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Photochromic vs Tinted Visor: 7 Rides Ranked
Choosing between a photochromic vs tinted visor is not really a question about the visors themselves. It is a question about the light you actually ride in. A visor that darkens on its own is worth the money on a ride whose light changes from start to finish, and it is money wasted on a…
Photochromic Visor Lifespan: How Long Do They Last?
Photochromic visor lifespan is one of the few things nobody puts a number on. A photochromic visor does not fail the way a bulb fails, with a clear before and after. It fades, slowly, over a great many light cycles, and most riders only notice when a bright morning stops feeling as comfortable as it…
When to Replace a Motorcycle Visor: 8 Signs
Knowing when to replace a motorcycle visor is harder than it sounds, because a visor almost never fails all at once. It degrades slowly, in daylight, where your eyes quietly compensate for it. The bill arrives the first wet night you ride behind oncoming headlights, and by then you are already committed to the road…
Photochromic Visor UV and Windscreens: Why It Stays Clear
Ride out of a car park on a bright morning and a photochromic visor starts to darken within a minute or so. Sit in a car on that same morning, or ride behind a tall touring screen, and it can stay stubbornly pale. The reason is UV. A windscreen removes most of the ultraviolet light…
Motorcycle Visor Care: How to Clean, Protect and Replace
Anti-Fog Insert Fitment: 8 Helmet Makers Compared
Anti fog insert fitment is the question that decides whether a pin-style anti-fog insert is worth buying at all. An insert only works if it seats on the pins your visor actually has, at the spacing your visor actually uses, with the right curvature across the aperture. Get that wrong and you have a part…
Helmet Vents Winter Riding: Stop Visor Fogging
Cold, damp mornings are when a visor mists over fastest, and your helmet vents are the first control you have. Used properly in winter riding, they move enough dry air across the inside of the visor to keep it clear at a standstill as well as at speed. Used badly, they chill your face without…
Photochromic Visor Fitment: Which Helmets Take One
Photochromic visor fitment: the short answer Photochromic visor fitment is decided by the shield your helmet takes, not by the badge on the front of it. A photochromic visor is a replacement visor with a light-reactive layer, so it has to match the same mechanism, the same curvature and the same locking geometry as the…
Visor Anti-Fog Coating: Why It Wears Out and What Helps
A visor anti-fog coating is the thin factory-applied layer on the inside of a helmet visor that stops your breath from turning the view into a grey haze. It works well when the visor is new. After a season or two most riders notice it working less well, and many of them assume the visor…
Visors That Fit MT Helmets: 8 Fitment Groups
Visors that fit MT helmets, grouped by shield family MT builds a lot of helmets, and it does not give each one its own shield. Instead a single visor design is shared across a whole run of models, sometimes for years. Once you know which family your helmet belongs to, buying a replacement stops being…