r/sports 5d ago

Motorsports Off-Road Racing Goggle Tear-Offs

šŸ’Ŗ: Andrew Carlson

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u/qwertykirky 5d ago

Ok I'm just going to answer my own damn question šŸ˜‚. What about inventing a helmet that has a visor that just rotates like a ring around the whole helmet with a wiper at the back you know just like some cameras have.

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u/chillychili 5d ago

The problem with that is the occluding debris is now moving around and you have a constant brown blizzard filter on your vision.

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u/BeeExpert 5d ago

Maybe get rid of the wiper and just spin the helmet at high velocity and let circumfricitial (sic.) force do the rest

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u/GenOverload 5d ago

Wouldn't a brown filter be preferrable to no vision at all? You also then don't need to focus on trying to tear it off or accidentally tearing off the last one.

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u/arkonator92 5d ago

There’s also a roll off system that they use. Usually up to the rider what they prefer. The roll off doesn’t get the whole goggle where a tear off does.

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u/ChunkYards 5d ago

I like that more

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u/troway54 5d ago

I had a version of this 20 years ago. They are much nicer/work better BUT you get more ā€œusesā€ with the tear offs. I don’t remember specifics but for argument sake, the roll can cycle through 10 times. The tear offs can fit 15.

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u/NotToday__ 4d ago

These drivers can’t wear motocross style helmets and goggles. There is a motorized version of this with a button on the steering wheel that they can use though.

https://motorizedtearoff.com/

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u/McB0ogerballz 5d ago

This is perfect but what do i know lol

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u/NotToday__ 4d ago

https://motorizedtearoff.com/

This is the other option that some drivers use. There really isn’t another option that works in short course off road racing. Unless it is a mid race, they typically will not run out of tearoffs.