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    sunglasses versus full facial helmets

    A silly little question
    What the do's and don't for buying sunglasses to wear will full facial helmets??
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    DON'T

    Buy a tinted visor instead!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerman
    A silly little question
    What the do's and don't for buying sunglasses to wear will full facial helmets??
    I presume you mean "full face" helmets (otherwise the mind boggles!!)

    Dos
    Always put your helmet on first, and take if off last (happiness involves correct sequencing).
    Try before you buy. The temples on sunglasses differ in both length and angle of attack. If you get this wrong the pressure of your helmet against the temples will push your sunnies off your nose and face. If the temples are too long they will push back into your helmet's lining.

    Don'ts
    Wear them at night (as opposed to the words of the song)
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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerman
    A silly little question
    What the do's and don't for buying sunglasses to wear will full facial helmets??
    I wear my sunglasses (driving glasses actually) during the day, especially on sunny mornings & evenings to work & back home because of the sun strike. One of my helmets has a tinted visor so I have no need for sunglasses when I'm wearing that. Apart from protection from the glare of the sun, they are also good for riding with your visor up and protecting your eyes from the wind, bugs, etc.

    Btw, just make sure that you put your sunglasses on AFTER your helmet is on your head and not before! A mistake that I have made in the past.


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    If you bin it there is a chance you could get glass in your eyes, whereas much less chance of your visor smashing into little bits.

    I suppose a visor could break with potential for a shard to enter your eye but never heard of it happening. I have a tinted visor, but have to be careful so as not riding at night with it on.
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    Use sun-glasses as well as visor, most visors get scratched pretty quick and riding into the sun your better off with sun-glasses imho
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    Disagree entirely. By having two layers you can completely fuck the optics of visor. Having glasses on provides something else to get in the way of you field of vision, it is something else to distract you, they can fog up worse than visors can, you have FOUR surfaces to worry about being clean - etc etc etc.

    Having ridden with both glasses (vision) and with a tinted visor - once you have the visor you will never look back. You get a clear one with your helmet purchase - so you shouldn't have a problem riding at night (just store it under your seat if you are worried).

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    Quote Originally Posted by wkid_one
    You get a clear one with your helmet purchase - so you shouldn't have a problem riding at night (just store it under your seat if you are worried).
    Not enough room under my seat unfortunately.
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    Yes but Deano - we all know you are a fair weather rider only riding if it is fine, dry and sunny!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by wkid_one
    Disagree entirely. By having two layers you can completely fuck the optics of visor. Having glasses on provides something else to get in the way of you field of vision, it is something else to distract you, they can fog up worse than visors can, you have FOUR surfaces to worry about being clean - etc etc etc.

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    Well, sorry wkid_one, but I will disagree with you this time. Keeping both your glasses and visor clean is very important bt visors do tend to scratch up more than glasses. This causes bad *staring* when you get sun strike and it is easier to rely on your sunnies to get a clearer picture of whats happening.If your sunnies are going to fog up there is an equal chance your visor will to, same remedy for both.
    Yellow tinted sunnies are the best have used, get rid of the glare with out cutting out to much light.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mongoose
    Well, sorry wkid_one, but I will disagree with you this time. Keeping both your glasses and visor clean is very important bt visors do tend to scratch up more than glasses.
    Ummm - you talking presciption glasses or sunnies here - as this is about sunnies. I think you will find that people are less careful with sunnies than visors - and that sun glass lenses scratch just as easily as visors. I disagree entirely with the comment visors scratch up more than glasses.....it depends on the user.

    Starring is only ann issue at night too by the way - when you would neither be wearing sunnies or tinted visors - sort it out

    Best visor I had was a yellow iridum visor - worked a treat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wkid_one
    Disagree entirely. By having two layers you can completely fuck the optics of visor. Having glasses on provides something else to get in the way of you field of vision, it is something else to distract you, they can fog up worse than visors can, you have FOUR surfaces to worry about being clean - etc etc etc.

    Having ridden with both glasses (vision) and with a tinted visor - once you have the visor you will never look back. You get a clear one with your helmet purchase - so you shouldn't have a problem riding at night (just store it under your seat if you are worried).
    Disagree with your disagree entirely, if visibility is a problem lift the visor (sun-strike, fogging) and use a pale tint or clear visor that way when it gets dark you can whip off the 'glasses and still see, I too don't have space under my Sporty seat for frivolities like a second visor (and I'd forget to put it back anyway.)

    And the reason that most 'bike riders use "wraps" is they give better peripheral vision, not JUST because they are cool (well maybe some buy them for the "cool" factor and don't give a rats-arse about vision etc)
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    I went through a few pairs of bent and broken sunglasses due to absent-mindedly failing to follow helmet removal/application precedence rules, after which I went out and bought a tinted visor for my Shoei. $80 at Motomail.

    Since the visor-swap procedure takes 10 seconds I just carry whichever one I'm not using in my bungee bag and swap them when the sun goes down or comes up. Sorted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom
    I went through a few pairs of bent and broken sunglasses due to absent-mindedly failing to follow helmet removal/application precedence rules, after which I went out and bought a tinted visor for my Shoei. $80 at Motomail.

    Since the visor-swap procedure takes 10 seconds I just carry whichever one I'm not using in my bungee bag and swap them when the sun goes down or comes up. Sorted.
    Ahh well, back to different strokes for different folks, try both and decide for yourself is the best bet.

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    I wear shades under my helmet, clear visor. I don't have the storage space for a second visor on the bike, and don't want the hassle of having to change them at night when I'm out and again when I'm going to work the next morning.

    I find that the visor will almost complettly fog up before my glasses start to fog up on cold mornings. I can then flip up the top, and still have the advantage of the shades which won't fog up if the visor is up.

    Another advantage is that in summer you can have the top up for added ventialation.

    You only try to put your helmet on once with glasses on, and for me I can take my helmet off with them still on, wrap arounds do look cool.
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