watery eyes

[Rookie Rider]

Seems my eyes been getting watery when i ride to the point its like i have a puddle in them and hard to see at times, quite annoying.

[Gz Rider]

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[blaine]

I had the same problem,and I don't like full face helmets. I got a windshield,end of problem,and no more pressure on your face & chest!
:) :cool:

[Rookie Rider]

I wear a half helmet and plain ol sunglasses.

[Gz Rider]

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[mole2]

I wear a half helmet and plain ol sunglasses.

You need a helmet with a face shield (preferably full face or full face modular) and/or windshield. What's happening is the wind is getting up under your glasses and causing your eyes to tear. You could also get motorcycle sun glasses which have the foam to seal to your face. I have a modular helmet which I wear most of the time and a 3/4 helmet with shield for when it's too hot to wear the modular helmet. I also have a windshield. There's nothing like getting hit with a June bug or bumble bee at 60+ mph. It's like someone shot you. LOL The windshield deflects most of that.


:)

[alantf]

a 3/4 helmet with shield for when it's too hot to wear the modular helmet.

I also wear a ¾ with a shield. It works fine, but I find that when it's raining, I still need a draught behind the shield, to stop it steaming up. Most of the time (when it's raining) I have to keep shoving my finger up, behind the shield, & wiping the steam away. :)

[jonathan180iq]

I wear a half helmet and plain ol sunglasses.

I think that might change the first time time you take a pebble to the cheek @ 50 mph.

[Rookie Rider]

OUCH !!

[Water Warrior 2]

A friend of mine wears some reasonably classy goggles. I think he found them at a H-D shop. They work well with a half helmet.

[mrlmd1]

RR - you might seriously rethink your choice to ride with a half helmet and sunglasses. You have absolutely no protection from anything.

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4030 (http://www.gz250bike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4030)

[Jvacustoms]

might also check out glasses that have a foam ring in the back that seat against the eyes if full face is not what u want to do, The army issued me Wylie X sunglasses for increases protection from debris getting in your eyes and prohibiting site they also work well for keeping air from over drying the eye.

there are other companies that make them but i cant vouch for the quality on them.

[jonathan180iq]

I just can't vouch even for goggles and half helmets. Even the half helmets that have the fold down face shields aren't enough.

If you ride enough, you are going to crash or drop the bike or get hit with something while on the road. It is a simple fact and inevitability. (If you can't handle that, you probably need to sell the bike) And when that happens, the only thing that you have to protect you are the clothes on your back and the helmet on your head.

Heck, I even agree that with certain bikes, a certain style of helmet looks pretty good. But so what? It doesn't matter how cool you look when your face gets drug across the asphalt or winds up smashed into the lid of someone's trunk or bounced off of your handlebars... And you won't feel so tough after that piece of bark or other random shard of road shrapnel leaves a 3 inch long cut and heavy bruising on your face.

This is not a scare tactic. It is the way it is. We are extremely vulnerable as motorcycle riders and the only things keeping us alive from one day to the next are a little bit of skill, God's mercy, and our riding gear.

If you ride around with no helmet or if you make a habit out of just wearing skull caps, you might as well drink straight mercury, shoot guns at cops and let your kids ride on the dash board while you're on the interstate. :retard:

http://www.motorcyclehelmetsdirect.com/userfiles/image/Moto%20Helmets/motohelmetspassion.jpg

[Gz Rider]

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[jonathan180iq]

Fair enough. But people need to make sure that other, less experienced riders know what some of those risks, and perhaps even see photos of what can happen with and without proper riding gear.

[Water Warrior 2]

My Dad didn't ride and wasn't moving 50 or 60 mph but that didn't stop a small piece of wire from blinding him in the right eye. From age 14 on he had left side vision only. Try to imagine how the loss of one eye would impact your life.
I did start out years ago wearing sunglasses like most riders were prone to do. 3/4 or full face helmets with no shields. Graduated to safety glasses then goggles for dirt riding. Now have a full face flip up and perscription safety glass lenses.
Food for thought. You are following a pick up down the road. Pick up is hauling bags of gardening stuff. A bag falls off the tailgate and breaks open in front of you. You avoid the bag but ride through a cloud of powder/dust from broken bag. Question of the day is: What chemicals just covered the surface of your eyes ? Why does it burn ? Will your vision be impaired ?

[Jvacustoms]

Here is a link to the website of the sun/safety glasses with foam enclosure in the rear near your eyes

http://www.wileyx.com/MOTORCYCLE/index.aspx

[Water Warrior 2]

Spiffy looking shades.

[ecr959]

That example that WW gave about the bag falling off the truck ... that was such a perfect example of something that can happen, its realistic, bags fall off trucks all the time. Skin grows back, eyes don't.

BTW I can't view that link for the Wiley glasses from the other post. I keep getting an error.

[Gz Rider]

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[Gz Rider]

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[Water Warrior 2]

[quote="Water Warrior":2lb8gqdg]Now have a full face flip up and perscription safety glass lenses.

Dumb 80's joke:

Why do valley girls make their boyfriends wear two condoms?

Fer sure, fer sure.[/quote:2lb8gqdg]
On really warm days I will leave the shield up in town sometimes but on the highway you never know when a stray Bee will cross your path. I saw the remains of a small bird in my windshield from a 35 mph impact. Even safety lenses would not have done me a lot of good. Just think of that little beak and gnarly feet smacking you in the face.
It is really the old story of being 21 and going to live forever. But in reality after a few decades you tend to really value life and are more careful. As old age creeps along into your life you value your health and life in general because you have less left to enjoy. Make it count, don't waste it with injuries and worse case scenarios.

[Rookie Rider]

Guys, i wore my full face today for the first time. I went bout 70 miles on the highway too. Its tight but i enjoyed wearing it. Now i come on here to this great forum, and my eyes are wide open from reading everything you guys wrote. I do appreciate the help and the care and the direction you all showed on this thread. Full face is the way to go, cause i want to keep my face. Thank you each of you !!

[Water Warrior 2]

The padding in your new helmet will compress a little after some more saddle time and it will be more comfy. Did you notice any extra weight from the full face helmet ? They do normally weigh more but a good fit will minimize the difference with some luck.

[Gz Rider]

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[jonathan180iq]

The padding in your new helmet will compress a little after some more saddle time and it will be more comfy. Did you notice any extra weight from the full face helmet ? They do normally weigh more but a good fit will minimize the difference with some luck.

Also, if you ride often enough, your muscles will adapt and strengthen to it and you'll get to where you don't even notice it.

There are certain times of the year where I can ride maybe 7-14 days straight without ever getting into a car or vehicle like that. Without my helmet on I feel lost, even in the car sometimes. And with having all of the window pillars and things of that nature blocking my view, I feel cramped and almost blind to the world around me.

You'll get used to it and you're doing yourself a long-term favor by wearing it. ;)
Well done.

:2tup:

[CMS]

To each his own, but having been an EMT for 21 + years and having one motorcycle accident myself, I wanted to continue to ride as long and safe as possible. Accidents do happen in a instant, even when your doing everything correctly. You can be right and you can be dead right with todays life styles. My accident involved T- boning a car, [the car driver was at fault and sighted] physically you already know who won that contest. With my saftey gear at the time [sunglasses, yes I was cool] and a year later [skin does grow back, but ever so painful and slow] not to mention the crutches, and all of that from a 35 mph crash on a 100cc bike. For me it's ATGATT, and in mho the full face helment is most important to me, and I know this is beating a dead horse, but untill it happens to you [if you live thru it] most don't give it much consideration. terry :cool:

[Rookie Rider]

Thank you Terry and everyone. Yesterday my friend and me were riding, i was in front of him and it was raining a little. I put my left blinker on came to a stop but my buddy looked away for a second and didnt se me stopped, he almost rearended me but swirved out of the way and went down. Thank god the car behind us stopped or he wouldve been crushed..he had a fullface and safety jacket on. Only a broken mirror to his bike. Very lucky..one split second and you never know. Thanx again guys.

[Water Warrior 2]

Terry, many thanks from some one who could never do your job. As an EMT you must see and handle some pretty gory sights. I have no doubts that you have saved many folks from death with your expertise.

[mrlmd1]

Terry, many thanks from some one who could never do your job. As an EMT you must see and handle some pretty gory sights. I have no doubts that you have saved many folks from death with your expertise.


And what about me, what about me? :roll:
He picked them up, gathered up the pieces, made them initially comfortable and safe, I had to put them back together.

[Gz Rider]

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[Water Warrior 2]

Terry, many thanks from some one who could never do your job. As an EMT you must see and handle some pretty gory sights. I have no doubts that you have saved many folks from death with your expertise.


And what about me, what about me? :roll:
He picked them up, gathered up the pieces, made them initially comfortable and safe, I had to put them back together.
And Thank You too. Medical workers of all different description have my thanks. I really don't want to dwell on my health if modern medicine and the medical professionals suddenly disappear tomorrow.

[Water Warrior 2]

Just thought of this. Lynda had rapid growth cataracts in both eyes earlier this year and was nearly blind. She had both lenses replaced with artificial lenses and now has 20-20 vision. Yeah, we like modern medical science and specialists.

[Gz Rider]

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[mrlmd1]

Amazing what we all take for granted, not only in medicine, but all of the technology that surrounds us.
Now if only the politicians could get their act together and do the right things, other than just trying to reassure their own re-election. Sorry, I digress.

Just get and wear the full face helmet. You need all the protection you can get.

[Water Warrior 2]

[quote="Water Warrior":2p3frtzn]Just thought of this. Lynda had rapid growth cataracts in both eyes earlier this year and was nearly blind. She had both lenses replaced with artificial lenses and now has 20-20 vision. Yeah, we like modern medical science and specialists.

That's amazing. I had no idea that was possible.[/quote:2p3frtzn]
One lense is replaced and the other is not done for about 6 weeks or more. Probably for health and safety concerns. The entire procedure to replace a lense is 13 minutes !!!!! Instant results too.
Our wonderful health care system will pay for the surgery but not the lenses. Each lense was $950 a pop but the results are worth it. Not really an issue if you have that much onhand.

[alantf]

Each lense was $950 a pop but the results are worth it.

To put it into perspective - my hearing aids were double that, and people accept the price as normal. :)

[Water Warrior 2]

Each lense was $950 a pop but the results are worth it.

To put it into perspective - my hearing aids were double that, and people accept the price as normal. :)
Good point.