Sunglasses

Looking for a brand of sunnies that are easy to slip after the helmets on,
with a strong plastic frame ( arms not too thick ) and good durable
scratch-resistant lenses.

Budget up to 90 dollars.

Anyone care to a name a few brands so I can begin looking. I want to keep
away from service station specials.

 

Tinted visor of no interest?

Hammo

 

Anyone care to a name a few brands so I can begin looking. I want to

Got one.
Easier to carry clear visor with sunnies than two visors. Besides
going for a stroll around the cafes after the bike is parked, need
something to place on top of head.;-)

 

With all due respect, the 'Sunnies under a clear visor look' is very sad.
IMO its far more sensible to go for a tinted visor. I've heard stories of
unnecessary injuries due to sunnies being worn inside a full face helmet
during impact. There's the comfort factor. restricted vision. the list goes
on. please try getting a tinted visor, carry your sunnies and clear visor in
a small backpack...please.

 

Oakleys,
there are some frameless varieties going round
Try the sunday markets as i bought a pair for $40
Genuine article too.
I think they may have fallen off the back of a truck cos the guy sold
out very quickly.

 

Have to agree with you on the sunnies + visor combo. I use a pair of
mountainbike sunnies with interchangable lenses - perfect for riding with
the visor up (which I do almost all of the time below about 120) as they
keep the wind (+bugs +dust etc.) out of the eyes and are plastic = no glass
fragments on impact with a hard object. Definitely buy plastic lenses if
you're going to ride with the visor up.

Mine came with different lenses - dark, medium and yellow for night riding.
You only have to carry the tiny pouch with lenses. These are very easy to
put on but do have thickish arms and do have a bit of an impact on the
headcheck view.

These were quite a bit more than $90, but you should be able to find other
similar sunnies for less. However, think of the value of your eyes - worth
a couple of extra cases of beer, yes? Go check out your local mountainbike
shop.

Cheers,
Dave ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX

 

one thing I think is important is to have sunnies that wrap around as
far as your visor.. otherwise I find they block my vision a bit.

other than that I just buy whats in the shops....

paulh

 

Whatever the brand of sunglasses you get , make sure that they have
polarised lenses to stop the glare.

 

Ever thought of a Schuberth Concept helmet? (www.Schuberth.com) Has a clear
visor and a second blue visor built in. With a lever on the left side of the
helmet you can bring it down or up. No risk at impact. Easy to change whilst
driving. In the cafe....

Wim

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 09 Oct 2003 12:36:25 GMT

$13 safety glasses from Bunnings.

TOugh, surprisingly good optics, and survive rocks very well.

Not scratch resistant unfortunately.

Zebee

 

"Frogiswrong" wrote

sad.

Are you the fashion police?

What about us old folks who wear glasses in preference to carrying a
white cane? OK, so some people under twenty wear glasses as well, but
we know why, don't we?

IMO tinted visors seriously restrict your vision. Walking around with
a visor in a backpack will have you reported to the fashion police.
For half of the year I travel to work in the dark and home in
sunshine. I am not going to spend five minutes a day changing visors
and I just know I'll lose or break one of the screws.

You is wrong again frog.

Theo

 

Depends on the helmet, the Shoei RFs I've been using for years now
have a quick change visor that I can swap over in 10-15 seconds. I
would much rather do that than wear sunnies under the lid. Personal
preference I guess. I usually carry a backpack anyway, set of either
full wets or splash pants in there so having a clear visor with me is
the norm.

Cheers


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Kevin Gleeson
Technical Director
Blue Rocket Productions
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
www.blue-rocket.com.au

 

One problem I have with a tinted visor is when you find yourself coming back from a long ride in the dark, the dark visor is no fun
at all.

UT

 

"Kevin Gleeson" wrote

My RFR has two plastic screws.

I have to wear glasses anyway.

I would think a clear visor would be the norm in Tassie. What months
does the sun come up?

Theo

 

The RF700 RF800 and RF900 have a quick release system - works quite
well.

Yeah - not much choice there I guess.

:-Þ

Cheers


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Kevin Gleeson
Technical Director
Blue Rocket Productions
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
www.blue-rocket.com.au

 

Yerp, going through the park on dusk can be a bit of a bitch. In the city
you can get away with a tinted visor easy enough though, I do it quite
often (lazy)

Cam

 

I bought a pair of Arnette Slide sunnies from Sunglass Hut a couple of
months ago. Do the job just great. They have polycarbonate lenses (important
for bike wear if you don't want your eyes taken out), have a really wide
wrap (can't see the frame at all), are nice and light but feel pretty
strong. They are flexible and slip on easily with the helmet on. When the
evenings get a bit lighter later I'll put the iridium visor on but in the
meantime the sunnies are just great.

Downside, a bit spendy. I paid $170. (ouch, but not the _most_ expensive
sunnies in the world)

Russell

 

I have a pair of wrap around bolle glasses. They fit easily under the
helmet, and don't feel uncomfortable or block my vision. The polarised
lenses are fantastic, and being a yellow tint are great for when it is
overcast/wet, yet there is a lot of glare coming off the road. After having
these sunglasses I won't go back to a cheap pair. Only downside is the cost
($170), yet if you look after them it is worth it.

Anyone heard of a lense coating that changes its tint with the amount of
sun? I think they cost around $30, but I don't know how well they work.

 

Ah you've got a pair of these wraparound ones too? do you have the ones with no
rim and the arms and nosepeice screw directly onto the lens?

I Stole mine off my dad about 8 years ago because of the huge cut in glare it gave when skiing, and
they fit perfectly inside my helmet too
Mike.S

 

Heaven for me would be a visor with that was scratch-resistant that
tinted itself as the light level increased and went clear as it got
dark. I'd happily fork out a couple of hundred for something that did
that ...

Cheers



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Kevin Gleeson
Technical Director
Blue Rocket Productions
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
www.blue-rocket.com.au