I had picked up a new helmet this year... a HJC IS-16, simply because it has the built-in sunglasses for us folks that need to wear corrective lenses... I wasn't quite sure exactly just how much the built-ins would work, but they are awesome, and extremely simple to operate! If anyone is looking into a new helmet, and wears a full- face, i would strongly recommend that model.
http://www.hjc-helmets.com/product/SUL580571-ATT.html they have some pictures and the mechanism, for anyone thats not familiar, the slider on the top is how the tinted visor comes down, and there is a button just to the front of the slider that retracts it. On May 5, 9:11 pm, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > *Went out for a ride this early evening knowing I would be riding directly > into the sun at times and especially on the way home. I wear corrective > lenses full-time, and when I'm riding/driving I attach some clips for pretty > decent sun protection. But riding into the sun on a motorcycle can be hard > and even a little dangerous with the glare. So this evening I grabbed a pair > of what my kids call "old man sunglasses" which are made to go OVER your > existing pair of glasses. I bought them years ago and stuck them in the > glove box of my car just in case I needed to drive somewhere and couldn't > locate my clips. They look like this:* > * > * > *[image: DSC00206.JPG] [image: DSC00207.JPG]* > * > * > *Anyway, I was able to keep them off during most of my ride but when I knew > I would be riding into the sun on the last part I popped up the chin-bar of > my modular helmet and donned the old man glasses. Pretty cool actually!! > Chin-bar and faceshield went back down without any issues.* > * > * > *The downside is that it was all but impossible to see the LCD screen on my > GPS, (which I use in speedometer mode when on the bike) and there was one > stoplight that I had to guess at as to whether the light was red or green. > [?] (Yeah, colors were a skitch difficult to see.) But as I was facing the > sun I was able to keep my eyes on the road without the usual difficulty. I > could actually see quite well. Thinking about taking them along whenever I > do an early evening ride.* > * > * > *Anyone else ever done this?* > * > * > *Paul > * > -- > * > > Paul LeBoutillier <http://www.facebook.com/paul.lebout> > * > * > * > > DSC00207.JPG > 254KViewDownload > > DSC00206.JPG > 247KViewDownload > > 35C.png > < 1KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
