A tip for sun in your eyes

[chaz]

Did mine last week, got 2 A4 sheets carbon fibre sticky back plastic off Ebay for £2.30 inc. postage, not been out in the sun as yet but I'm sure it will be good with a pair of shades.

[fireblake]

I've always used an advertising strip on tge top of my visor. This Dumlop one is due to be changed soon. It looks to big but from the inside its perfect although the next one will wrap around the sides a bit more.

[fireblake]

Sorry about the fat fingers but you get my drift.

[fazersharp]

Was startint to think it was just me and was a bad idea
Thanks chaz that is exactly what I was on about, only not quite as deep as yours, so it was about the same as the coverage of your rubber bit in your helmet and so no loss of view when down

[Grahamm]

I have a couple of strips of electrical tape across the top of my visor as a sun-shield and it works pretty good, although on bright days it helps to have a pair of sunglasses to wear too.

There is nothing that I'm aware of in law which says you can't have tape like this, but there are restrictions on visors which don't permit sufficient light to pass through, hence why they say "track use only" or "not for road use" and why you're not allowed to use them after dark.

[DryRob]

I'm not sure that tape on the visor is illegal as I've seen someone with something similar that had bikesafe branding on it. Might be wrong though

[stevierst]

Can't say I've seen anything about not putting stickers on your visor. Pretty sure as long as it's not restricting your view there's no problem with it.
Same as dark visors, just carry a clear one too, and your ok.

[fazersharp]

Maybe the bikesafe branding one is just a sticker and not designed for that use

If you are stopped for a dark visor and it does not have the bs kitemark (which it wont) then carrying a spare clear wont get you off the dark visor charge.

On the dark visor issue my theory is that the only reason they do not allow it for daylight riding is that it will be a nightmare (pun) to police, especially in our latitude on the planet that gives long twilight and therefore endless appeals against how dark it was or needs to be before you have to put your clear one on. So its far simpler to just say no to dark visors full stop.
And I still don't get the law because you can ride with sun glasses because the law states that you can remove them. But you can lift up a visor just the same, yet they say "ah the visor is protection and should be in place. Yet you can buy open face helmets without protection.
Or is it like the direction indicators law that is - you don't have to have them, but if they are fitted they must work.