Dark Visors ... by Royal Appointment

[rsvmilly]

Did anybody see Prince William in the paper at the weekend? He was riding his Daytona 600 with a police biker in tow.

His visor looked a bit on the dark side. I'm sure HRH couldn't be riding with an illegal visor.

I'm surprised the Royals let him ride a bike on the road. Surely too risky in terms of accidents and protection?

[rsvmilly]

I couldn't give a monkeys about the Royals either - I just noticed the bike as I was flicking through the paper.

Good on him for doing it if he enjoys it - I'm just surprised the 'Firm' let him.

ISTR that young Harry showed a lot of potential at karting (1) but was banned from doing it for safety reasons.


(1) Assuming he really WAS talented and it wasn't just sycophancy on the part of his supervisors

[RebeccaH]

They should get in touch with the Spanish royals for tips on royals on two wheels - King Juan Carlos loves his bikes and is often spotted in Madrid on his.

Nice to see a royal being driven by some British machinery for a change

[Tonyrec]

He did have an R1 for a short while

[rsvnigel]

Tonyrec said:

He did have an R1 for a short while

Hmm, did he chop it for the 600 because he wanted to support the british bike industry or cos he chucked the R1 down the road?

btw. Will the same minder travel back up to St. Andrews with him, just wondering what happens if I blast past a yellow and silver R1100S, and a red daytona 600

[rsvmilly]

MCN have picked up on it this week - page 3.

[barry sheene]

dark visor, loud can and jeans, good lad

[rsvmilly]

barry sheene said:

dark visor, loud can and jeans, good lad

He drew the line at a small plate, though. But then his plates are always pixellated anyway. Mmmmm... Wonder where I can get one of those.

[Broccers]

Speaking of which - I have a spare genuine Arai black visor if anyones interested. Still in the packaging as I ordered 2 by mistake.

pm me.

[Mad Dave]

As an aside, what hot water am I gonna get myself into by riding around wearing my blue iridium tinted visor? I plan to carry a clear visor if i anticipate being out after dark.

[barry sheene]

Mad Dave said:

As an aside, what hot water am I gonna get myself into by riding around wearing my blue iridium tinted visor? I plan to carry a clear visor if i anticipate being out after dark.

Not a lot if you don't ride like a hooligan.

I've been wearing dark visors for years, never ever been pulled for that, even after close inspection by the Bib...

If you give them an excuse to pull you mind, then they might mention it and give you a ticket, but as you've got a clear one with you, you'd probably be let go....

In other words, don't worry about it.

As another aside, I've just popped into Lilleys to oggle the Rocket 3 (test ride sat) and bought myself a Bering ventilated jacket, what a revelation, you actually get cooling whilst riding, marvellous

If only I'd had it last year when I was couriering round London in that heatwave.....:-/

[barry sheene]

Quinny said:

You Haven't been to North Wales on a Sunday then

True, I try and avoid any trips to Brunstromia and stay in the real world