Your mirrored visor experiences (especially HJC)

[jacol]

Hi all.

Just a quick question for people who have HJC mirrored visor. I bought one a couple months ago (HJ-09, to fit my FG-15) and the quality is just appaling. Aftere a long-ish ride once, I had load of small bugs on it, as usual, but there was also a huge one which even after few hours riding was still jelly-like, not dry. I was lazy so I didn't clean it straight away, when I did clean it the next day, a bit of mirrored layer came of together with that bug... I thought, well, my fault for not cleaning in time, but few days ago I went for a quick ride (around 80 miles), it wasn't raining and I only had small flies on the visor. I went to clean it afterwards, gently with water only and later discovered that the mirrored layer came of at the top edge completely and there are more small spots like that on the whole visor Now, when I bought it (eBay) there were only two sellers selling them, one in Hong Kong and one in England selling slightly cheaper. I went for the one closer to me but now think maybe it was not genuine? It's got all that HJC writing on the side just like my two other visors which I got with the helmet...

Just wanted to know if anyone has similar experience with mirrored (HJC or other) visors?

[Swiss Rolls]

sorry i dont have an answer but would just like to say that's appalling quality i would do exactly the same and get the brit one aposed to the Chinese and would assume it was genuine with all stickers and codes and shiz but it really doesnt sound that way.

anyways, how would you rate that lid? looking for a new one to replace my cheap crappy one i got to start riding, i am looking at AGVs but HJCs an option and would like your opinion cheers

[jacol]

Well as it's my second helmet I can't say I have much experience but I can compare it to my previous BOX Batman. The quality of Box was pathetic, after two months it looked like I'd crashed in it many times, and I could peel the paint with my nails. Also I thought it was pretty loud. The quality of paint on the FG-15 is great, it still looks like new after 3 months, it's not exactly quieter than the other one but the aerodynamics is definitely better. Boy the lining is so comfortable compared to Box which was rough and unpleasant really. Ventilation is good as well, I could feel the breeze when I opened the top vent and had my head shave What else, what else... You get chin curtain, nose guard/breath guard thingy, easily removable lining and two visors (clear and sligtly smoked). I think they both have pins for pinlock. You can change them in literally 5 seconds. The smoked one gets foggy easily when you're stopped but the clear one is covered with something on the inside. It even says not to clean the inside of the visor or you'll wash it off. Oh and you can lock the visor so it doesn't open when you do a shoulder check on a motorway. I never lock it and it didn't happen anyway. One not so good thing, the first "step" when you open the visor is like 2mm maybe, and the next one opens it half way. I'd like to have it open for 1cm sometimes, especially on cold day in traffic. On the other hand it's perfect when it's hot, because it gives you that gentle wind on your face. I got it from Ghostbikes so not far from you. They let me take it without the box and said the warranty is still there but if I changed my mind and didn't like I can't take it back.

God I'm bad at writing reviews Maybe it'll help you in some way anyway.