Tinted visors

[vt6]

Hi lads, im looking at buying one for my shoei xr1000 in black, ive always wanted one just for the hell of it, so im looking on sites to see whats available, the only two that stand out are a light tint or v.dark one, as the iridiums i think will look a bit silly on a black helmet.
Anyways my question is has anyone got either of them two, if so is the light one , 'too' light to bother buying one, and the v.dark one what are the legality issues with it?

Cheers

[fazza59]

The light is gong to be "to light" and the V Dark is going to be right.

I heard someone say once , think it was an old girlfriend "once youve had black you never look back!!!" She loved her dark visors

Legal? not at night.
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[brianmcewan.co.uk]

The Shoei one is legal at daytime, I've got one on mine and never had problems.
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[vt6]

Its more because i dont like wearin shades and being blinded from sun isnt much fun lol, but i do agree the dark tint does look smart. Another Q. - the pinlocks you can get for them it makes no odds if its clear on a tinted visor rite?

[The Tot]

..unless you want to be the first person to try a dark tint pinlock on a dark visor and report the light transmission with a lux meter? I'd be interested to see how much light is actually transmitted with a dark pinlock on dark visor, but since i can't justify getting one for this experiment, I'd rather not. I've always had clear pinlock/fog city on a dark visor. It's done me a world of good in the winter with the low sun but with air temperatures being cold enough to form mist.
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[vt6]

Im looking on www.racevisors.co.uk they have light medium dark tints, the dark obv looks better but i've read that they can be a pain in the arse in that as soon as it tones slightly down from a v.bright day that they can obstruct visibility meaning a change back to clear visor, not used one before so im not quite sure just how dark they are.

[dannyw35]

[vt6]

Reading your sig - sounds about same as me, sold a nice car, did me das, bought a cbr 600.

Do racevisors allow u to exchange them if you've not used it then? Also which make helmet you got?

[Joeb46]

black helmets with dark black visors look fantastic
i have an all gloss black kbc helmet with a very dark visor and it looks great and my mate has just got an agv ti tech in black with a dark visor

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[The Tot]

Just go for the darkest you can get - it's the irridium visors that can produce colour distortions, i had a couple and made colours register browner/yellower - not good for looking at traffic lights. Dark tints usually have a slightly green/grey/blue hue to them so it's certainly better. Racevisors is just about THE only place to get dark visors - their customer service is second to none - they sent me new pinlock pins free of charge when the ones on my shoei pinged off.
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[vt6]

Ordered dark tint one , what sort of timescale for delivery with them? (through racevisors)

[Nixon]

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[The Tot]

I've got a Shoei XR-1000 and an Arai Corsair. Tinted visors MUST transmit 70% of light through for it to be legal - hence light tints are legal - BUT dark tint's are a matter of whether or not the police officer is going to nick you for it because the letter of the law states otherwise - Race cans, small plates, dark visors - that equates to about 70% of sportsbike riders so they don't generally do you for them unless your riding catches their attention.
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[Nixon]

[dannyw35]

[DMan]

Just for info, this place the only one I could find when googling for AGV Visor black, place in Gurnsey, and they mailed me stating "darker than sunnies", so darker than UK legal tinted. Racevisors only did tinted for my lid.

https://www.offshoremotorcycleparts.com/shop/category/Visors.aspx
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[DMan]

Also, knowing the law around this as you say is 50% I asked a motorcycle cop that was having a cuppa in my local Hien Gericke (was going to tell him this isnt what I pay my taxes for, but decided best not ) about dark visors and he said
"If a MC cop pulls you they probably wont do you cos they understand why you wearing one (does this mean they know we perving at all the girlies, amazing!), more sense than sunglasses, unless you wearing at night in which case your nicked. If caged copper he probably wont have a clue about the law on this, or anything else" which I thought was pretty funny
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[vt6]

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[Finglonga]