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wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:40 pm Nah. I wear bifocals. At the time of the accident, I assumed that the flip down would be enough as it seemed to be a legal thing. It was enough, until it failed me miserably.

I put 3 strips of Scotch 33+ electrical tape across the top of my visor for the early mornings going east and the evenings going west. Works just like a car's sun visor, blocking out the sun.

rbentnail wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 5:21 pm

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:40 pm Nah. I wear bifocals. At the time of the accident, I assumed that the flip down would be enough as it seemed to be a legal thing. It was enough, until it failed me miserably.

I put 3 strips of Scotch 33+ electrical tape across the top of my visor for the early mornings going east and the evenings going west. Works just like a car's sun visor, blocking out the sun.

Yeah, I've done that before. However, this was the first gt-air i ever had and I thought the drop down visor was going to work...until it didn't.

It’s a Shoei for the rf1400.

Cav47 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 8:20 am

bill lumberg wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:09 pm Took my too-short secondhand Cee Bailey shield off. Too much helmet buffeting. Put my Aeroflow large on.

Tested my new photochromic visor. It’s superb. Gets super dark, super fast. They should make these for every helmet.

Would you care to say what brand of visor said shield is?

This one gets dark and returns to clear faster than any other photochromic lens I’ve tried. But I’ve only ridden down to about 38F. It may not work in real cold. Time will tell.

IIRC, Shoei now sells proper tinted visors stateside. As Wheaton noted, they were previously only available from overseas.

bigjohnsd wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 12:57 pm

Toter wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 8:59 am
I find with the Neotech ll, that I am flipping the internal sun visor up and down throughout the day. Particularly when entering the curvy roads that are shaded. Then you come out into the bright sun, and I have to flip it back down. I had photochromic lenses on my glasses, but did not like how long they took to lighten up when coming inside, especially when cold. Maybe they have improved the products these days. Probably time to look at them again.

This - I have photochromic lenses on my glasses, and when coupled with the photochromatic shield on my helmet it gets really dark when cold.

Several years ago we were headed from Alamosa NM to Alpine AZ in late March. It got dark and cold (mid-30s) both my glasses and my visor were dark from the cold. I had to ride with my shield open to see anything, Kip Walker rode in front and we came real close to a big bull elk that I probably wouldn't have seen if I was in the lead.

I now carry a Pinlock-equipped clear helmet visor when riding in the shoulder seasons in case I get caught out after dark.

Photochromatic Visor + Pinlock + Photochromatic glasses + cold = Dark!

bill lumberg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 6:41 pm But I’ve only ridden down to about 38F. It may not work in real cold. Time will tell.

WTF? 38F IS real cold. Hell, it's beyond real cold!

Real cold around these parts is 50 freaking degrees!

SkooterG wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:09 pm

bill lumberg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 6:41 pm But I’ve only ridden down to about 38F. It may not work in real cold. Time will tell.

WTF? 38F IS real cold. Hell, it's beyond real cold!

Real cold around these parts is 50 freaking degrees!

50°F? That's almost time to put away the mesh riding gear.

SkooterG wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:09 pm

bill lumberg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 6:41 pm But I’ve only ridden down to about 38F. It may not work in real cold. Time will tell.

WTF? 38F IS real cold. Hell, it's beyond real cold!

Real cold around these parts is 50 freaking degrees!

Scooter is right. In Scottsdale the Goosedown coats are worn when the temps are 60°.

Saturday. We rode it. It was the first time this year for Annette - which meant an extended pre-ride, "where is my (insert any number of riding related accessories, like gloves, phone holder, etc.)" and "how does this work" (sena)...

But, on the upside, we had an enjoyable late season ride up into Michigan's thumb area along Lake Huron, saw a fox along the shore hunting for whatever foxes along the lake eat, had lunch with some awesome peeps, and got home to find out that the gopro footage I thought I had of D-Eagle's special new glove feature is corrupted (I hate GoPro).

We may have missed peak leaf peeping season...


One of the few left hanging...


My perfect calendar center submission ruined by that stupid tree...


Lunch Stop - don't park here though...


Peek-a-boo...


A goldwing, indian, harley and Yamaha walk into a bar...

extrememarine wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 11:52 am
A goldwing, indian, harley and Yamaha walk into a bar...

AI for the win....

A Goldwing, an Indian, a Harley, and a Yamaha walk into a bar. The bartender looks them over and says, "I'll serve you, but don't try anything funny."

The Goldwing replies, "Don't worry, I'm just here for the smooth ride."

The Indian chimes in, "Yeah, and I'm looking for a place with some real tradition."

Harley scoffs, "Pfft, I'm here for the loudest laugh."

Yamaha, always the practical one, just says, "I'll take whatever gets me from point A to B fastest."

My new gloves are warm and dead sexy, no matter how much Wayne was giggling.

D-Eagle wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:29 pm My new gloves are warm and dead sexy, no matter how much Wayne was giggling.

Are they pink?

BikerGeek wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:40 pm

D-Eagle wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:29 pm My new gloves are warm and dead sexy, no matter how much Wayne was giggling.

Are they pink?

...and have foofy details. Don's new boyfriend loved them. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Festus wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:25 pm

extrememarine wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 11:52 am
A goldwing, indian, harley and Yamaha walk into a bar...

AI for the win....

A Goldwing, an Indian, a Harley, and a Yamaha walk into a bar. The bartender looks them over and says, "I'll serve you, but don't try anything funny."

The Goldwing replies, "Don't worry, I'm just here for the smooth ride."

The Indian chimes in, "Yeah, and I'm looking for a place with some real tradition."

Harley scoffs, "Pfft, I'm here for the loudest laugh."

Yamaha, always the practical one, just says, "I'll take whatever gets me from point A to B fastest."

You forgot BMW. Shite, I thought we were going to Starbucks!

Rode it to work...64 degrees at 6:30 this morning for my ride in, should be around 80 and sunny for my ride home. Not bad for November 5th on the north coast of Ohio.

El Toro Joe wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 8:59 am Rode it to work...64 degrees at 6:30 this morning for my ride in, should be around 80 and sunny for my ride home. Not bad for November 5th on the north coast of Ohio.

You will be warmer than Phoenix today. Go figure.

(Sunday)

275 miles with my 3 local buddies. It's probably been 6-8 months since we all got together for a ride. All retired - all "too busy", he he he.

I led us on our favorite central LA route. Taco truck in Forest Hill, LA for lunch. Ice cream mid afternoon - ya'll know how Pants rolls.

In the afternoon, I got a bit spirited and wicked it up a bit. Absolutely zero traffic on our favorite roads (everyone at home watching the NOLA Saints lose).

Weather is still warm here (low 80s mid day), but the breeze is a bit drier so we enjoyed ourselves.

Rode it to work, for the last in office day for the week.

I buttoned up some trim panels on my new 2003 and swapped in the R1 shift lever from the old 2003 and adjusted it. Also transferred my quadlock phone mount and then went for the first ride since my accident 4 1/2 weeks ago.

It was dark already and a saw a deer before I got to the end of my street, so I took it real easy.
The bike had been sitting for two years, so the front brakes needed to bed back in a bit. It smelled like it was burning off some barn dust, too.

It has bar risers, stock front springs (assuming), no raising links and it has tires that I am not familiar with. It felt good, but not as "tuned" as the one I wrecked. I will be changing all of that over, as well.

Not sure about the bar risers and highway pegs. I want to give them a fair chance before I remove them.

Little day ride. Then, changed oil, filter and rear end oil.

Waxed it.
Riding it this weekend while the weather kind of holds.