Clear goggles
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I've been wearing Halcyon goggles for the past ten years. My eyes are extremely sensitive to wind and a mosquito fart can make them water. These solved that problem and don't fall apart like 'foam behind the eyepiece sunglasses' types too often do after just a month of use.
Make sure to get the leather, not the pvc. The 'compact' might work for you, but I tried them once and unfortunately I can't remember why I didn't like them or couldn't use them (more than likely it may have been that I needed the 'extra' leather and foam padding to fit around the eye opening on my balaclava when I ride in the winter). I always get a couple extra straps as it eventually stretches to the point I can't adjust it tight anymore. A strap for me usually lasts a couple of years.
I wear a half-helmet only, so I can't say how well they work with anything else, but they're supposed to work with 3/4 helmets just fine, as that's what they were designed for I believe.
I've gone through two pair in the ten years I've used them, but remember that my bike is the only transportation I own so they see *constant* use and are in all kinds of weather, so the foam inside the leather eventually stops cushioning and I get another pair. If you're the average rider, your pair will last a decade easily no mater what weather they've been through.
http://classicpartsltd.com/goggles/c...n-goggles.html
Make sure to get the leather, not the pvc. The 'compact' might work for you, but I tried them once and unfortunately I can't remember why I didn't like them or couldn't use them (more than likely it may have been that I needed the 'extra' leather and foam padding to fit around the eye opening on my balaclava when I ride in the winter). I always get a couple extra straps as it eventually stretches to the point I can't adjust it tight anymore. A strap for me usually lasts a couple of years.
I wear a half-helmet only, so I can't say how well they work with anything else, but they're supposed to work with 3/4 helmets just fine, as that's what they were designed for I believe.
I've gone through two pair in the ten years I've used them, but remember that my bike is the only transportation I own so they see *constant* use and are in all kinds of weather, so the foam inside the leather eventually stops cushioning and I get another pair. If you're the average rider, your pair will last a decade easily no mater what weather they've been through.
http://classicpartsltd.com/goggles/c...n-goggles.html
Last edited by tar_snake; Jan 15, 2017 at 02:15 PM.
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I have prescription air rage's, i pop in the foam inserts and use the head strap when I ride my dyna. I don't usually use the foam insert when I ride the ultra but the wasp that found it's way under the brim of my ball cap and under my lenses last summer was quite the scare.
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From: Eastern foothills of Shenandoah Mountains, Virginia
About Polaroid lenses: My optician told me not to get Polaroid on sunglasses because Polarized lenses cause glare when looking through clear plastic face shield.
Polaroid's glare-reducing character does not work looking through plastic (Lexan).
I tested both types of sunglasses outdoors in bright sun looking at cars and signs and windshields across parking lot and street with moving traffic,
looking through and not through my helmet's clear plastic face shield.
The optician was right. Polaroid sunglass lenses produced very significant glare when looking through helmet's clear face shield in bright sunlight. Definitely enough glare to interfere with vision on the highway.
Non-polaroid sunglass lenses gave me no noticeable glare through my face shield.
Huh.
I told my optician that she might have saved my life someday.
Polaroid's glare-reducing character does not work looking through plastic (Lexan).
I tested both types of sunglasses outdoors in bright sun looking at cars and signs and windshields across parking lot and street with moving traffic,
looking through and not through my helmet's clear plastic face shield.
The optician was right. Polaroid sunglass lenses produced very significant glare when looking through helmet's clear face shield in bright sunlight. Definitely enough glare to interfere with vision on the highway.
Non-polaroid sunglass lenses gave me no noticeable glare through my face shield.
Huh.
I told my optician that she might have saved my life someday.
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