Wot's your visor - Tinted or Clear

[Hooli]

dugt said:

can i ask a dumb question (im not a biker, yet)

i can see the reasons for taking a clear visor with you if you have a tinted one

but where do you put it?

doug

in a visor bag you see them in bikeshops, appears to be a thin bumbag as far as i can tell.

personally ive got a carberg, so clear visor & inner sunvisor. unless im on stroppy of course, then ive got an openface & a choice of dark or clear glasses.

[dern]

Hooli said:

dugt said:

can i ask a dumb question (im not a biker, yet)

i can see the reasons for taking a clear visor with you if you have a tinted one

but where do you put it?

doug

in a visor bag you see them in bikeshops, appears to be a thin bumbag as far as i can tell.

I've got a visor bag. It goes round your waist under your jacket if you like but for the commute it gets slung in the top box.

[Taffer]

Caberg V2 - clear visor with internal tinted visor. No need to stop to change!

[3doorPete]

Dark - unless I may come home after dark. Then it's dark, riding home with visor up cursing my laziness

[black-k1]

Taffer said:

Caberg V2 - clear visor with internal tinted visor. No need to stop to change!

Same on my Schuberth C2. Clear main visor with tinted inner visor that can be brought down/removed at the flick of a small lever.

[uriel]

I take it none of you dark visor folk ever have much bother from the law? I've thought about getting a dark visor and quite fancy an iridium one, but figured I'd get stopped and bked. Are the police happy providing you have a clear with you? And would I be more likely to get pulled for iridium since it's purely bling and can't be argued that its for safety reasons the way a regular dark visor could be?

[Venom]

You can get road legal tints, so I see no reason why it would be a problem. A mate, who is trafpol, has a visor with a very dark tint too. Can't imagine he'd risk the bother if it was likely to be a problem.

Personally I also have a Caberg with clear outer and retractable tint inner visor. Helmet does weigh a bit more though, plus its quite noisy so you have to weigh these things up. I'm very tempted to change for a distinctly lighter model.

[Istvan24]

Venom said:

Personally I also have a Caberg with clear outer and retractable tint inner visor. Helmet does weigh a bit more though, plus its quite noisy so you have to weigh these things up. I'm very tempted to change for a distinctly lighter model.

Same here, Caberg Justissimo GT - comfortable and practical flip up lid and well soundproofed from exterior noise but really bad wind noise :S

The internal visor is worth it if you don't do more than 60 mph often but on a longer commute at the end of a tough day I can see it getting annoying.

For long journeys I'll use my Arai and a pair of sunnies....

[dern]

uriel said:

I take it none of you dark visor folk ever have much bother from the law? I've thought about getting a dark visor and quite fancy an iridium one, but figured I'd get stopped and bked. Are the police happy providing you have a clear with you? And would I be more likely to get pulled for iridium since it's purely bling and can't be argued that its for safety reasons the way a regular dark visor could be?

I've passed plenty of police while commuting with my dark visor which is clearly illegal with no problems... they've even pulled over to the side to let me past. I even stopped to ask why a road was blocked this weekend and raised the visor after stopping and he'd seen me and he wasn't fussed... gave me directions round the problem and even patted me on the shoulder before I pulled off .

[catso]

dugt said:

can i ask a dumb question (im not a biker, yet)

i can see the reasons for taking a clear visor with you if you have a tinted one

but where do you put it?

doug

In a Visor Bag, that goes round your waist.

Something like this; http://www.bustersclassic.co.uk/proddetail.asp?pro...

[Hooli]

Istvan24 said:

The internal visor is worth it if you don't do more than 60 mph often but on a longer commute at the end of a tough day I can see it getting annoying.

got to ask why it'd get annoying? thats the last way i'd describe mine. what i'd find annoying is stoping putting on sunnies, stopping taking off sunnies, stopping putting on sunnies etc etc

[Dibble]

I've got a "light smoke" ( ) tinted one on at the moment, but if I'm likely to be out at dawn or dusk, then either the clear one's on, or I have it with me.

I have tried sunglasses with the clear, but it wasn't very successfull, as I kept forgetting to take them off before I took my helmet off.

WT BiB and dark visors, my own view is that if it's not the middle of the night and it's not too dark, then common sense would normally prevail. The problems could start if there are other things (small plate, non legal cans, crap riding...)

And of course if you have a bump, then it could get thrown intothe mix then, and cause you problems, even if you're not at fault - it might reduce the other side's liability.

[dern]

Dibble said:

I have tried sunglasses with the clear, but it wasn't very successfull, as I kept forgetting to take them off before I took my helmet off.

I got my dark visor in the summer when I was parking at the end of my commute in a multi storey car park... I'd get there with my sun glasses on and then have to find somewhere to pull over and switch to my prescription glasses or ride blind(ish) through the car park. With the dark visor I'd just flip it up and ride in.

[Istvan24]

Hooli said:

Istvan24 said:

The internal visor is worth it if you don't do more than 60 mph often but on a longer commute at the end of a tough day I can see it getting annoying.

got to ask why it'd get annoying? thats the last way i'd describe mine. what i'd find annoying is stoping putting on sunnies, stopping taking off sunnies, stopping putting on sunnies etc etc

Sorry that wasn't very clear - I meant the wind noise not the visor which is both practical and changeable!

[Hooli]

Istvan24 said:

Hooli said:

Istvan24 said:

The internal visor is worth it if you don't do more than 60 mph often but on a longer commute at the end of a tough day I can see it getting annoying.

got to ask why it'd get annoying? thats the last way i'd describe mine. what i'd find annoying is stoping putting on sunnies, stopping taking off sunnies, stopping putting on sunnies etc etc

Sorry that wasn't very clear - I meant the wind noise not the visor which is both practical and changeable!

ah gotcha, yeah carbergs need earplugs really - must get round to buying some myself!

[catso]

Dibble said:

WT BiB and dark visors, my own view is that if it's not the middle of the night and it's not too dark, then common sense would normally prevail. The problems could start if there are other things (small plate, non legal cans, crap riding...)

Dark visors are a safety aid not a hindrance, whatever the law says on this is wrong, personally my eyes are very sensitive to bright light and if I wear a clear visor in bright daylight my eyes run and I struggle to see and so would be more likely to crash, sunglasses under a clear visor is a poor alternative for many reasons.

I might be bullied, fined, persuaded etc into conforming to other rules but all the enforcement in the world would not stop me using a dark visor when it's appropriate. I would never use one in the dark and fortunately most BiB seem to understand, as in all the years (30) I've worn dark visors and been stopped by BiB for 'other reasons' they have not even mentioned the visor.

I was talking to an optician some while back who could not believe that dark visors were illegal in bright sunshine, a law that in his opinion was putting peoples eye-health at risk.

[Dibble]

I'll readily agree dark visors make sense when (if?!) it's sunny, but can good weather be guaranteed?

I wasn't suggesting dark visors were a bad thing and would get you pulled on their own, but if there's other stuff as well, having a dark visor might be an extra line on the summons.

Does anyone make a "Reactolite" visor like the glasses? Could be an idea for the Dragons' Den!!

Just saw that catso said "when appropriate" - which is pretty much what I was trying to say.

Edited by Dibble on Thursday 25th September 22:24

[Jetl3on]

Dark on the Black Arai, Iridium on the Laser.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Black, clear and an iridium one.

[Venom]

Hooli said:

Istvan24 said:

Sorry that wasn't very clear - I meant the wind noise not the visor which is both practical and changeable!

ah gotcha, yeah carbergs need earplugs really - must get round to buying some myself!

Couldn't agree more. Having done a nice long ride out on the bike last weekend, without ear plugs, I came to a standstill with a throbbing headache. If I wasn't so skint for the minute I'd be bagging myself a second lid to use on those trips when I don't find the flip-lid so practical.