Elegant?

[fish]

No. But effective,
I ride out before sunrise - so I often ride home with a very low sun.
My helmet has a dark flip down - but that darkens everything - including the sharp shadows on a bright sunny day.
I prefer to ride into an early morning sun after applying a strip of painter's tape for a visor. (like putting your car's sun visor down)

I don't ride in a low afternoon sun. Too many cars being blinded. (Clooney was hit by a guy who said the sun blinded him. Didn't know he was there, until he "heard the thump" !)


Carry a roll with every ride. Put it on, ride home. Take it off.

I noticed a couple of 'thumbs up' from some passing local deputies. Then I remembered - a female deputy was killed a few years ago - the police applied a blue line on the front of their police/sheriff vehicles to remember her.
Fish

[kramnala58]

No. But effective,
I ride out before sunrise - so I often ride home with a very low sun.
My helmet has a dark flip down - but that darkens everything - including the sharp shadows on a bright sunny day.
I prefer to ride into an early morning sun after applying a strip of painter's tape for a visor. (like putting your car's sun visor down)
I don't ride in a low afternoon sun. Too many cars being blinded. (Clooney was hit by a guy who said the sun blinded him. Didn't know he was there, until he "heard the thump" !)
Carry a roll with every ride. Put it on, ride home. Take it off.
I noticed a couple of 'thumbs up' from some passing local deputies. Then I remembered - a female deputy was killed a few years ago - the police applied a blue line on the front of their police/sheriff vehicles to remember her.
Fish

Is that a PCX in the background? I thought you had a Forza or something else.

[Oyabun]

That's a CB500x in the background.
Fish, are you on CB500x.com too?

[PCX150Rider]

No. But effective,
I ride out before sunrise - so I often ride home with a very low sun.
My helmet has a dark flip down - but that darkens everything - including the sharp shadows on a bright sunny day.
I prefer to ride into an early morning sun after applying a strip of painter's tape for a visor. (like putting your car's sun visor down)

Good post!

Sun blindness is a real threat to public safety.

FWIW sometimes I just make a momentary left hand salute to shield sun glare coming up to traffic lights or where appropriate.

The slide-down sun shield on my modular helmet does darken everything as well but not a perfect solution when riding directly into that nuclear glare.

I think the tape would be especially helpful for extending riding into sunsets or sunrises.

My 3/4 open face has a snap-on visor which helps but I have to lean more into the ride when using it under extreme conditions.

[Mel46]

I say, "If it works and saves your life, just do it!"

Now, you could get color coordinated and buy some of the green Frog painters tape, but it all works the same, so who cares. :-)

Did you know that the Frog tape also comes in yellow?? I didn't, but here it is:

https://smile.amazon.com/Frogtape-28022 ... 3267895011