After a week without a ride (yes I could have taken the 1098 out, but she needs a new chain and is wearing the wrong tyres), I got a call from the shop to say my FireBlade was fixed. A faulty alarm had cut the engine and was thankfully a (reasonably) cheap and easy fix.
With a new year now underway, I thought it long overdue to replace my tinted visor on my Arai Chaser. Recently the Pinlock had failed and with a heavily marked and scratched visor, a change had to be made.
Previously I've gone for the mirror finish, but this time opted for a plain black one, mainly down to price. Sportsbikeshop were selling the black visor £20 cheaper than the mirror, so it was really a no brainer.
On the topic of visors, I stick with the genuine article and will never buy secondhand. Scanning Ebay you can find sellers advertising new visors at £20 or less and my personal viewpoint is that they are £20 for a reason. Yes, with a genuine visor, you are paying more for the name, but there is a reason they have that name in the first place. I've been hit in the face by stones when riding and would hate to imagine the visor failing under those circumstances.
With a new year now underway, I thought it long overdue to replace my tinted visor on my Arai Chaser. Recently the Pinlock had failed and with a heavily marked and scratched visor, a change had to be made.
Previously I've gone for the mirror finish, but this time opted for a plain black one, mainly down to price. Sportsbikeshop were selling the black visor £20 cheaper than the mirror, so it was really a no brainer.
On the topic of visors, I stick with the genuine article and will never buy secondhand. Scanning Ebay you can find sellers advertising new visors at £20 or less and my personal viewpoint is that they are £20 for a reason. Yes, with a genuine visor, you are paying more for the name, but there is a reason they have that name in the first place. I've been hit in the face by stones when riding and would hate to imagine the visor failing under those circumstances.
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