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**The Mountain** · 11-17-2018, 05:36 AM

Re: Night Riding

Originally posted by Zapps View Post

What eye wear do you suggest for night driving/riding? Yellow tint improves contrast but leads to loss of available light.

Night eyewear should reduce the glare from headlights of incoming traffic. People are idiots and use high beam all the time, and then there are those who believe it's their job to light up the whole city with their aux lights and headlight LED mods.

My idea is to have some polarized glasses with a very very slight yellow tint. Would that work?

Unfortunately, clear lenses only. You might get lucky and find a non-tinted polarized lens, but I wouldn't count on it. Instead, make sure your helmet shield is clean and scratch-free, and get in the habit of looking down and to the side when an oncoming vehicle's lights are too bright.

I too hate drivers who do not understand how high beams work. It has been my experience that Indians in general do not have particularly good night vision (on average; there are obviously exceptions), and this may be partly why so many feel they need as much illumination as possible when driving. It might be useful for some politician to start a campaign to use only low beams within city limits; it's not just motorcyclists who are affected by improper high beam use.

**The Mountain** · 02-21-2019, 11:06 PM

Re: Night Riding

Originally posted by antz.bin View Post

Just floating an idea... I have always used wet newspaper to clean car windshields.. And I have always seen that works the best when compared to tissue paper / soft cloth / any rag cloth / etc. Can Wet newspaper be used to clean visors.. I have personally used it but it was done during the day so cannot comment on its usefulness at night. But I am sure it is a very good option since you can borrow old newspaper at the remotest of places/ smallest dhaba.

Commenting on an old post, I know, but: Don't use newspaper to clean your helmet visor. It works on car windshields because windshields are made of glass, which is harder than the wood fibers in the paper. Helmet visors are plastic, and are softer than the wood fiber, so the fibers will scratch it even more, even if the paper is wet. For helmet visors, use a soft towel. A cotton washcloth should be fine, and is small enough to tuck in a pocket. Use warm water and gentle soap with no abrasives, i.e. use liquid dish soap, but not laundry powder or dishwashing machine soap. Hand soap is possible, but you have to make sure it has no abrasives or "exfoliating" or other such properties.