Dark Visor....

[Steve11]

Rang HG at the weekend enquiring about a dark visor for my Arai Viper Gt and was told they do not stock them because they are illegal, is this correct, every other biker I see has a dark visor?

Edited by Steve11 on Friday 10th August 09:19

[Steve_T]

As far as I understand it you're only allowed so much tint on a visor, however you can get around this and fit as dark a tinted insert as you like. This applies in the same way you can were sunglasses as dark as you like. As an alternative, just go to a different shop.

[y2blade]

the police dont care about them...unless your using one in the dark

i have one for each of my helmets

[rsv gone!]

Some BiB do carry a gadget to test light transmission - for tinted windows, etc.

Rules on motorcycle visors is 50% light transmission which sounds a lot but isn't actually very dark. Crazy, as my Oakley sunglasses are way darker than that.

Online sellers based overseas will sell them though

http://www.thevisorshop.com/acatalog/Product_Catal...

[dern]

Get one from the visor shop. If you get pulled then you'll know the view of your local police

I've been using one for the last couple of years and regularly ride past police and I've not been stopped yet. I do always carry a clear visor with me and obviously don't wear the tinted one at night.

[y2blade]

ive been using dark visors since 1995 when i passed my test

I've NEVER been in trouble for "that"

[Stig]

As said above, just make sure you carry a clear one and use it 'responsibly'.

The irony is, I see quite a few Met police riders wearing them!

Personally, I've just stopped wearing my Arai Signet-GT in favour of a Caberg Rhino. The Rhino has 2 visors built into it (a dark one which slides down behind a clear one) and a flip front which is useful for petrol stations payment etc. I was concerned about wearing a 100 quid lid vs. my 400 quid Arai - but it's amazingly good for the money! Comfortable, quieter than the Arai (which are notoriously noisy) and the flip down interior dark visor is brilliant.

My commute is due east in the morning and west in the evening - so I get direct sunlight in my eyes both ways. Driving without a dark visor would be bl00dy dangerous for me.

[y2blade]

Stig said:

As said above, just make sure you carry a clear one and use it 'responsibly'.

thanks for stating the obvious ... i wondered how i'd managed all these years without getting any bother while wearing my dark visors


YES i carry a clear one

[y2blade]

Quinny said:

y2blade said:

ive been using dark visors since 1995 when i passed my test

Ahh new boy then

I'm an old fart, and passed in 1980, on a Kawasaki Z250.
Is there a nostalgia smilie

i had a kwaka Z250c (single) converted into a field bike when i was at school

[rsv gone!]

This lot are cheaper than the last link

http://racevisors.co.uk/

[speed8]

rsv gone! said:

This lot are cheaper than the last link

http://racevisors.co.uk/

I've used racevisors a few times in the past. Good service and price.

[Stig]

y2blade said:

Stig said:

As said above, just make sure you carry a clear one and use it 'responsibly'.

thanks for stating the obvious ... i wondered how i'd managed all these years without getting any bother while wearing my dark visors


YES i carry a clear one

Calm down mate - I wasn't inferring that you didn't!

[m3psm]

I've been wearing black visors since 1985 and have never had a problem with them even when I've pulled for speeding etc.

You'll generally only get nicked if you're in Wales, riding like a numpty, give the police any lip, or ride with one in the dark.

I've always found it ridiculous that you can wear shades but not a visor so stuck with the visor.

[y2blade]

Stig said:

y2blade said:

Stig said:

As said above, just make sure you carry a clear one and use it 'responsibly'.

thanks for stating the obvious ... i wondered how i'd managed all these years without getting any bother while wearing my dark visors


YES i carry a clear one

Calm down mate - I wasn't inferring that you didn't!

i am calm hence the " " and the " "

peace brother

[y2blade]

Quinny said:

y2blade said:

Quinny said:

y2blade said:

ive been using dark visors since 1995 when i passed my test

Ahh new boy then

I'm an old fart, and passed in 1980, on a Kawasaki Z250.
Is there a nostalgia smilie

i had a kwaka Z250c (single) converted into a field bike when i was at school

Mine was a twin
Well actually it wasn't mine, I borrowed it off a mate, cos at the time I was saving for an LC250, which I got about a month after passing, now that was a hooligan machine

When I did my test, it was in the days when they just stood in the road at strategic points, and you road past. They didn't follow you on another bike like they do nowdays

i had a 350LC on a Y plate (last of the proper ones) as my first bike after passing my test

[A1ec]

Quinny said:

y2blade said:

ive been using dark visors since 1995 when i passed my test

Ahh new boy then

I'm an old fart, and passed in 1980, on a Kawasaki Z250.
Is there a nostalgia smilie

Ahh new boy then

I'm an old fart, and passed in 1965, on a Francis-Barnett 197.
Is there a nostalgia smilie

[y2blade]

Quinny said:

What's a Francis Barnet????

dodgy hair cut isnt it???

[RedBull]

Quinny said:

What's a Francis Barnet????

It's a hairstyle isn't it?

edited to add: Oops, sorry Y2blade, didn't see your post ! I'm going now

Edited by RedBull on Friday 10th August 16:48

[A1ec]

y2blade said:

Quinny said:

What's a Francis Barnet????

dodgy hair cut isnt it???

What's hair?

[catso]

I've been using dark visors (daytime only) for ever and even when I've been nicked by fascist-speed-kills-you're-gonna-get-a-ban-cop, it has never even been mentioned.

However I have never ridden in North Wales..........