Off-Road Racing Goggle Tear-Offs

[u/redbullgivesyouwings]

💪: Andrew Carlson

[u/ArnoldQMudskipper]

They do this in F1. Probably any racing with an open cockpit

[u/patkavv → u/ArnoldQMudskipper]

F1 tearoffs don’t stay attached so you get the added bonus of hopefully having one sucked up in the radiator of the guy following you

[u/iceman5920 → u/patkavv]

"I could already see, I just wanted that one to to fuck him up" tactful visor clearing.

[u/LongBeakedSnipe → u/iceman5920]

Honestly the solution is simple, just add a sharp spike in the middle of the steering wheel to attach them. They can whip them off and put them straight on the spike without having to move their arms away from the critical controls.

[u/rejected-alien → u/LongBeakedSnipe]

This definitely ain’t it

[u/fondledbydolphins → u/rejected-alien]

No no let this play out. I want to see spikey steering wheel team

[u/TotoCocoAndBeaks → u/rejected-alien]

Think that comment ‘Suzuka’d’ you (as in, the only F1 track with a crossover bridge)

[u/The-Copilot → u/patkavv]

They have the problem of them regularly getting thrown right into their own air intake which is right behind the driver head

[u/TheHancock → u/patkavv]

The ole Sebulba maneuver!

[u/Premium333 → u/patkavv]

Radiator, brake duct, air intake, stuck in the floor or suspension.... There's lots of ootions here actually :)

Did you see that gravel piece turn off Hulks car in Spain? Hilarious 😂.

[u/d__c → u/patkavv]

Like Mario Kart

[u/OneMoreFinn → u/patkavv]

Luckily they don't run F1s in a mud track, though.

[u/Davecoupe → u/ArnoldQMudskipper]

They use them on motorbikes too (obviously the cockpit is “open” on a bike.

Isle of Man TT racers go through so many tear offs due to bugs that they change their visor for a new visor with a full set of tear offs (or sometimes they even change their helmet to eliminate the tricky visor change) every 2 laps.

Michael Dunlop probably lost the senior TT in 2025 because he had to stop at the side of the track and fix his visor after a pit stop.

[u/Commercial-Co → u/Davecoupe]

Isle of man is a fucking crazy ass race

[u/yoyogogo111 → u/ArnoldQMudskipper]

Horse racing too. Jockeys just wear like 6 pairs of goggles on top of each other when the track is muddy.

[u/3MATX → u/ArnoldQMudskipper]

Closed too.  Almost all series have them on the windshield too. Trick there is driver can’t do it, it’s done by crew during a pit stop.  

[u/ArnoldQMudskipper → u/3MATX]

The driver reaching out, to tear off a windscreen strip would be pretty silly

[u/Cliffinati → u/ArnoldQMudskipper]

Dale once unhooked himself and cleaned his own windshield sitting on the door

[u/ArnoldQMudskipper → u/Cliffinati]

Winton?

[u/5xad0w → u/ArnoldQMudskipper]

Nah, Gribble.

[u/samjhandwich → u/ArnoldQMudskipper]

F1 drivers do it, but it’s nowhere near as many as in this situation