Tinted visors, good or bad?

[FJRider]

but.. but.. I wanna look BOSS

An old style black leather jacket would get that look. Google "The Fonz" (Happy Day TV series)

And stop wearing those pink ribbons ...

[bosslady]

An old style black leather jacket would get that look. Google "The Fonz" (Happy Day TV series)

And stop wearing those pink ribbons ...

everyone knows who the fonz is :P

[Woodman]

but wasn't your helmet up & just the tint visor down like I saw you Saturday,

The flip front was definitely down but the outer visor was up. Just got me stitches out today, gonna be a cool scar.

[FJRider]

everyone knows who the fonz is :P

I have a similar jacket to his. No padding or armour. I wear it "for Appearance value" now and then ... I've had it 18 years now. Wasn't new when I got it.

[_Shrek_]

The flip front was definitely down but the outer visor was up. Just got me stitches out today, gonna be a cool scar.

maybe it's coz your nose is to big & you need a new shape

[Ocean1]

What brand helmet was it? I just checked my Shark helmet that has the flip down visor and it doesn't lock down (Just a spring) so any force against it would just push it back up.

Yeah? I bought 'Er indoors an Evoline because in a UK test they were the only flip-face that didn't open on impact. The lock's fairly substantial.

[Gremlin]

I've never gotten used to the NZ glare which is present all times of the year. For the vast majority of time I use tinted visors, so much so I have brand new clear visors lying around (helmets always come with clear visors). For evening riding, like commuting etc no problems with tinted visor. Sure, at times the shadows are almost black, but then I'm not blinded by oncoming headlights either. I've got good night vision so my eyes adjust. I do put a clear on when riding for extended hours at night, usually country riding (the lack of ambient light makes everything dark). Your eyes work less with the clear on so for hours upon hours the clear makes sense.

I like the full coverage a visor offers. Sunnies had gaps and often the internal visors don't come down far enough. I carry the 2nd visor (clear or tint) in an Oxford visor bag.

FYI: The mirror visors can scratch very easily

[Ender EnZed]

To the people that never wear sunglasses: What do you do when driving a car long distance on a bright, sunny day?

Yeah? I bought 'Er indoors an Evoline because in a UK test they were the only flip-face that didn't open on impact. The lock's fairly substantial.

Presumably he was talking about the internal sun visor rather than the whole flip front.

[bosslady]

To the people that never wear sunglasses: What do you do when driving a car long distance on a bright, sunny day?



Presumably he was talking about the internal sun visor rather than the whole flip front.

I don't use them, clearly. I use the flip down thingy, whatever you call it only for really bad glare. Otherwise nothing, yup.

[TheTengTheory]

To the people that never wear sunglasses: What do you do when driving a car long distance on a bright, sunny day?



Presumably he was talking about the internal sun visor rather than the whole flip front.

But remember in a car we don't don a helmet which presses in snug on the sides. Its another added pressure point on our head. I like the dark visor. yes its abit of a hassle if riding at night for long periods but the benefits you get when riding in the day makes up for the hassle. If you get caught out once you'll learn from experience and unless its a freak accident it won't happen often. I also find its one less thing to shatter or snap if I am unfortuante enough to have an accident. I've seen mountain bikers that crash while wearing sunglasses. Its amazing how easily some glasses crack or shatter.

[KiWiP]

Its not the same with those flip downs....no offence to you flip visor owners but lets face it...Visors make you look like a Boss.

Oh it is, when you're looking at someone in the eyes, hit the button, visor flips down and you disappear to them pilot style, that's cool BTW do we need a 'visor' emoticon?

I love the pilot style when going through different terrain, sunny flats to wooded twisties. Nice to just flip and keep going

[caspernz]

The flip front was definitely down but the outer visor was up. Just got me stitches out today, gonna be a cool scar.

Chicks dig scars...just tell the story right...or was it tell the right story...to go with the scars?

[f2dz]

I wear a 30% smoke tinted visor all the time, ever since I started riding. I've ridden with a clear visor before but didn't find much of a difference between the two at night time. The clear was slightly brighter but not by very much at all.

The time you run into problems is if your visor is tinted too dark and you're riding at night you're kinda screwed. A guy at work rides with a 100% tinted visor 24/7, and in winter time on his rides home if there aren't any streetlamps around he has to ride with it up so he can actually see.

Sunnies are fine too, easier than swapping visors, but seeing as I wear glasses already I kinda have to have a tinted visor to save my eyes. But I've noticed the same thing, quite a few people just rock clear visors lately. Either that or lame gloss black Shoei lids with black visors..

[slofox]

I tried my prescription sunnies once. They have polarising lenses. Which makes for "interesting" vision through a visor. Which is another reason why I went to a dark visor.

[swtfa]

Haven't used a regular tinted visor so can't comment. Dual visor helmets are great however, flick the visor down when the sun is low, flick back up when it gets dark.

I had problems wearing sunnies under the helmet, sore nose, ears etc so got one of these dual helmets - yes they are great