Transition Visors

I wear glasses, a bell helmet with a transition visor and love the visor. I find the helmet a bit noisy but I don't have a lot of other helmets to compare it too.
 
Double_J said:
I wear glasses, a bell helmet with a transition visor and love the visor. I find the helmet a bit noisy but I don't have a lot of other helmets to compare it too.
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Good to hear, thanks for the positive feedback !!
 
I don't have any issues with how my Shoei transitions visor tints or how dark it gets. It's pretty close to most Dark Smoke visors I have owned.
It's definitely darker than a light smoke visor.

I have zero complaints about it. Love it.
 
LoneRonin said:
lol, $20-30 mark up, you really don't know how these things work do you?? $200 over the course of the life of your helmet is nothing when you break it down to how many hours of use you're getting out of it...you're paying for the technology, licensing and convenience.
Just the manufacturing involved in a photochromic product warrants at least double that. I'm in the optical industry, when you get the exact same pair of lenses and add transitions as an option the price goes up $60-80 for the pair of two little lenses and that's the generic version. What the hell makes you think a whole visor should only be $20-30 more especially one that is an official Transitions licensed product??

I've got one on my RF-1200 and its great, plain and simple.
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Considering I don't hugely mind carrying a spare visor with me, I'd rather save the extra $100 + tax and use that towards something else bike-related or not. Now if there was an option to buy the RF-1200 WITH the transitions visor (at an added $100 cost), I'd be more open to it, since I wouldn't need to pick up another smoke visor for $80 on top of the clear that comes with the helmet.

Also for those who did add on the transitions visor for the 1200 -- Did it come with the pinlock insert, or did you have to buy that on top of the $200 visor as well?
 
I have RX sunglasses that I wear but also had a helmet with a clear shield and a sunshield as well. I normally rode with my RX sunglasses as well as the sunshield down if riding into the sun. Occasionally, I would ride with just reg RX glasses and sun shield. MUCH cheaper option, (especially seeing like it sounds like you already have RX sunglasses).
 
conundrum said:
Also for those who did add on the transitions visor for the 1200 -- Did it come with the pinlock insert, or did you have to buy that on top of the $200 visor as well?
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The Helmet comes with a Pinlock insert. The Spare Visor doesn't.

So there isn't any need to buy another Pinlock insert.
 
slowbird said:
The Helmet comes with a Pinlock insert. The Spare Visor doesn't.

So there isn't any need to buy another Pinlock insert.
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But you'd need to buy a second pinlock if you did want to go the two shield route, vs just installing the stock one on the transitions visor...I guess that does close the gap in costs a little bit.

Considering my 1100 still has a year left on it, I'm guessing the 1200, regular visors, and transitions visor all come on sale from time to time like most items at GP, shows, Royal, etc? Seems like the 1200 and everything that goes with it is more expensive than the 1100...but I guess that's the way the world works.
 
The transition visor also fits the x-14 so at least if you upgrade from the 1200 you can still use it.
 
conundrum said:
But you'd need to buy a second pinlock if you did want to go the two shield route, vs just installing the stock one on the transitions visor...I guess that does close the gap in costs a little bit.
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yeah...if you wanted to go the Two Visor route.....but the whole point of the Transition visor is to only have 1 visor.
 
I've been wearing "Cocoons"
http://www.basspro.com/_/N-0/Ntk-Search_All/Ntt-cocoons
which, for me, work gr8 - for riding, fishing, driving etc.

The optics are far better than that of the integrated sun visor in my helmet and,
as they kind'a "cocoon" around one's eyeglasses,
they work far better at protecting the eyes from debris.

As the O.P. mentioned, the issue comes when it gets dark.
Long story short ... I've ordered a pair of photochromic Cocoons
(Bass Pro doesn't carry them - I ordered them from Amazon).
They should arrive next week and, IMO,
provide an excellent option for eyeglass wearers!
 
^^^ I have a similar cheaper pair that I bought from the bike show. More like yellow tinted safety glasses with black frames. Used to wear them with my bucket. Love them. Look like shyte though.

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BRT said:
I've been wearing "Cocoons"
http://www.basspro.com/_/N-0/Ntk-Search_All/Ntt-cocoons
which, for me, work gr8 - for riding, fishing, driving etc.

The optics are far better than that of the integrated sun visor in my helmet and,
as they kind'a "cocoon" around one's eyeglasses,
they work far better at protecting the eyes from debris.

As the O.P. mentioned, the issue comes when it gets dark.
Long story short ... I've ordered a pair of photochromic Cocoons
(Bass Pro doesn't carry them - I ordered them from Amazon).
They should arrive next week and, IMO,
provide an excellent option for eyeglass wearers!
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This whole issue about stock visors being darker than the transitions.... I bought a pair of glasses at a market for 5 dollars, they are way darker than my $400 Oakley pair, ask me which one protects my eyes from the sun and allows me to see better when it's sunny outside? Not the darker pair.
 
ZX600 said:
This whole issue about stock visors being darker than the transitions.... I bought a pair of glasses at a market for 5 dollars, they are way darker than my $400 Oakley pair, ask me which one protects my eyes from the sun and allows me to see better when it's sunny outside? Not the darker pair.
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Call me crazy though, but a lot of the time I ride with not only my dark smoke visor, but also a pair of clip-on (well, magnetic) sunglasses on top of my prescription glasses. To me even the dark smoke isn't really dark enough, but both together works very well for a sunny mid-day ride, or when riding into the setting/rising sun.
 
ZX600 said:
This whole issue about stock visors being darker than the transitions.... I bought a pair of glasses at a market for 5 dollars, they are way darker than my $400 Oakley pair, ask me which one protects my eyes from the sun and allows me to see better when it's sunny outside? Not the darker pair.
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Gotta bet the cheapos don't have UV protection.
 
have the Bell RS-1 with the Transition Visor - best $100 I spent - night riding is great, sun in your face in the morning or evening from work is great. no issues

However

it tends to fog up easy so in lower temperature riding you need to give it time (or crack it open)
 
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