Clear replacement visors - ClearLine Motors

A scratched visor does not announce itself in daylight. It shows up at night, when every oncoming headlight smears into a star across the surface and you end up reading the road through the haze instead of through the plastic.

If that is where you are, you already know what you need. You need the correct clear visor for your helmet, ordered once, right first time. The main thing standing between you and that is fitment: helmet ranges have sub-variants and revisions, and a visor that is nearly right is no use at all.

So this page covers two things. How to be certain you are ordering the visor that fits your exact helmet, and what the law in Great Britain actually tests — which is not the colour of the visor, and which most sellers state wrongly. Shipping is free.

Match the visor to your exact helmet, not just the brand

Visors are model-specific mouldings. The brand on the shell is not enough information, and neither is the helmet family name on its own — a range that ran for several years can carry more than one aperture or mechanism across its life.

Find the model name on the shell, the chin bar, or the label sewn into the lining.
Look at the visor you are taking off. Many carry a part code moulded into the edge, or into the tab that clips into the mechanism. That code is the most reliable identifier you have.
Note the year or revision if the helmet has been in production a long time.
Read the fitment list on the product page. It names the helmet models that visor is listed as fitting.
A fitment list is not an exhaustive compatibility chart. If your model is not named, do not assume it fits and do not assume it does not — send us the model and the part code and we will tell you what we can, before you order rather than after.

Some mouldings are shared across several helmets in a manufacturer’s range, so one visor can genuinely be the right part for more than one model. Where that applies, the additional models are named on the product page. We do not stretch a fitment list further than the visor is listed for.

What a scratched visor costs you after dark

Scratches do not block light. They scatter it. In daylight you barely notice; at night the same surface takes a single headlight and spreads it across your field of view, exactly when you have the least margin to work with. That is usually when a scratched visor stops being tolerable — on an unlit road rather than in daylight.

The obvious alternative is polishing the old one, and it is worth being straight about it. Polishing compounds work by removing material. They can take the top off light hazing, but they do not return a scratched surface to flat, and the finish left behind can scatter light in ways you will notice on an unlit road. If the visor has a surface coating, abrasive polishing takes the coating off along with the scratches.

There is no statutory scratch threshold for a visor in use, so we cannot point you at a rule that a given scratch breaks. That is not the same as scratches being legally irrelevant. Highway Code rule 83 warns that scratched or poorly fitting eye protectors limit your view, and vision-impairing damage may matter after an incident, and that is a question for a court rather than for us. What we will not tell you is that a badly scratched visor is fine.

What actually decides whether a visor is legal on the road

Our position first, because it governs how you should read everything else here. ClearLine sells unbranded aftermarket visors. We do not inspect the approval marking on individual items and we cannot confirm the marking on any visor we ship, so we do not offer any visor in this catalogue as authorised for road use. That includes the clear ones. What we can do is set the test out accurately, so you can apply it to the visor in your hands.

Most sellers go wrong in the same direction: they treat the colour as the legal question. It is not.

Eye protectors used on the road in Great Britain are governed by section 18 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Motor Cycles (Eye Protectors) Regulations 1999.
A visor is a prescribed type only if it carries a BS 4110 grade together with an approved certification mark — the BSI Kitemark, or an approved EEA equivalent — or a UNECE Regulation 22 approval marking. The 1999 Regulations name the 22.05 series; there is a note on 22.06 below.
The marking is the test, not the tint. A clear visor carrying no approval marking is not a prescribed type, and being clear does not cure that. No wording on a product page, ours or anyone else’s, substitutes for the marking on the visor itself.
Look for it on the visor, usually moulded or etched near an edge or along the bottom lip. That marking is the only thing that settles the question, which is why we tell you to check it rather than telling you it will be fine.
A rider using an eye protector that is not a prescribed type commits a summary offence carrying a fine of up to level 2, a maximum of £500. Separately, a seller who offers an eye protector as authorised for use when it is not a prescribed type commits an offence carrying a fine of up to level 3, a maximum of £1,000. That second offence is ours, and it is a large part of why this page reads the way it does.
Neither offence is endorsable. There are no penalty points for a visor — the “three points for a tint” line repeated on forums is wrong.
Wearing eye protection is not compulsory in Great Britain. A helmet is. Highway Code rule 83 treats eye protectors as advisable, and asks that any you do wear comply with the Regulations.

Mirrored, iridium and dark-smoke visors are not legal for road use in the UK, day or night. We sell those for closed-circuit, track and off-road use only. And a tint marked DAYTIME USE ONLY is marked that way for a reason: it should not be used at night.

Three honest limits on the above. The 1999 Regulations name UNECE Regulation 22.05, while current GOV.UK guidance also refers to 22.06, and we cannot resolve that difference — so for a visor marked only to the 22.06 series we cannot tell you whether it falls within the prescribed types, and we do not claim that it does. The rules set out here are Great Britain only: Northern Ireland has separate legislation we have not researched, and in the EU, although UN Regulation 22 applies, national rules and enforcement vary by country, so we make no single “EU legal” claim. And this is research, not legal advice.

Aftermarket replacements, said plainly

ClearLine sells aftermarket visors. They are not made by, supplied by, or endorsed by AGV, Shoei, Shark, Bell, HJC, Scorpion, KYT or any other helmet manufacturer, and we have no affiliation with any of them. When a product page says a visor fits an AGV K6, it means the moulding is made to match that helmet’s aperture and mechanism. It does not mean AGV made it.

What follows from that is worth knowing before you buy. The tolerances, the optical quality, any surface treatment and any approval marking come from whoever manufactured the visor, not from the helmet brand — and, as above, we do not inspect them. We do not run a blanket scratch-resistant-coating claim across the catalogue, because it would not be true across the catalogue. If a product page does not state a coating, or preparation for an anti-fog insert, do not assume it is there.

If you would rather have the helmet manufacturer’s own part, buy the helmet manufacturer’s own part. That is a reasonable choice. It usually costs more, and it is the one route where the helmet brand itself stands behind the fit and the marking.

Five things to check before you order

The exact model and variant of your helmet, plus the year if the range has been in production a while.
The part code moulded into your old visor, if it has one.
The approval marking on the visor when it arrives. We cannot confirm it for you, and nothing on the product page settles it — the marking on the item is the test.
Whether the product page states preparation for an anti-fog insert, if you intend to keep using yours. An insert made for one visor does not reliably fit another, and if the page does not say so, assume it is not prepared for one. We are also not able to tell you whether fitting a third-party insert affects a visor’s approval status — we could not establish that either way, so we will not tell you it is fine.
The condition of the visor mechanism on the helmet. Worn or cracked base plates will not seal a new visor properly, and that is a helmet problem rather than a visor problem.

If fitment is at all uncertain, ask us before you order. It is the cheapest step on this list.

Free shipping, and the case for ordering before you need it

Shipping is free to the UK, the United States and the EU, with no shipping charge added at checkout.

What it is not is quick. The delivery estimate for your address is shown at checkout before you pay. We would rather tell you that here than let you find it out with the bike already off the road.

Which leads to the one genuinely useful recommendation on this page: buy the clear visor before the old one is unusable. A spare clear visor in the box is the difference between swapping it yourself in the garage and waiting on a delivery with the bike stood still. And if you run a tinted visor through the summer, the clear one is what gets you home after dark — it transmits more light than any tint, and a tint marked DAYTIME USE ONLY should not be used at night.

Visors in this finish

Every listing below is an aftermarket replacement visor. Check the fitment on the product page against your exact helmet model and generation before ordering.

Common questions

Are clear visors road legal in Great Britain?

The colour is not the test — the approval marking is. A visor is a prescribed type only if it is marked to BS 4110 with its grade and an approved certification mark such as the BSI Kitemark, or carries a UNECE Regulation 22 approval marking. The 1999 Regulations name the 22.05 series; see the 22.05/22.06 note on this page. A clear visor with no approval marking is not a prescribed type, however clear it is. We sell unbranded aftermarket visors and do not inspect the marking on individual items, so we do not offer any visor in this catalogue as authorised for road use — check the marking on the visor you receive. Northern Ireland has separate legislation we have not researched. This is research, not legal advice.

How do I know a visor will fit my helmet?

Match the exact model and variant, not just the brand. Take the model name from the shell or the label in the lining, and check your old visor for a moulded part code — that code is the most reliable identifier you have. Then read the fitment list on the product page, which names the helmet models that visor is listed as fitting. Some mouldings are shared across several helmets in a range, and where that applies those models are named too. A fitment list is not an exhaustive compatibility chart, so if your model is not named, send us the model and the part code rather than assuming either way.

Can I just polish the scratches out of my old visor?

Polishing compounds remove material. They can reduce light surface hazing, but they do not return a scratched surface to flat, and the finish left behind can scatter light in a way you will notice on unlit roads at night. If the visor carries a surface coating, polishing removes the coating along with the scratches. For a visor that is scratched rather than lightly hazed, replacement is the honest answer.

Will my existing Pinlock or anti-fog insert fit a new visor?

Only if the new visor is prepared for one and uses a compatible arrangement — an insert made for one visor does not reliably transfer to another. Where a visor is stated as prepared for an anti-fog insert, that is on its product page; if the page does not say so, assume it is not. Separately, we are not able to tell you whether fitting a third-party insert affects a visor’s approval status. We could not establish that, so we make no claim about it.

Is a clear visor better at night than a light tint?

Yes, in the plain sense that it transmits more light than any tint, so less is taken out of what reaches your eyes on an unlit road. A tinted visor marked DAYTIME USE ONLY is marked that way and should not be used at night. Whether any particular visor may be used on the road is a separate question, and it is decided by the approval marking on that visor, not by its colour — and not by us, because we do not confirm markings on individual items.

Do I legally have to wear a visor or goggles?

No. In Great Britain a helmet is compulsory, eye protection is not. Highway Code rule 83 describes eye protectors as advisable and asks that, if you wear one, it complies with the Regulations. So the choice to wear a visor is yours; the choice of which visor is constrained by law.

What does delivery cost and how long does it take?

Shipping is free to the UK, the United States and the EU, and no shipping charge is added at checkout. We do not offer a next-day or express service, and the delivery estimate for your address is shown at checkout before you pay. If your visor is already unusable, factor that in, and consider ordering a spare before you need it.