I have recently been gifted (owt for nowt, give Gav a shout) a 2 year old Neotec 2 as the previous owner has got himself a new lid.
It fitted my noggin and at zero pence I can dip my toe in this new fangled flip-front methodology. The only people I knew, who wear flip-fronts have big white BMWs and I have met them whilst helping with their enquiries, during a roadside chat.
I am a huge Arai fan, owning a race rep RX-7V (Schwantz fan) and a Tour-X4 as it was heavily discounted (ahead of X5), plus, both colour schemes match my bike.
This mornings commute started at 0730 and 13 degrees so lid on, visor open, (Still cant ride with my face exposed) and a neck tube on for draft exclusion). No issues what a great lid.
Bit of sunlight present, so dropped the internal visor, genius!! Main visor open still.
Out of Yarmouth and up to NSL speeds and what a great compromise, security of a full face lid and air flow ensured for comfort and sunlight dealt with (plus I looked steely and cool) as sun visor down.
Lucky me, I encountered rain shower over the last 5 miles, so after working out why my face was stinging, I closed the main visor. Now thinking its got dark quickly, I lifted the sun visor and ta-dah, vision restored but no stinging face.
Other points to note, the sun visor is easy to operate with a gloved hand, familiarity with the location of the operating mechanism will improve with time. Weight was no noticeable issue, but I am an oaf so just get on with it. Noise was no noticeable issue as I wear ear plugs. I also wear prescription gegs
to drive and no issues there.
In summary, I am a convert to the idea. Its straight into service as my winter lid, no visor changing admin to feck about with and when the time comes to replace my Arais, a Neotec 3 is much higher up the list ignoring the discounted one at SBS and Infinity.
It fitted my noggin and at zero pence I can dip my toe in this new fangled flip-front methodology. The only people I knew, who wear flip-fronts have big white BMWs and I have met them whilst helping with their enquiries, during a roadside chat.
I am a huge Arai fan, owning a race rep RX-7V (Schwantz fan) and a Tour-X4 as it was heavily discounted (ahead of X5), plus, both colour schemes match my bike.
This mornings commute started at 0730 and 13 degrees so lid on, visor open, (Still cant ride with my face exposed) and a neck tube on for draft exclusion). No issues what a great lid.
Bit of sunlight present, so dropped the internal visor, genius!! Main visor open still.
Out of Yarmouth and up to NSL speeds and what a great compromise, security of a full face lid and air flow ensured for comfort and sunlight dealt with (plus I looked steely and cool) as sun visor down.
Lucky me, I encountered rain shower over the last 5 miles, so after working out why my face was stinging, I closed the main visor. Now thinking its got dark quickly, I lifted the sun visor and ta-dah, vision restored but no stinging face.
Other points to note, the sun visor is easy to operate with a gloved hand, familiarity with the location of the operating mechanism will improve with time. Weight was no noticeable issue, but I am an oaf so just get on with it. Noise was no noticeable issue as I wear ear plugs. I also wear prescription gegs
to drive and no issues there.In summary, I am a convert to the idea. Its straight into service as my winter lid, no visor changing admin to feck about with and when the time comes to replace my Arais, a Neotec 3 is much higher up the list ignoring the discounted one at SBS and Infinity.
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Bought one at the Motorcycle live show last year and gifted my Neotec 2 to a mate.
