According to Shoeis main dealer in Scotland these genuine Transitions® Visors are arriving on our shores on the 12th March. Firecrest motorcycles are taking preorders. Unfortunately they're going to retail at £120,but they promise to be the dogs bollocks And since some of us got our NXRs for £180 less than uk retail,we're still quids in http://www.firecrestmoto.co.uk/shoei-cwr-1-transitions-photochromatic-visor-nxr.html Update - Firecrest just emailed,enter code SPRING15 at checkout for 10% off anything purchased online!
£108 with discount. I wonder how quickly it changes to light conditions. I would think its a dark one as their site says its not road legal.
use the protectint Shoei inserts on my xr1100, if they're anything like those they react to sunlight conditions very quickly, i've always found them very good
Only 15% light transmission at its darkest. I wonder if there's enough sunshine up here in Scotland for it to work
Shoei finally got these into the UK and to their suppliers. Now all I need is to pray to the sun gods or invent a weather machine or it's gonna be a bloody pricey clear visor
Please note that this visor is not road legal in Europe?? thought it would have been legal as it stayed clear in dark light? edit, I should read more rather than skip At 23 degrees Celsius the visors maximum tint allows only 15% light transmission (hence not being road legal) which is as dark as any visor or sunglasses. The more intense the UV light and the warmer the conditions, the more dramatic the change to a darker tint is. The rate at which the visor tints is quite quick (can be full tint under 2 minutes!), the change from tinted to clear is quick but not quite so instant, so expect to lift the visor if you suddenly go under tree cover on track, as you would expect with any dark visor.
Strictly speaking anything less than 80% light transmission for a fixed shield I.e. Visor or windscreen,is illegal according to European law. Ironically you could wear sunglasses with 5% light transmission and still be deemed legal. I believe that police guidelines tho are to use common sense,so a dark visor when sun is splitting the sky is ok,but not on a dark cloudy day or night.
Law is a bit daft on this. Primary eye protection has to have the correct amount of light transmission, but there is nothing to say you can't wear sunglasses etc behind it. You can legally have a tinted pinlock in a clear visor as the visor is classed as the primary protection. Classic case of the law not keeping up with reality/technology.
Some pics since the sun is out So far I'm really impressed with this visor,glad I didn't go down the AGV route with lcd visor and have to be charging my helmet up every night.
They do degrade over time, hopefully a long time. I tried one and thought it took a bit too long to change, perhaps in use it would be different and not seem to take so long.
Not sure,give them a phone. I had a preorder for first shipment of these into the country. Got it about 4 weeks ago so they may have more stock in.
