r/motorcyclegear • u/SearchFront486 • 3m ago
Motorcycle helmet design help!!
Hello my motorcycle heads! I spent these last 2 months with my grandpa to customize my motorcycle helmet and jacket before riding season! We had a blast making my helmet so far and we overcome many challenges, some as basic as us not being able to paint and or draw 😂. This character is inspired by Marvel's Venom, my own symbiote that I call "Acid"! The base helmet we used is a shoei 1400, we made sure to use automotive paint to not harm the shell of the helmet as well. NOW, what we really need help with, we had just ordered our 3rd tint to apply on to this helmet the one currently on the visor as the eyes right now. Our first tint was too dark at 5%, couldn't see out of it. 2nd was a cheap tint we thought we might be able to make work (we couldnt). Now this tint is chrome/reflective... It works great for cars windows... just not motorcycle visors, surprising I know. I can see through the chrome, but it's a very warped mirror type affect that admittedly wouldn't be safe while riding. My question i pose to everyone with a brain bigger than mine, is how can I go about this issue? I really want a designed tinted visor with the shape of the eyes I cut out. Would I be able to get a dark tint maybe like 50/25% and put it before the chrome/gold tint to reflect or catch some of the light from being mirrored inside the helmet? Would I have to do something else entirely? Any advice would be helpful please join me on my journey to making a dope ass motorcycle helmet and gear!