no impairment to my visibility in some fairly gnarly terrain where good visibility is crucial.
I certainly noticed the sun when I lifted the visor to take pictures and it was always a relief to close the visor down and get some shade on my eyes.
Motorbike Camping for the win!
Still Ridin'
I brought up the sunstrike issue on the XT225 foruma and one of the riders came up with this link:
http://www.super-visor.com/
It fits onto the helmet's visor (using spacers if necessary to get the height right) and acts a s a sun shield. Apparently the venting in it allows wind to be funnelled up over the top of the helmet and reduce buffeting and helmet noise.
Motorbike Camping for the win!
bardcore hiker
wouldn't that make it look like you had a mono brow?
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The duct tape is on my helmet all th time and whe I went on a long ride I was wearing sunglasses in front of my prescription glasses. No one got close enough to see how much of a dick I looked and if they had...
...so long as I wasn't blinded by the sun to the point of having an accident, who cares how it looked?
Motorbike Camping for the win!
bardcore hiker
its supposed to be a joke-i know it was the helmet visor that you put the tape on! doh
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Oh, didn't realise you were referring to putting the tape on the face. Yep, that'd look like a monobrow all right.its supposed to be a joke-i know it was the helmet visor that you put the tape on! doh
Take it off and you'd have no brows...
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Which opens up a whole new line of debate... Brazilian by duct tape...
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Trust the Christians to lower the tone of the thread!
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no more pies
That implies the marriage bed is not holy?! LOL
Everyone is here for a purpose. Mine is partly paradigm shifter
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Has anyone actually seen these visors & if so, do they work?
Still Ridin'
According to Kathy on the XT225 forum, they can be installed permanently or with clips to allow removal. She installed hers with the clips, found it great going into the sun and no noticeable lift at higher speeds thanks to the venting.
Don't know if they're locally available or whether you'd have to order from overseas.
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