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Old 10-20-2009, 04:10 PM   #21
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I ride with a clear visor because I don't want to pay for a tinted one for my new lid yet. Wear glasses inside it if I really need to block light.
eggzachary. My visor only comes down when its cold, raining, or im behind other bikes. Any other time its safety glasses

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Old 10-20-2009, 04:13 PM   #22
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Dark smoke shield. I rarely ride at right and if I know I am going to be out at dark I will switch to clear before I leave the house. I have on a couple of occasions been caught out with a dark shield at night. Not fun. You just have to take the well lit roads home.
or raise your visor...
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Old 10-20-2009, 04:22 PM   #23
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or raise your visor...
No I don't want to take a rock or a bug to the face. I'll take my chances with the visor down. Maybe if I was putting around at 25-30mph but not highway speed. And most major roads in MI are 50+ mph limit
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Old 10-20-2009, 04:24 PM   #24
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No I don't want to take a rock or a bug to the face. I'll take my chances with the visor down. Maybe if I was putting around at 25-30mph but not highway speed. And most major roads in MI are 50+ mph limit
In MI you're more likely to take a deer to the face at night!
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Old 10-20-2009, 04:35 PM   #25
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No I don't want to take a rock or a bug to the face. I'll take my chances with the visor down. Maybe if I was putting around at 25-30mph but not highway speed. And most major roads in MI are 50+ mph limit

Yeah no crap! WAY too many june bugs and small around here to risk leaving the visor UP at all
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Old 10-20-2009, 04:39 PM   #26
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I ride with a dark smoked visor all the time. *shrug*
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Old 10-20-2009, 04:44 PM   #27
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In MI you're more likely to take a deer to the face at night!
True. And they are out in full force right now.
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True. And they are out in full force right now.
They're bad here too...had to add some "spotters" to the RT....glad I did too, I can now see off the road quite a bit at night and catch them as they start to run across

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Old 10-20-2009, 05:06 PM   #29
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Yeah no crap! WAY too many june bugs and small around here to risk leaving the visor UP at all
We should take a pic of our visors after a ride here in the country and then see who decides to leave their shields up
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Old 10-20-2009, 05:10 PM   #30
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Dark Smoke during the Day.

Clear at night
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