Helmets and spectacles

Can anyone recommend a helmet that fits well but allows you to get your
specs on afterwards? I'm using an open face at the moment but will be
commuting further distances shortly (and rather faster than I do at present)
and have decided that I want to keep my chin where it is. Maybe I need a
decent flip front?
And no I do not want to wear contacts or get my eyes lasered.

Cheers

Steve

 

I've so far had a cheap and nasty FM, some kind of Nolan, a more
expensive FM, a Shoei and currently have some cheap flip front thing
who's make I can't remember. Katie has also used a Laser and a Roof with
glasses.

I haven't found, so far, any lid that isn't suitable for me to wear with
my glasses.

 

SteveH said...

There are a few out there that I can't get my specs into, but
professional integrity forces me to hold back from saying what ones they
are.

My current helmets all allow specs quite comfortably. I'll let others
say what I wear.

 

My Nitro and Caberg lids are both ok, they're not expensive, but better
than open face. Depends on what sort of glasses you've got, I've got
nice thin titainium frames.

Some lids seem to have little channels for your glasses to go into, but
those canleave the glasses to bounce up and down on the bridge of your
nose. Most annoying.

 

Shoei Syncrotec 2. I have to wear specs, and have found it by far the
most comfy one yet. Ridden for over 8hrs a day with it this winter,
and had no problems at all. It's a flip, which makes life easier, but
I can also put the specs on just fine after the flip is down. It's got
a "Spec arm groove" thing cut into the padding. Also comes with the
pinlock anti mist thingummy as well, which I've found works remarkably
well. My Shark RSF2 is ok, but the spec arms tend to dig in after a
couple of hours or so.

HTH

Skip

 

Beav said...

Usually. My flip front is the quietest lid I've ever used.

 

Andy Bonwick wrote

Leave yer bins on and use a front lifter. The only way.

Good advice.

 

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My old Shoei Aero is really easy to get the specs legs into the lining
and onto your ears. And it's quiet
My new Arai Astro is really difficult to get the glasses on (ok, maybe
newness), but by christ is it loud!
And to get the fuckin' visor off is ridiculous, on the Shoei it is so
easy and quick, and the 'seatbelt' like fastner, lot better than DD's,
IMO
You just have to like either Shoei's, or Arai's.
There are other makes too

 

John Munro said...

That's the one bad thing about Arais. I love the build qauality, but
hate the visor mech.

I'd much rather have double D rings. Seatbelt types slacken off as the
straps stretch and they just work their way through after a while. With
double D rings you adjust the strap perfectly every time you put the
helmet on.

The FIM won't allow the use of seat belt type helmet straps in any
international motorcycle race. Internationally, only the ACU will allow
them for domestic races. The rest of the world demands double D rings.

 

Get frames with memory metal

 

Yeah but for everyday use, the seat belt type rules, you can do it with
your gloves on FFS.

 

Bikes are hard on specs. Rattle them to bits.
Not into the idea of contacts though :-(

 

Lozzo wrote

This Caberg is the first lid I have had with a seat belt fastening.
Prior to this I would have agreed with you absolutely about them. Now I
don't. No it hasn't slackened or stretched. No it hasn't worked loose
and it is adjusted exactly as I set it about a year ago. And the strap
has not started to fray where it goes through the rings. Surprised me
and made me a convert all in the one go it has.

 

(John Munro) wrote in message

I can do the D ring type with my gloves on with no problems.

I prefer the D ring type, I find the seatbelt type is a bit of a lump
which digs into my neck. At least this was the case with one of the
seatbelt type helmets I had x years ago.

 

Wotcha.

I take it Sir hasn't got face fungus then ?

Double D rings and beards just don't mix - trust me on this . . . . .and
don't even mention Velcro.

I've never had any hassle with helmets and specs, mainly because on the rare
occasion I do wear a lid it's an open face jobbie.

That's me buggered for racing then ;-)

 

Seeing as nobody is helping Lozzo out here...

Nitro F317-V
Cheap.
Flip Front.
Let me put my glasses on easily.
*Fucking* quiet.
Good build quality, better than the Schuberth I paid more than twice as much
for.

....and currently on sale at J&S for £70.

http://www.jsaccessories.co.uk/hermes/shop/13,1,100

 

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Mine borked - and I've not been showing off their properties, either.

And just try soldering/silver-soldering the metal - won't stick.

Isn't it titanium and another metal more-or-less damascus forged, rather
than an alloy?

 

http://www.getgeared.co.uk/acatalog/MTR_K-10_Flip_Motorcycle_Helmet.html

I use it in the cold months.Open face in the warmer times.

HTH

 

http://www.getgeared.co.uk/acatalog/MTR_K-10_Flip_Motorcycle_Helmet.html

I got the Metallic
Anthracite.


I use it in the cold months.Open face in the warmer times.

HTH