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only been watching these vids for the past two weeks and they are real good. Like MC Rider, i have been riding bikes since 1978 and now ride a 98 heritage springer and a 2012 Muscle...... and will be 60 this year............but we are all still just learning every time we throw our legs over our scooters................thanks for the videos bro...

To be honest, I really like the look of a dark visor. It gives you that sick “unknown” look that I really like!

This guy is awesome. Heart of gold for sure.

Sunglasses and clear visor is my regular choice, also have the built-in dropdown visor.

Excellent video, I've opted for the clear with drop down visor so that I can flip it up for tunnels and parking garages during the day. I'm gonna give Plexus a try, thanks for the tip.

I had pinlock question and you answered it.. 6 years later!!👍🏽❤️🇺🇸

Thank you again for another informative vid. The only thing I would add Kevin is that agv offer the internal sun visor on their entry model K3-SV. When I returned to biking last year after a long break, I knew I wanted the same make if helmet that saved my life back in 1977 when a Rover 3.5 attempted to shunt me into low Earth orbit!! Well, they don't make Agos anymore, so I opted for a design favoured by his modern day contemporary Rossi. They are also available in other designs and plain colours. I'm really impressed by the design, spec, features and level of protection and comfort this entry level helmet offers. One of the features this K3-SV has is the ability to crack the visor open a tiny bit to allow a very small flow of air to defog. But if you drop the visor down hard from open, the hold open thing will cancel itself. It's maybe not quite stiff enough when deployed, but easy to redeploy. Also, the sun visor deployment lever is on the left by the main visor hinge point. That's good design. I don't want to be tapping the top of my head while I'm riding. Shortest route is best. The only negative issue I've found is that when I'm putting my glasses on, the left arm seems to always want to slip behind the padding rather than behind my ear. But my ears were built for speed - being well pinned back from the factory, so I guess I don't really have anything to complain about. So, what began as an exercise in brand loyalty due to a 40 year old experience I'm still paying for in daily back pain, has turned into a genuine opportunity to recommend the agv K3-SV

I have a sadicci helmet with drop down sun shade.first time with one.i love it.thanks for the great video Kevin.

Good information Kevin. One product you didn’t bring up is the SuperVisor attachment that adds the equivalent of the extended bill much like that MCrider baseball cap that you wear. It attaches to the flip up visor with strong 2 face tape, yet is vented at the top to minimise the effects of the wind blast to the profile of the helmet. The shadow it casts across the face is significant during the day, but I find it’s best selling point is the ability it provides you for riding into the low horizon sun in the early morning or late evening commute. Just dip your head down a bit and the sun is blocked like a car’s windshield visor. Between my clear visor, prescription sun glasses, and SuperVisor, I can ride any time of day or night without issues. Not bad for a $20 investment.

Great info! One tip that really helped me was putting a couple of strips of black electrical tape across the top of the visor. Helps alot when the sun is lower on the horizon, and beaming into my eyes.

your vids are just the best...thank you so much for who you are and your presentations...love the info I learn from you.

Within the helmet construction, the flip down visor is sandwiched between the outer shell and the EPS liner giving the same amount of protection to the rider.I myself have the HJC with this facility and it brill.

I have been using a C3-Pro with a dark visor for daytime riding. When things get really bright, I use the built-in drop-down sun visor also. It's the only way to go near sunrise and sunset. I carry a spare clear visor for rain and dark.

One thing I like about my Scorpion helmet is that it came with both clear and tinted visors in the box, and they're really easy to swap out, so if I'm going to a rally or out of town where I know I might end up in the dark, I always take the clear one with me.

Really like your vids! Very thorough and great for a new rider like myself. Keep it up!

I love my "drop downs". In the spring and fall, in riding in the midwest where the roads are shaded by trees, the "in and out" of bright day light rules out sunglasses as you just can't keep changing them fast enough. The drop down solves the problem as I can raise and lower it faster than my eye will adapt to the changing light conditions.

Bell makes a single piece "double pane" visor (like a pin-lock) that you can swap into their Vortex, Revolver EVO, RS-1 and certain model years of the Star helmet. They were created for snowmobile use, but fit fine on motorcycle helmets also. I have one and it works great... no fogging at all. They also have an electric heated visor for several of the same helmets. It takes a little searching, but they're out there available on-line.

As always you make some of the best videos on the channel; many thanks! FYI: Wiley X makes many styles of sunglasses including models with a sealing material around the frame, as you showed. They are optically correct, certified shatter proof (might be handy on a motorcycle) and readily available in many places, including amazon. Some models have the lens seal is removable. I have worn these for many years for many sports and differing equipment; everyday, motorcycle, atv, horseback, airplane and helicopter flying, water and snow skiing! Also, the Honda spray cleaner is about 1/3 rd. the price and has better reviews than plexus. Good Rides

Great way of getting peeps to watch your videos to the end, your a cunning guy.

Love the new into. Also I wear glasses and tend to ride with my visor open a tiny bit to avoid fogging. It’s just something I have dealt with my entire life.

Hey kevin great vid as always. My new Shoei Neotec i installed a Photo Chromatic Pinlock. Not as dark as i would like but a happy medium for me to not need sunglasses as well. I also have custom transitions sunglasses as well when i wear a 3/4 Bell Custom 500 that work great. Plexus is $$ but im a firm believer in it!

Really like the hjc modular with drop down tinted visor and clear outer. Added pinlock and chin curtain.

You're so right about that Texas sun. I definitely need to look into getting a tinted visor. That for the useful info MCrider.

I’m returning to riding after being away for a long time. Helmets and their ventilation and built in drop down visors, and pin lock visors are great technology that didn’t exist when I ride previously.

Hey Kevin, always great information on your videos. Love seeing little Major helping out. You must be working him way too hard as waking up from a sleep lol.

Plexxus is awesome. My aftermarket windshield mfg recommended it years ago and I'm hooked. I'm so a clear visor and sunglasses guy. Used 1/2 helmets for decades so I'm just used to it now thst I've moved to a Bell Bullitt full face.

My Shoei GT-Air II came with a pinlock and the drop down visor is just awesome. Great helmet

After going through two other helmets and not satisfied, finally got the Shoei RF1200 with the photochromic transitions shield. I have never had a fog issue and the bright light has not been an issue. I am brown eyed so I may be less sensitive. I wish I had started out this way. Would have saved me a lot of money! That's my two cents! Gonna go buy some Plexus now. Thanks Kevin!

Got an HJC IS-17 as well. Having an anti fog visor is nice, but what good is that for when the inner sun visor fogs up? It helps to open the main visor just a notch to increase airflow. Got a better solution?

Kevin, your advice on the Pinlock system was timely last year, I ride all year in the UK and we get a lot of cool/cold/wet weather and this winter was the first with crystal clear vision and I thank you for that. Can't recommend it enough if you ride all weathers or colder climates. The plexus is good and prolongs the visor life. I wear glasses and I've found not having them pressed up close to my face helps with fogging....also have plastic lenses helps too, glass always fogs. Love Major!

Yeah, my Shoei helmet has a inner dark shield for sun as well as the outer clear visor. That's why I bought that one specifically, as it was more expensive for that feature. It's my first helmet, as I am a new rider, and I've used it for sun already. Happy with it. Thanks for your videos.

Great stuff, also use Rain X, helps keep the visor clear of rain, also on car windscreen.

A few weeks ago, I bought a new helmet as the old one (Shoei Multitec) had its 9th birthday and didn't feel nice anymore. Never had any issues with it though, it was just the inside comfort foam that was hardened due time. It had a gradually tinted visor (clear on the bottom, medium tinted at the top) which was great, but not perfect in low-light conditions (full shaded areas, tunnels and at night time). My new helmet is (again) a Shoei, the Neotec 2017 series in plain white. Many improvements, better aerodynamics and with a build-in drop-down sun visor. The "parking space" for this visor, does not reduce the material thickness of the impact foam in the shell. Instead, at this spot the shell has a bulge which provides space for the sun visor. So, in the case the safety is not compromised. It should never do. By the way... Did you know that Pinlock is a Dutch invention?... I use it since 1996, back then it had a plastic foil that protected the permanent glue around the edge, so to install it, you had to remove that foil and stick it (very carefully) onto the visor. You just had one chance to do it right. This had some flaws, as the glue did not seal perfectly resulting in water vapor between visor and shield. A few years later, the silicone gasket and pins were introduced, which is still a proven recipe. I wouldn't want it any other way, it's easy to adjust the tension, it's easy to remove for cleaning, it's perfect, I LOVE it!

I've used rain-x inside the shield and it does its work keeping my shield from fogging for approximately two weeks.

I'll have a look for plexis. Love Major. Thanks Kev

I like to have 2 visors in 1 clear under and dark above so I can just flick the dark one up. right tab for dark. left for both

Schuberth C3 Pro with drop down sun visor...perfect for me as I wear spectacles

In late fall when the sun starts to get low in the sky I put a piece of black gaffers tape across the top of my visor. I use gaff which is available at any photo store or online because it doesn't leave a lot of residue. This isn't original thought on my behalf. It's a well worn, time tested way to keep the fall/winter/early spring sun out of your eyes. Kevin, your videos are excellent.

I live in N.W. Indiana, I use Z-Clear on my helmet shield and glasses to reduce fogging. In less its below freezing then I still get a little fogging around the edge of my shield.

Just ordered a Scorpion 950 Helmet. They have a front face shield as well as tinted secondary shades that pop down. You can buy clear or Amber ones too. So if you run a tinted Visor you can flip it up and still see it without pulling over and swapping visors or putting glasses on.

A little detail you may have missed with the plexus. I don't think I'd recommend using it on mirrored visors as it may eat through the mirror coating on the exterior of the visor. Once that starts chipping off, you're left with a spotty mid-level smoked visor from the inside, and a patchy mirror finish on the outside.

Plexus is great. It works well with the plastics on the motorcycle as well. I was my bike with it and it shines up nice

Using a Nolan N40.5 classic with drop-down visor. I find it most convenient to change from tinted to clear and back with the flick of a switch when going through tunnels or similar. In the old days I used to switch the visor or wear sunglasses under the clear... Concerning cleaning or bug removal: in europe / switzerland we haven't invented some things, which leaves us to experiment with the stuff that's available and/or acceptable price-range... I find that detailers offer a good beading from any kind of precipitation, while making it easier to remove any kind of contaminants while at the same protecting against crazying/fine scratches/love marks. Currently using Sonax Brilliant Shine Detailer - nice coconut-scent and use it as well on the car... :)

I'm optically challenged so I have 2 pair of glasses. One pair that are transition that do not get dark enough when I'm in the cage and another pair that are prescription sun glasses. The clear shield is the only option form me. Good topic Kevin.

My best to you and the addition to Major....

Thanks Kevin! Nice companion

Hi Ken, I have owned a Nolan N-90 for 10 years, looking to replace now with another Nolan. I really like the micro lock feature on chin strap, do not like double rings to secure the helmet. Always found the detents to alleviate fogging, just crack it open and fog is gone. Also the drop down tint inner shield works well, but wearing any kind of sunglasses gets uncomfortably tight. Problem is you need to try on the helmet to get the right size and to find a local dealer is difficult

I would like for helmet manufacturers that have the drop-down shields inside to offer clear shields. When I bought my Sedici I knew the inner visor was not dark enough for sunny days in NC, so like you, I went with a dark face shield. Up until the time change last week, riding home from work was a bit dicey. I will look into the glasses option though, I can carry them in the R1200s glovebox.

I've found that the chrome/silver reflective visor to be pretty good for day/night riding. Now it does make it darker but nothing like having a true tinted visor on at night... That's just way too dark. I wear glasses. So other than buy super expensive shades I just deal with the trade off!

Good overview Kevin. We have used a KLIM TK1200 Modular helmet with the Transitions face shield and pin lock for the past year. It works so well we never need any additional glasses. My wife's eyes are very sensitive to light. She used to have to were dark glasses with a face shield. She now only wears dark glasses when she takes the helmet off. The shields go completely clear at night.

I never thought about glasses/goggles! I usually carry a clear visor for after dark. Wonder if it’ll be a snug fit in my Shoei NXR

I have a Shoie GT Air helmet with a drop down visor. My only issue with it is when it is cold outside but the sun is out. The drop down visor fogs up quickly. I have not tried putting any anti-fog spray on it to see if that will help.

Been using plexus for years!! Excellent Product.

Great help - as always! Question: what is your spin on the various colored lens’ for the helmet? I’ve seen blue, yellow, red, bronze, etc. Are they effective at sun blocking/shading? Your show is wonderful!

I use the hjc internal visor. Works perfectly fine for me. I also wear eyeglasses so I got the thin memory wire frames. On my non hjc helmet I use a series of clip on sunglasses of different colors and degree of darkness. All good. I care a cotton face cloth wet with a non amonia soap spray on it in a Ziploc bag. Clean the visor at every coffee stop

For those of you that wear glasses and ride in the cold. The only combo I have found that works is a pinlock and contacts. If I just use the pinlock my glasses fog up. So when its really cold I use the contacts and the pinlock and get no fogging.

always have a clear visor , I change at the late afternoon gas stop , takes less than a min on my Shoei , my GT Air also has a flip down built in visor.

Hey Kevin, another great vid'. I have an HJC FG-ST with the internal visor and it is, as is the IS-17 SHARP 5 star rated, so I figure there's little or no compromise on safety. Wadya reckon?

Thanks for the review Kevin. Good information. By the way, Major is a handsome lad!

I have used Pledge to clean all my plastic with. I got the idea from when I flew airplanes. The refuelers always used Pledge to clean the plastic windshields on our plane.

Love my Shoei RF-SR with blue chrome tinted visor

Talking about the 'star' effect when riding at night with a pinned dual face shield. The same effect is achieved without the dual face shield from having Lasik surgery on the eyes. Personally after having it done 15+ years ago (turning 54 in '19) it's a small price to pay to get rid of glasses. And you get used to it over time. Been on 2 wheels 46-47 years. Love it so much I refuse to die except on 2 wheels lol.

My choice is the clear shield with a flip down sun shield. I have had several of these helmets. They are hard to find but work well. I replace my helmets every five years or after a drop.

I love my helmet with the drop down interior visor. Makes me feel like a fighter pilot!!LOL I have to wear prescription glasses so sunglasses are not an option for me. The tinted drop down visor works well for me with a clear exterior visor for darkness.

Kevin, I have two modular helmets and a half helmet. My modular are a HJC with a pin lock and my Bell does not have it. The visors on both work fine as far as shading light. The pin lock is a god send early in the morning to prevent fogging. My Bell half helmet unfortunately requires I carry two visors, smoked and clear if I am out after dark.

Some helmets have a clear option for the drop down. This allows you to have the dark tinted visor with the clear backup. I like this option because I'll sunburn with a clear visor.

Pinlock inserts are great but very expensive. I found that the invision pro shield inserts are just as effective and far less expensive. Plus they work with both pinlock ready faceshields and non-pinlock ready faceshields.

When I bought my helmet AGV Corsa, came with the anti fog, installed in the visor, made the mistake of washing the visor with antibacterial soap, and the anti-fog film that was brought to ruin, I share my experience so that it does not happen to you, always clean the visor with the appropriate product, greetings from Carmelo, Uruguay ✌

Because I ride a lot during colder weather, usually as low as 45 degrees. The Pinlock has been a saving for my riding..

Looking for more info on helmets that accommodate my prescription glasses. I get the modular are not as safe, but hey, I can put on the helmet over my specks, when I use one.

I do have an HJC RPHA 11 Pro and I've been caught at night with tinted shield. Personally, I find that the shield is still fine for me at night. Sure it's a bit darker but not by much. I do have tear offs for preventing bugs and dirt from dirtying my face shield. As for cleaning the shield, I first soak a paper towel with water then place it over the face shield. After 5 min, you can easily wipe your face shield with a clean paper towel. Then I use the Plexus to further clean the face shield and entire helmet.

If you're looking for great glasses, check ski glasses. (not goggles) They are designed to be impact resistant to snow and grit, they wraparound your head and are built to protect from wind more than normal sunglasses. They also are often flexible and break resistant to minor impacts that happen if you fall skiing.

I like a yellow lens for those dull days. Works OK at night for a little bit.

Sup! I really need help, i am looking for a comptiable visor for my THH Ts 80 helment On amazon and ebay they only got dark smoke and the clear i am lookong for a colourful visor 💪🔥

I like helmets with the clear face shields the best , that have the inner flip down sunglass visor. Also some helmets don't include a cut-out space in the helmets inner padding to allow clearance for spectacle / sunglasses 'arms' , so the the helmets without the cutouts will press those spectacle 'arms' into your temples ..., and that gets annoying and hurts after a while when riding.

Great video that taught me some things. Use Plexus with a microfiber cloth BTW, not a paper towel (!).

Another option for adv dual sport riders is to have a pair of mx goggles handy so you can flip up the visor and slip those on, only in a compatible helmet of course

Major!! What a cool little dude!

Love the product recommendations

My bigest problem with fullface helmets (mine is a HTC) is the vents don't let air in or out enough and in summer it is too hot without openong the visor for some cool air.

Bell Qualifier DLX MIPS, comes with a transition visor - best visor ever.

I just got an 07 Raider helmet for free. Good condition exept for the visor which is scratched up. Looking for a new visor

Very good! Thanks Kevin.

Thanks for the info, very informative!👍

clear visor and glasses is the best choice.... however what if you wear glasses to see? I think its better to have a pinhole visor (tinted) and clear visor or just have a minimal tint... I mostly commute during daylight so mirror visor would suit me the best, or transition visor (if its an option for the helmet)

I would like a clear visor, could I buy prescription glasses that auto darken ?

What do you think about half tinted visor, like top portion gradually tinted only to protect from direct sun, but bottom clear ?

Love my transition shield !!

my inner visor won't pull down further abit wat do I do???

I have a Shoei Qwest with the PinLoc. I do notice the glare at night, but it's not too bad. The one drawback is I wear glasses. The PinLoc keeps the visor from fogging, but can't do anything about your glasses. For sunlight, I wear prescription sunglasses, which I have with me at all times, riding or not. Ryan at FortNine also suggested goggles for urban riding, when you do a lot of stop and go in traffic, to avoid having to keep flipping the visor up every time you stop and start heating up inside the helmet.

Excellent video. I'm tired of these sprays with their false claims. I've tried several and they don't do the job. The pinlock system seems to be the best one according to reviews, so I guess I'll try that next!

would that double pane work in Pennsylvania's winters? i had to use goggles n keep my visor open an inch. i hit a giant cicada once. instant pull over. had to use bandana n spit.

What about mirrored visors? When it's really sunny out I have a tendency to be able to see my reflection when I ride with the visor down which distorts my vision. So when I'm riding towards direct sunlight I ride with the visor up. Any tips on reducing or eliminating the reflection?

What are your thoughts on high end modular helmets such as Shoei NeoTech?

yeah i dont like having to look thru 3 pieces of plastic,sun glasses,visor and winsheild,i feel my vision gets a little distorted and cant as crisp

Can you do an episode on safely lane splitting when and where it's legal?

I use Plexus to clean all the plastic parts on my motorcycle. Great stuff!

I like a clear shield and sunglasses. I have a pair for cloudy/overcast days and one for bright sun. They are polarized. I have tried several different anti-fog treatments over the years. I worked outside in Alaska for 3+ years and also had the fog problem with goggles. They ALL suck. They either don't work at all or leave kind of a smeary coating. On the bike I just crack it open at the bottom and it works great (did the same thing racing). Strange that I have never had the problem of my sunglasses fogging up in my helmet though. I've never noted that. I'm surprised to hear you say the pin shield works, double lens goggles DIDN"T WORK well at all in AK. If the temperature of the inner shield reaches dew point, they are going to fog. Warm, moist breath on a cold surface...every time.

Pinlock visors are good but after some time they are fogging up!!! What do you do then????