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Photochromic Visor Hot Weather: Why It Darkens Less
Riders looking for photochromic visor hot weather advice almost always arrive with the same complaint. The visor that went satisfyingly dark on a cool spring morning now sits somewhere between clear and faintly grey on the hottest afternoon of the year, exactly when the sun is at its most punishing. It feels like a fault,…
Visors That Fit Arai Helmets: 5 Fitment Groups
Visors that fit Arai helmets: the short answer Visors that fit Arai helmets fall into five fitment groups in our catalogue, and once you know which group your lid belongs to the shopping part takes about a minute. One shield design usually serves a whole family of models, so the question is never really “what…
Photochromic Visor Cold Weather: Why It Clears Slowly
Photochromic visor cold weather behaviour catches a lot of riders out, and almost always in the same direction. Riders expect a reactive visor to struggle to go dark on a cold morning. What actually tends to happen is the reverse: it goes dark readily in winter sun, then takes its time going clear again when…
Visors That Fit LS2 Helmets: 8 Fitment Groups
The short answer: visors that fit LS2 helmets LS2 does not build a separate shield for every helmet it sells. It builds a shield for a family of helmets, and that is the single most useful thing to know before you order. Once you know which family your lid belongs to, the search stops being…
Stop Glasses Fogging in Motorcycle Helmet: What Works
Glasses fogging in a motorcycle helmet is one of the few riding problems that gets worse the moment you slow down. You pull up at a junction on a cold morning, your visor is perfectly clear, and your lenses turn white. Riders who wear prescription glasses often assume they have the wrong helmet, when what…
Visors That Fit Shark Helmets: 6 Fitment Groups
The visors that fit Shark helmets fall into six fitment groups, and once you know which group your helmet sits in, the choice gets a great deal simpler. Shark reuses one shield shape across several models, so the visor an owner buys for a Spartan can be the same part a Skwal owner needs. The…
Pinlock Fogging Up? Causes and Fixes for Misted Inserts
Pinlock fogging up is a common cold-weather complaint on rider forums, and it almost always has a specific, fixable cause. An anti-fog insert is not a coating that wears evenly and fails gracefully. It is a second lens held off the visor by two pins, sealed by a silicone bead, and it stops working in…
Visors That Fit HJC Helmets: 8 Fitment Groups
The visors that fit HJC helmets fall into a small number of shared-shield families, and that is the single most useful thing to know before you replace one. HJC does not design a separate shield for every helmet. It designs a handful of shields and reuses each one across a whole run of models, sometimes…
Visor Fogs When I Stop: Causes and Fixes
You are moving, the view is clear, and then the lights go red. Within seconds the inside of the shield turns milky and you are peering through a grey wall. If “visor fogs when I stop” is what you typed into a search box, this is not a fault with your helmet: it is condensation…
How to Fit a Pinlock-Compatible Anti-Fog Insert
Knowing how to fit a Pinlock-compatible insert properly is what separates a visor that stays clear on a cold, wet ride from one that mists over at every set of lights. A pin-style anti-fog insert is the single most effective fix for a fogging visor, and it is also the accessory riders most often fit…