bigpoppa
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Why do all adventure/dirt bike helmets have the funny bird beaks on the top?
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Why Do ATV and Motocross Helmets Have Visors (Peak)?
While it's a common misconception, ATV and motocross helmets don't have visors but a peak. A visor is the see-through face shield on typical motorcycle
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Me too. I wonder if the peak would help with riding in winter when it's snowing. A visor gets covered and snowflakes sting the eyes at speed.
Someone once made a visor that had vanes on it and it spun, flinging the crap off but I never tried one.
sburns
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Not really. The peak is set, more or less, horizontally to the ground and is used situationally when stones, dirt and debris are thrown up by the spinning rear wheel of the bike in front of you or branches that infringe onto the trail when you're riding through the woods. To make effective use of the peak when the need arises, you have to tilt your head down to angle the peak so it deflects the debris from hitting your goggles. You're not meant to ride like that all the time.
When it snows, unless you tilt your head down 100% of the time, your goggles (or visor on an ADV helmet) will eventually get covered with snow and ice buildup. Same for dirtbikers - any particulate that hangs in the air, like sand or bugs, will eventually coat the goggles and that's what tear-offs are meant to solve.
Mad Mike
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It's a show of respect to Suzuki, the inventor of beaks for bikes. The first beak on an enduro/ADV was on the DR-Big.
Mad Mike
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Expect to see that on ADV helmets soon. Helps protect mullets.
TK4
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Or as it became to be known - Doctor Pig.
Sochi
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in full seriousness I was told that those to protect you (face - goggles) from the "roost".
I still trying to figure out where I can find roost on paved roads where ADV bikes are mainly used
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bigpoppa
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when you drink too much latte at the starbucks, the diarrhea can be roostyin full seriousness I was told that those to protect you (face - goggles) from the "roost".
I still trying to figure out where I can find roost on paved roads where ADV bikes are mainly used
The peak makes riding into the sun a bit more tolerable. Other than that, it's a fashion farkle for 90% of the adv riders.imho
