Dark visors

[StreetHippo]

Now that the great ball of fire has started to make regular appearances, my clear visor on my Arai is no good. Is it worth getting a tinted visor? If so, how tinted is practicable/legal? Or just find some shades that will fit inside my lid?
Don't want to go down the Iridium power ranger look, just a darker visor. Thoughts???
Stu 8-)

[Nico_babe]

Hey whats wrong with the power ranger look? LOL LOL :-/ ;D

[StreetHippo]

You can carry it off far better than me!!
Not really my bag is all, blue iridium does look good though :-[
Stu

[jonnydangerous]

i "THINK" the legal situation is 30% tint, altho it will depend on the knowledge of "Plod" who pulls you for having a tinted visor.....not entirely sure ont he accuracy of the numbers tho so might not be much help......

i wear sunglasses under a clear visor, that way theres no need to carry two visors...ive been to loads of bike meets where people have discovered the sun has gone down and they only have their tinted visor.....

some people dont like sunglasses under a helmet tho.......

[StreetHippo]

Yeah - i've got a big melon, so finding glasses that will go under a lid are tricky :-/
Was looking at getting it from racevisors.co.uk and they throw in a visor bag, so I should be able to carry both.
My last lid had a flip down dark visor which was great, bit of a **** lid though
Stu

[zachl]

i had an awesome pair of glasses that i bought abroad from a ski resort, but i dropped them this morning and the lens fell out

best bet is to take your helmet with you and try them on in store

[Geordie Stu]

I have got a very dark visor not had a problem with plod yet :

I wear glasses anyway

[Roll_on]

Despite the fact the plod seem to love stopping my Ducati I have never had any problem with the dark visor on my Ducati helmet infact they have never even wanted to look at it, just the bike.

[Uber Dave]

Road legal ones should have EU markings on to that extent, and none road legal ones will be marked with "Not for Road Use" as far as I know, there was a thread similar to this before.

Copied from the previous thread

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/vehi...svisorsandgo45...

In my case the visor is made by AGV for my helmet and has all the relevant protective markings on it, but crucially does NOT state "Daytime only" so its legal 24 hours a day.

Hope this helps.

[Vard66]

30% was the figure I had in my head, also.

Good to know about Racevisors throwing in a visor bag, I was thinking of getting one anyway.