I love the idea of integrated sun protection, from the HJCs and before the Scorpions and all the way back to the Nelson that had them on the outside rather than internal. My problem is I haven't found a single one of those helmets that fit my weird shaped noggin :(
-Kyle On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
