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Touring bike driving light questions
cliffrod:
Loud pipes deter deer. Piss and moan about loud pipes all you want- I could ride the same road to see my then-girlfriend-now-wife with mufflers on car of bike and see a dozen if not twenty deer or more on every trip out onto the peninsula where she lived. I could ride my V7 Sport with empty shark gills on the same road and never ever see a single deer. In fact, it wasn't until I didn't ride my Guzzi to see her that I realized how many deer there were out there.
Someone posted a link to a cafe bike a few days ago with some big ol' wonky Hella driving lights clamped to the crash bar.
brider:
--- Quote from: moto on September 26, 2021, 06:28:13 PM ---I don't think my eye doctor deals in magic glasses. :shocked: Can you describe them in more technical terms, so I might be able to get a pair? They sound wonderful.
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I wish I could describe their technical merits, but that eye doctor retired, and I don't have the record of the glasses. I don't think they're prescription, maybe it's just a coating? I wear cheaters all day long, but wore these just tonight driving and the clarity and sharpness and glare reduction at night are just remarkable. Yesterday I made the mistake of forgetting to bring them for the drive home from Boston to New Haven (after the Red Sox game), and was in agony for over 2 hrs down the Mass Pike and on to home, trying to keep up with traffic @ 80 mph with everything a glaring blur, I thought my eyes were bleeding when I got home.
moto:
--- Quote from: brider on September 26, 2021, 09:01:11 PM ---I wish I could describe their technical merits, but that eye doctor retired, and I don't have the record of the glasses. I don't think they're prescription, maybe it's just a coating?...
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Thanks. That's enough to get me to raise the topic with my eye doctor. Perhaps there are well-known eye glasses modifications to improve night vision.
Huzo:
--- Quote from: moto on September 27, 2021, 12:07:18 AM ---Thanks. That's enough to get me to raise the topic with my eye doctor. Perhaps there are well-known eye glasses modifications to improve night vision.
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I’ve got a set of rose coloured ones
Everything looks just fine through them.. :thumb:
malik:
Night driving eyeware -
I find that yellow lenses work for me at night - reduce glare, and especially well in the rain at night.
I get clip-ons customised for my spectacles from polarised optics.com, and from bolle (who appear to specialise in safety glasses) I have wrap arounds with removable lenses, yellow & clear - I presume they do sunglasses, but I don't use those. Bought the bolle ones when I first tried contact lenses.
Note - when buying any eyeware, always test ride with your favourite helmets.
I have come across some businesses on the net that are anti yellow lenses - maintain that they don't work & have "science" that proves it - but they appear to be pushing their own "anti-reflective" coatings. Not unexpected, I suppose. Do your research, there are alternatives. Find what works for you.
Huzo, it is noted that rose-coloured lenses correct some dyslexia (& other colours may work for some other types), but as long are they work, it's fine. Cool even.
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