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Fausto
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by Fausto » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:15 pm
I have just bought a nice shiny Shoei Raid lid and it's lovely.
I also bought a Shoei dark visor for those bright sunny days - remember them?
BUT the visor is really disappointing. It isn't particularly dark, more a bluey/green tint and although it does cut out glare I keep thinking it's either dusty or misted up. (it's not though) Compared to my old Suomy one it's crap. That one was a proper dark tint and worked superbly.
Anyone got any experience of this?
P.S. PLEASE can we not turn this into a discussion of the wisdom/merits/legality of dark visors.

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Paulh
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by Paulh » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:11 pm
Fausto wrote:I have just bought a nice shiny Shoei Raid lid and it's lovely.
I also bought a Shoei dark visor for those bright sunny days - remember them?
BUT the visor is really disappointing. It isn't particularly dark, more a bluey/green tint and although it does cut out glare I keep thinking it's either dusty or misted up. (it's not though) Compared to my old Suomy one it's crap. That one was a proper dark tint and worked superbly.
Anyone got any experience of this?
P.S. PLEASE can we not turn this into a discussion of the wisdom/merits/legality of dark visors.

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I've used Shoei's (Raid and Raid 2) with dark visors for the last 3 years and never had a problem.
I've usually bought from
www.racevisors.co.uk and always gone for the genuine Shoei visor - sure you didn't get a part tinted one?
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Fausto
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#3
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by Fausto » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:28 pm
Yes mine came from there too. It's a genuine one for a Raid II.
I note that they do various degrees of tint. Light, Med or Dark but I ordered a dark and it does seem
fairly dark - just not as much as the Suomy one.
I can live with the level of tint I suppose but it's just this "mistyness" that bugs me. Perhaps I'll get used to it

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Paulh
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by Paulh » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:47 pm
Suppose it could just be a manufacturers difference and I'm used to it.
Wouldn't crash in anything else though
