Sunglasses and motorbikes

[Usarka]

Having never riden with a helmet with a tinted visor, are they as dark as sunglasses? and what is the benefit of a mirror visor?

You can get different shades. In winter I ride a light tint which I can get by at night if I really have to.

But yes they can be just as good.

And a mirror tint is good so you can look at yourself AND your bike when you stop for a pie....

[Blossom]

And a mirror tint is good so you can look at yourself AND your bike when you stop for a pie....

that is such a bad habit Usarka... I get harassed about the amount of time I look in my wing mirrors already...

[sels1]

I always wear (perscription) sunnies, just call me old 4 eyes.

Yup, me too. As someone who has worn glasses since high school, I always had hassles with fitover sunglasses etc. Last year bought a pair of perscription sunnies which made life a lot easier.

[megageoff76]

I personally find sunglasses dangous riding, since they move around on face and hard to adjust them, when they move. and when going a tad fast they push in against your face also.

I had been taught early on that you shouldn't wear glasses in your helmet, because in the event of an accident you dont want the glass/plastic that close to your eyes.

Could be a load of bollocks, but makes sense to me.

[Swoop]

My sunnies are safety sunnies. (I'm just a fashion victim...)
Normally ride with them on, under the tinted visor of the HJC.
Really dark cloudy days I go back to the clear visor with sunnies.
Stormy, black pissing-down-with-rain days, clear visor and clear wraparound safety specs (these come in handy on foggy days as well).

[Warr]

I wear prescription glasses all the time.
Chemically hardened photo chromic lenses but also have magnetic polaroid clipon.
Too much trouble with a normal full face getting glasses over the ears so now have a nolan fliptop which works sweet.
Only trouble I have is forgetting to put polaroid clip on before you get going and the other one is driving thru tunnels.
Got very dark in the Homer Tunnel with all on.

My son has just bought the HJC with the flippy Sun Sheild .. may go for one of them next

[CB ARGH]

What sort of helmet is it? I thought a fixed sun visor was the only option on a helmet.

Nah mate... search the stores a bit...

[Blossom]

My son has just bought the HJC with the flippy Sun Sheild .. may go for one of them next

omg.. I recently brought 2 brand new HJC helmets and the guy at the bike shop didn't even show us those. I admit its been quite a few years since our last helmet purchases and I didn't realise how much they had advanced.

[Cajun]

yes, I used to think exactly the same until I found the wrap arounds I'm wearing now. Light and plastic, they just mould the contours of my face very tightly and just don't budge even when I look around over my shoulder. And well, I guess I never go fast enough for them to be disturbed by my speed.

Yeah i tryed number of different sunglasses in the early days, from wrap arounds to small avaitor type,
sunglass riding around town is fine if don't have a tint visor, is good.

[portokiwi]

Hi got a helmet from a bike parts shop in Onehunga. it was advertised on trademe.... Nice skid lids that has the internal visor that you can use.
I have love it. cnell-com. They have web site as well.
There is one on tradme right now closes in 11 hours.
Good thing too as they let me buy 2 at the same price.
Mine was $120 each.
Hope this helps
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-159999533.htm

[Rockbuddy]

What sort of helmet is it? I thought a fixed sun visor was the only option on a helmet.

Its an "Airoh TR1" i bought it online from a crowd in christchurch but there are a few different brands that do these helmets. check out
http://www.motoworks.co.nz/index.html and look up the TR1

[Blossom]

Hi got a helmet from a bike parts shop in Onehunga. it was advertised on trademe.... Nice skid lids that has the internal visor that you can use.
I have love it. cnell-com. They have web site as well.
There is one on there right now closes in 11 hours.
Good thing too as they let me buy 2 at the same price.
Mine was $120 each.
Hope this helps

Are they NZ Safety approved? Do they have the sticker thing on them? Sounds awfully cheap for a helmet.

[007XX]

Yeah i tryed number of different sunglasses in the early days, from wrap arounds to small avaitor type,
sunglass riding around town is fine if don't have a tint visor, is good.

Absolutely. I guess the whole sunglasses thing also depends on the shape of your face as well.

I'd love to be able to afford a Schubert, but honnestly, they are way out my price range. Plus, I got an awesome little AGV for Christmas which works a treat, so a tinted visor will have to work.

[Blossom]

Just went and had a look on trade me at those helmets
Does anyone know what the actual NZ Safety standard is? The ad says its ECE22.05 standard.
Anyone else got one of these helmets?

[hellkat]

I had been taught early on that you shouldn't wear glasses in your helmet, because in the event of an accident you dont want the glass/plastic that close to your eyes.

Could be a load of bollocks, but makes sense to me.

But if that were the case, all prescription-wearing riders would be unable to ride at all ... unless they were wearing contact lenses, which wouldn't be great in your eyes either, if that were really an issue during an accident.

I can't always be arsed putting my contact lenses in, but I like to wear shades on the bike.

I like wraparounds best, they don't have to be expensive, any sort will do, but somebody once said that they make ya look like a prospect ... so I gave up wearing them for a while, but now I don't really give a stuff, its just the style I prefer. Never really liked aviator shape and Hollywood fashion victim isn't really my style either. So it has to be wraparounds.