Helmet visor advice?

[hXc]

I have to have a tinted visor as my scar over my ear from surgery prevents me from wearing sunglasses comfortably. And especially inside my helmet.

When I return from my exchange and get back into bikes again, I plan on buying a Shoei like M1CRO's - clear visor with a tinted 'fighter pilot' style insert which flicks down and up within 3 seconds.

I get caught out at night - but I just live with it. Can get annoying sure, but I'd rather not be blinded during the day or in constant pain when riding.

[Grub]

Riding thru town the other day and had my visor up to yell something at a friend riding beside me and something hit me in the eye AND i was wearing glasses. ...

Jeez, that doesn't sound good. That stuff scares the crap out of me as your eyes are so precious. A miniscule stone is being shot into your eyeball at 50kph if you're just travelling with city traffic. That could be a major if not permanent, eye injury

[Grub]

I plan on buying a Shoei like M1CRO's - clear visor with a tinted 'fighter pilot' style insert which flicks down and up within 3 seconds.

Great plan, that's another reason we like the flip-up Nolan N102 like NighhawkNZ's one. It's not nearly as flash or cool (or expensive) as the Shoei but it does the job for $565

[hXc]

Great plan, that's another reason we like the flip-up Nolan N102 like NighhawkNZ's one. It's not nearly as flash or cool (or expensive) as the Shoei but it does the job for $565

I think the Shoei is $700-900 or something.
Worth it though.

[Wiki Drifter]

I have a mirrored visor, works very well in bright sunlight but at night I'm basically blind if I ride with it down.

[HungusMaximist]

You know, if you can't work out of having tinted a visor or not, just go with polarized sun glasses.

You can get specific motorcycle riding glasses with interchangeable lenses and they are wickedy cool. They have different shades which you can clip on to and the 'yellow' and 'orange' ones are especially useful for reducing glare and increasing definition of your surroundings. There are heaps and heaps of stuff on riding glasses so you won't get bored. Btw $20.00 - $30.00 can get a real sweet pair or polarised sun glasses and you don't need to fork out big bucks for them (a bit more for the interchangeable ones).

The other thing you can get is, light sensitive fog inserts. Back in Australia I had this fog free insert which goes into a medium blue tint when there's UV and goes clear when there isn't. Progrip, Fogcity... heaps on the market and they're between $22-$30 bucks.

Word of advice : In the end of the day, you don't wanna get caught out riding with a tinted visor/mirrored ones when it's raining/in the dark/no street lights, especially if you're new to riding. Better play it safe than sorry for now, because you will always look back in hindsight when you binned (god forbid) because you couldn't see jack shit and wished you sticked with the clear ones.

And also, don't piggy back on other peoples advice aye because everybody is different. Definitely try it before you adapt it!

Sweet. Hope this helps!

[MSTRS:Me]

a Shoei like M1CRO's - clear visor with a tinted 'fighter pilot' style insert which flicks down and up within 3 seconds.

I think you will find its a Schubert.....and they are something like $1200...a lot of money for a poor student!

[discotex]

You know, if you can't work out of having tinted a visor or not, just go with polarized sun glasses.

I've found polarised lenses react badly with clear visors.

My favourite pair of sunnies are polarised and they are totally unwearable on the bike. You get crazy rainbow colours which are different for each eye. It's like riding on acid trying to do one of those magic eye book things.

I guess it could depend on how the polarisation is done i.e. circular vs linear and how strong it is as to whether it causes the same problem or not.

I'd suggest anyone buying expensive sunnies takes their helmet (or visor) along.

[discotex]

Jeez, that doesn't sound good. That stuff scares the crap out of me as your eyes are so precious. A miniscule stone is being shot into your eyeball at 50kph if you're just travelling with city traffic. That could be a major if not permanent, eye injury

Plus the damage to your bike when you crash because you can't see or flinch.

There's a vid on youtube of some guys that crash on the freeway in Hawaii. The dude walks away after narrowly missing being run over - the front dam on the car hits his head and spins him out of the way of the wheels.

The end of the vid has him talking about it in the carpark or something. Basically goes:

"What the fuck happened man?"
"I dunno I was passing you then something hit me in the eye and when I flinched I clipped you"

Granted they were being dicks and were way too close together but he reacted pretty violently and probably would have gone down anyway.

Since seeing that I always ride with the visor down over 20-30km/h if I'm not wearing sunnies.

[HungusMaximist]

I've found polarised lenses react badly with clear visors.

My favourite pair of sunnies are polarised and they are totally unwearable on the bike. You get crazy rainbow colours which are different for each eye. It's like riding on acid trying to do one of those magic eye book things.

I guess it could depend on how the polarisation is done i.e. circular vs linear and how strong it is as to whether it causes the same problem or not.

I'd suggest anyone buying expensive sunnies takes their helmet (or visor) along.

Bro, you're actually right about that. It does actually react funky because your visors has alreadly a layer of UV coating. Just try it out with different types and try the interchangeable coloured sunnies (non polarised).

Thanks for clearing that up. Like Tex mentioned, just bring along your visor/helmet when you're buying sunnies.

[hXc]

You know, if you can't work out of having tinted a visor or not, just go with polarized sun glasses.

If I could, I would.