What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today?

[bjorge]

 

I agree with you to a degree about the dangers of a darkened visor in some circumstances, but I find it's easy to lower the internal sun visor just a small amount on the Shoei GT-Air. I had a Caberg V2R previously and you could do the same with that too

 

Exactly - but it's better when it blocks it all ! So - instead of needing an accurate adjustment I cut the thing off at the point where it just restricted my view. 

My girlfriend has a Caberg, did the same to her helmet and she's overly happy as well. 

 

I have one - took it off a few months back when doing a night ride and haven't put it back on yet (I assumed wouldn't need it again until the summer)...


But, the issue was the top (inch or so)... Car drivers have clear screens (as we know) but all of them dropped the little sun visor over their heads to stop the glare. I could do this by holding my hand up just above my eyes; hence the idea: an all over tinted visor for bright/summer days, but at other times a tinted strip along the top of a clear visor.


It seemed so obvious at the time (when I could barely see) that I was struggling to understand why this isn't built into all visors (there may be an excellent reason). I really don't need a great and un-tainted view of the sky over my head, the sun and clouds. And besides, this stuff can still be seen through easily enough.


NB. This could be a helmet style issue, I suppose. My shoei is perhaps a sportier helmet than I need, and may be designed for leaning forward and looking through the top of the visor rather than sitting up looking through the bottom/middle.


I'll try it and see what happens.

 

As if I wrote it myself ! Thinking after using my hand as a shade....

 

They have simply got this visor/sun protection wrong. Isn't that strange ? It's supposed to be a market competition that would provide us with good, cheapest possible stuff - some times it may also lead to a trend where every manufacturer reproduces the same flawed design.....and if you or I tried to compete with an improved solution, we would be quickly put out of business by those with financial muscles....

A few bands of insulating tape on the top of  your visor will do the job just as well, cheaper than 7 squiddlies..

 

yeah, but som much more elegant to spray paint the visor from inside....noone could tell it's not factory made  :pimp: er...well...part from that factories haven't figured it out yet  :unsure2: