Helmet Visors

I have a clear visor on my AGV skid lid

 

All my helmets have clear visors, wear a pair of shades if the sun is bothering you and can be used when you get off the bike, makes good sense. If your getting hot under the collar push your visor up one click and you'll get plenty of fresh air.

 

The legal minimum amount of visible light transmission through a car windscreen is 75% and no tint is allowed (except for the top 10% or anywhere above where the wipers do not contact). Adding to what 'other people say', I've been told the only legal visors are ones with the AS sticker as they can be used during any time, any day, under any condition. Thus, a tinted visor will never have an AS sticker since they cannot.

Unless you're acting like hooligan or come across a cop who's having a bad day/power trip, you're unlikely to be hassled for using one during the day. I've seen plenty of coppers use blue iridium visors whilst on their bikes.

I use a tinted visor when I know I'm only going to be out during a sunny day. Otherwise, it's clear for the rest of the time. I've been caught out once and it sucks.

As for which visor to get, whichever tickles your fancy really. I'm a big fan on the gold iridium(mirror) finish, but it wasn't available at time of purchase, so I went with a silver one instead.

 

I bought a shark helemt with the integral visor - that way when the sun gives me the sh*ts I can flick it down then get rid of it when I don't need it. Chuck in the sunnies and it's pretty effective.

 

I have always been a visor open rider. I guess it comes from years of off road riding.
Clear visor in the open position with good quality sunglasses. I now use Wiley X's that have clear, dark and yellow lenses so if conditions change I just stop and change the lenses. If it buckets down the visor can be closed.

BTW: Yellow tint is magic in fog or overcast grey conditions.

 

i got a nice shark helmet with a clear visor, then a lever operated secondary tinted visor. makes life easy!!

 

not sure, will have a look
are they not compliant if the lens is not stamped?

 

If you are not in an organised and sanctioned race I doubt that there are any real issues other than if the visor is not compliant it might fail in which case the rider could be injured which is a risk they accept when they install the visor in the first place.
You would have to be giving a very clever cop some serious lip for them to check visor compliance and even then having a non compliant visor may not actually be an offense for a rider anyway. Compliance in this instance is a safety measure for manufacturers and resellers.
Think about it this way. What is potentially worse? Wearing a visor that has no compliance standard stamp or wearing an open face helmet with no visor and standard prescription spectacles with glass lenses? The second scenario is 100% legal.

 

I had a brand new dark visor on my helmet on Monday. It's rubbed down the road! Spewin. My mate has a new Bell helmet that has ,excuse the spelling, a photochromactic lens. It darkens in the sun and lightens in the dark. Way cool!