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Isolationist posted:I've done 20,000k's with my full face, and I reckon I've put my visor down only a couple of times (heavy rain). As long as you're wearing eye protection and don't mind a massive bug to the face occasionally, feels good man! Having been hit and stung by a hornet at 70 I will never not wear a helmet. It was miserable enough in the throat, I can't imagine the torment if I got stung in the face. On the upside I found out I'm not allergic to hornets, just bees. I'm seriously thinking about making a light mesh attachment to the chin of my helmet to catch bugs.
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OSU_Matthew posted:How do people ride without a helmet??? Agree with the "how the gently caress do people ride without a helmet," but lol if I were getting constantly pelted by wood chips I'd just pull over for like 20 seconds and let the truck get a quarter mile ahead of me.
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Apr 14, 2015 05:49
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The gouges I have in my helmet from rocks/road debris keep me riding with my visor down at anything above neighborhood speeds. I hope the visor can take one of those hits.
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Apr 14, 2015 06:13
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RadioPassive posted:Agree with the "how the gently caress do people ride without a helmet," but lol if I were getting constantly pelted by wood chips I'd just FTFY. nsaP posted:The gouges I have in my helmet from rocks/road debris keep me riding with my visor down at anything above neighborhood speeds. I hope the visor can take one of those hits. Big flying insects are like a grape being shot at your head.
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Apr 14, 2015 09:02
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Slavvy posted:Big flying insects are like a grape being shot at your head. Big flying insects are like big flying insects being shot at your head
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Apr 14, 2015 09:20
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nsaP posted:The gouges I have in my helmet from rocks/road debris keep me riding with my visor down at anything above neighborhood speeds. I hope the visor can take one of those hits. As long as your lid is SNELL you shouldn't have a problem. One of their tests iirc is impact testing on the visor.
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Apr 14, 2015 13:05
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Empty log trucks are the worst because you get huge chunks of bark, rocks, and sticks coming off the empty trailer.
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Apr 14, 2015 13:32
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For clarification, I did pass the truck as soon as I was able to, but a combination of hills, oncoming traffic, and curves in the road kept me stuck behind it for several miles. Which didn't matter to me because with armored gear and a full helmet, getting pelted every 5-6 seconds doesn't hurt at all.
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Apr 14, 2015 16:15
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OSU_Matthew posted:How do people ride without a helmet??? One of my MSF instructors (V-Rod guy) wore a 3/4 on his way to class. Apparently it was a long ride, and early in the morning at that. Even by noon, we all had to warm up our gloves on the engine blocks in between exercises. It was loving cold out, in whatever month that was. The dude's face was bright red for like half the class in the morning. I don't know how you can ride when it's under 45 or even 50, on the goddamn highway for an hour without something covering your face.
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Apr 14, 2015 18:14
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Just when you think you've seen it all out there: chick dancing while driving. Not grooving, Detroit leaning, or drumming on the dashboard. All out, both hands off the wheel while in motion, c'mon Vogue dancing. My eagles weep for the future.
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Apr 14, 2015 18:24
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I cackle wildly every time I see a dude with a brain bucket and one of those novelty bandanna/neckerchief things with the SPOOKY SCARY SKULL graphic on it.
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Apr 14, 2015 21:03
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Lynza posted:I cackle wildly every time I see a dude with a brain bucket and one of those novelty bandanna/neckerchief things with the SPOOKY SCARY SKULL graphic on it. Harley guys in my area don't wave back, so I've started giving those cats the finger. Eagerly awaiting the day when one of them slowly wobbles after me to teach me a lesson. 
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Apr 15, 2015 17:31
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Isolationist posted:I've done 20,000k's with my full face, and I reckon I've put my visor down only a couple of times (heavy rain). As long as you're wearing eye protection and don't mind a massive bug to the face occasionally, feels good man!
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Apr 15, 2015 21:06
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I love tinted visors (and LEGO visors), not only because it's much more pleasant to ride around but also because it makes me look like a robot.
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Apr 15, 2015 21:09
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I assume you mean sunglasses. Have you ridden much without them? I used to wear sunglasses almost all the time under the helmet and now that I switched to tinted visors I'm amazed how much nicer it feels with the extra room and visibility in the helmet.
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Apr 15, 2015 22:22
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I got a bag like this to keep a clear shield in when I think it might be close to dark when I'm riding.
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Apr 15, 2015 22:32
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Gillingham posted:I'm just concerned about night riding if I went tinted. I have both tinted and clear visor. I wear the tinted one if I know I'm only going to be out during the day. Only been caught with it at night once and I just rode with the visor up. If I know I'll be riding into the night I bring the clear one + sunglasses.
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Apr 15, 2015 22:33
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Chichevache posted:Harley guys in my area don't wave back, so I've started giving those cats the finger. Eagerly awaiting the day when one of them slowly wobbles after me to teach me a lesson. You may want a bike that can outrun an 883 before you go picking bikerfights.
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Apr 15, 2015 23:08
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Marxalot posted:You may want a bike that can outrun an 883 before you go picking bikerfights. Like a ninja 250?
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Marxalot posted:You may want a bike that can outrun an 883 before you go picking bikerfights. If he lives somewhere with corners I think he'll be fine.
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Apr 15, 2015 23:10
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A DRZ S can corner? Like, on pavement?
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Apr 15, 2015 23:14
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clutchpuck posted:A DRZ S can corner? ...yes...
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Apr 15, 2015 23:18
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Slavvy posted:If he lives somewhere with corners I think he'll be fine. I live in an area that is literal desert as well, so I can always hop off road. 
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Apr 15, 2015 23:39
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Carrying multiple visors sure seems like a lot more work than just using sunglasses but YMMV
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Apr 16, 2015 00:24
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Both are fairly lovely alternatives to getting a helmet with an internal sun visor.
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Apr 16, 2015 02:14
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Frosty- posted:Both are fairly lovely alternatives to getting a helmet with an internal sun visor.
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Apr 16, 2015 02:21
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Smoked visor 24/7 unless I'm heading into the mountains or desert. My eyes have been super sensitive to light over the last few months.
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Apr 16, 2015 02:57
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My HJC had an internal sun visor. It was better than nothing but wasn't good enough. I had to stop part way in to my last big road trip and get a pair of sunglasses - much better. My eyes are very sensitive to glare, and the tint was pretty weak.
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Apr 16, 2015 03:33
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I assume you mean sunglasses. Have you ridden much without them? I used to wear sunglasses almost all the time under the helmet and now that I switched to tinted visors I'm amazed how much nicer it feels with the extra room and visibility in the helmet. Yep, Maui Jim's are great helmet sunnies. I'm in Australia, home of the HOLY poo poo BRIGHT sun, so always sunnies. I've got a photochromatic pinlock visor insert (like $140 USD, WTF) that I hate and do not use.
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Frosty- posted:Both are fairly lovely alternatives to getting a helmet with an internal sun visor. My helmet has one, and while it is amazingly convenient if I suddenly find myself riding into the sun, it's honestly kind of bad. The tint is fine but there's a bunch of minor distortions that make maneuvering with it down a slightly dizzying experience. I guess it's possible that more expensive helmets would have better sun visors, but sight unseen I strongly suspect it's one of those things that everyone cheaps out on (except for one brand that is terrible in every other way) because compound curves are hard.
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Apr 16, 2015 18:14
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Some less expensive helmets with internal visors have poo poo side protection as well because of the visor mechanism.
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Apr 16, 2015 18:19
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Am I the only person who thinks internal visor helmets are hella dorky looking?
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hot sauce posted:Am I the only person who thinks internal visor helmets are hella dorky looking? Nah, I agree with you. I hate any transparent visor.
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Apr 16, 2015 18:24
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Mirrored visors 4 lyfe
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Apr 16, 2015 18:25
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I prefer no visor,  but it's not real practical for spending weeks on the highway, so I have more than one helmet.
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Renaissance Robot posted:My helmet has one, and while it is amazingly convenient if I suddenly find myself riding into the sun, it's honestly kind of bad. The tint is fine but there's a bunch of minor distortions that make maneuvering with it down a slightly dizzying experience. You're the first person I have aver heard about getting any kind of headproblem from a visor, internal or not. Good internal sun visors rule, too bad all of them are just a tint too light to be perfect.
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Apr 16, 2015 19:27
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Glasses with transition lenses trump all these gewgaws. Jesus, half the younguns are wearing non-prescription glasses they don't need anyway, just spring for the extra 40 bucks or whatever and forget about the need to swap.
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KARMA! posted:You're the first person I have aver heard about getting any kind of headproblem from a visor, internal or not. It's not like it gives me headaches or anything, I just find it really distracting to be tracking an obstacle or road feature and suddenly have it do a little shimmy as it moves across my field of vision. If I'm just cruising it's fine though, and infinitely preferable to loving about with glasses.
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Apr 16, 2015 19:48
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Marv Hushman posted:Glasses with transition lenses trump all these gewgaws. Jesus, half the younguns are wearing non-prescription glasses they don't need anyway, just spring for the extra 40 bucks or whatever and forget about the need to swap. I found that my transition lenses wouldn't transition with the visor shut, presumably because it blocked the UV rays that set them off. Contacts are a million times better anyway.
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Plus, Transitions are never not dorky.
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