Helmets with sun visors

[John Armstrong]

Is there a list anywhere that has what helmets have built in moveable sunvisors like the Schberth helmets http://www.schuberth.com/index.php?id=117&L=1

I know the BM System 6 has and a few other flip front helmets, but I think I'd prefer a full face helmet with the sun visor

 

[D6]

caberg do em,
and scorpion too

 

[KMD]

Yes, I have a Caberg Trip. It has a flip front, clear visor, and a drop down sun visor. The beauty being if you're riding in bright sun and enter a shaded area like a tunnel, you just flip it back up. It rated highly in some new tests brought out recently specifically for flip front helmets, and at about £130 I'm well pleased with it.

All my helmets so far have been Shoei or Arai but neither of them out perform the Caberg to the extent their price tags would suggest, in fact in some areas the Caberg is better than both.

 

[D6]

i got a trip, and would also say its as good as dearer helmets
they are around £90 now too
the scorpions look more user friendly though, but i love my matt black trip

 

[KMD]

they are around £90 now too

Mate, at that price they represent outstanding value. I thought mine was good at the price I paid but £90 ish is a steal.

 

[John Armstrong]

i got a trip, and would also say its as good as dearer helmets
they are around £90 now too
the scorpions look more user friendly though, but i love my matt black trip
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How quiet are they? I've a sportintegral and it's way quieter than the Arai Tour x. Not that surprising really I suppose.

 

[KMD]

My Trip is quieter than the Arai that I have. Although the Arai does have a more 'quality' feel, as you'd expect with the price, I was very pleasantly suprised by the Trip, and use it more now than the Arai, and hardly use the Shoei at all.

 

[ian6760]

+ 1 for the Caberg Trip. Flip the front up and I can put mine on without taking off my glasses first , the flip down sunnies also go over my glasses no worries

Down side, they tend to fog very quickly in the rain and cold, if you open the visor a crack the rain then runs down the inside of the vision Bob Heath spray works a bit, but not great.

I use my bike most days of the week and most of the year round and I've had the Caberg Trip for about 3 years, the visor could do with being replaced, and the leatherette on the bottom has cracked with ware but I've had no other problems with it in that time.

Not the best lid in the world, but it is a good value lid.

Ian

 

[John Armstrong]

Down side, they tend to fog very quickly in the rain and cold, if you open the visor a crack the rain then runs down the inside of the vision Bob Heath spray works a bit, but not great.

My sportintegral is almost a danger without a fog city insert because it does the same is it possible to fit one of these into the trip?

 

[ian6760]

I'm not sure. I looked into getting a pinn lock, but it was no good. It's hard to explain but the visor is curved in two ways. I tried my mates pinn lock in there and as the visor bubbles out top to bottom and it wouldn't seal and there was large gap in the middle between the two surfaces.

I never looked at the city fog so I'm not sure if they work the same way.

Ian

 

[Decster]

http://www.caberglids.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=237

anti fog visor by Caberg...

 

[John Armstrong]

http://www.caberglids.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=237

anti fog visor by Caberg...

Is that any different to a "normal" one, as most visors quote as being anti fog / scratch, but some need a pinlock / fog city, and others don't.

 

[Beemerman59]

I'm not sure. I looked into getting a pinn lock, but it was no good. It's hard to explain but the visor is curved in two ways. I tried my mates pinn lock in there and as the visor bubbles out top to bottom and it wouldn't seal and there was large gap in the middle between the two surfaces.

I never looked at the city fog so I'm not sure if they work the same way.

Ian

I have a Pinlock on my S1 lid and they are excellent. However, I have a problem with misting glasses but this has been solved by using Fog Tech liquid. This can be used on visors as well as glasses and as far as I'm concerned a miracle cure. I can now ride in any weather, visor fully down (to prevent the drips running down the inside of the visor) without any misting. I bought a bottle instead of the wipes and it is lasting for ages. Cost not much more than a tenner which for the privvy of being able to see is a bargain. You have to reapply it every few days but I just include it in my visor cleaning routine.

 

[Decster]

Is that any different to a "normal" one, as most visors quote as being anti fog / scratch, but some need a pinlock / fog city, and others don't.

Sorry John, no clue. I went Caberg website to have a look at the Flip hellie and noticed the visor, someone might have experience with it....

I am a schuberth user, but am always interested in other manufacturers flip lids

 

[John Armstrong]

Sorry John, no clue. I went Caberg website to have a look at the Flip hellie and noticed the visor, someone might have experience with it....

I am a schuberth user, but am always interested in other manufacturers flip lids

Seems to be a Schuberth / Caberg / System 6 contest at the moment for me to have a moveable sun visor.

 

[ian6760]

I have a Pinlock on my S1 lid and they are excellent. However, I have a problem with misting glasses but this has been solved by using Fog Tech liquid. This can be used on visors as well as glasses and as far as I'm concerned a miracle cure. I can now ride in any weather, visor fully down (to prevent the drips running down the inside of the visor) without any misting. I bought a bottle instead of the wipes and it is lasting for ages. Cost not much more than a tenner which for the privvy of being able to see is a bargain. You have to reapply it every few days but I just include it in my visor cleaning routine.

How do you get on with it riding at night? I tried that "Cat Crap" and it was good in the day time and better than the bob heath spray, but at night the waxy layer it put on the visor caught lights of car headlights and caused like a haze. So it stopped being cat crap and turned into just crap, and I went back to Bob Heath.

Ian

 

[Stewart H]

I use a Caberg justissimo GT it has the internal sun visor and flip front, an excellent helmet for spectacle wearers, misting has not been too much of a problem, apparently the visor is anti mist coated, the helmet feels quite flimsy to handle but has stood up to a couple of years of my usage without anything dropping off, I reckon its not the quietest helmet i have ever had.
Stewart

 

[ian6760]

Sorry John, no clue. I went Caberg website to have a look at the Flip hellie and noticed the visor, someone might have experience with it....

I am a schuberth user, but am always interested in other manufacturers flip lids

No that's the standard visor, the sell it as anti-fog, and it is coated with something but it still fogs up.

Ian

 

[Darryl]

Has anyone tried the Lazer Revolution, I've always had Arai as they seem to fit my head but the advantages of a flip front and flip down sunny thing is appealing...

 

[Brian ROSEN]

Comparisons

"......Seems to be a Schuberth / Caberg / System 6 contest at the moment for me to have a moveable sun visor..." If you can afford it I would not hesitate to reccomend the new System 6 - it is less expensive than the Schuberth (£325 mine cost, less 10% for BMW Club members, which will pay a year's sub) and is quiet, easy to put on and off and the interior padding can be adjusted to give a good comfoprtable fit. Plenty written about it on this forum.