Am I the First Sucker of 2006 ?
 

In a conversation (you guessed it ... in a pub) over Christmas a friend mentioned that there had been a recent development in crash helmet technology. The development projected an image of what was behind you onto you your visor by way of a :puzzled: series of periscope type mirrors :puzzled: running through the helmet.

Am I the first (and probably biggest) sucker of 2006 or has anyone else heard of this ? I suspect I was the unwitting recipient of the first wind up of the year. If such a device exists does anyone have any details - manufacturer, cost, distributor, experience of using one, etc, etc.

If this is pure fantasy then please ignore this thread and I will skulk off into obscurity for being so easily taken in !!

Happy New Year everyone.

Jiminy

It exists, no idea if it's the same one, but I've seen some photo's of it ages ago now, didn't look fantastic but it worked I guess

It's not a projection as such as far as I'm aware, it's just a series of mirrors that allow you to look up and behind yourself from the top of your visor, there was a concept picture in MCN a while back.

there is actually something like this around yes. someone posted up a pic a while back.

I'm told that a major uk lid distributor tested it and threw it out.
Don't know if anyone else has taken it on tho??

It was called revu and it made me feel sick when I tried it....total pants

thats the one Berto, was around about 18 months ago at the 04 NEC bike show, they had 3 or 4 lids that they were letting visitors try ... very distracting ... but I guess you'd get used to it ....

Only after running into folk cos you had to take your eyes off where you were going....Head up display would be good laugh though:o

I had seen it before on a bicycle helmet, it is called Reevu. Here is a pic of the m/cycle helmet.

I tried one at Ally Pally last year - I found it even less useful than the mirrors on a 749....

Thanks folks - at least I now know I'm not the worlds biggest fool for the start of 2006. Agree with the comments - if it was any good then it would have caught on. I like the idea of a head up display though !!

I guess I'll have to stick to the 749 mirrors (very astute observation there Brent - how did you know I was trying to aleviate the lack of rearward vision on my 749 ??).

Have a good weekend one and all and safe travels if you're out and about.

Jiminy

:saint:Hav'nt Ducati launched a retrofit set of mirrors for the 749/999 that actually work?I'm sure i've seen some carbon fibre/black mirrors in a magazine recently.:saint:

I was looking into these a while back.

The website is http://www.reevu.com/
The company told me that they are currently only available from one stockist in Newcastle http://www.customlids.co.uk/helmets/reevu/reevu.htm
but that they would be more widely available in 2006.

For those that have tried it, what was the problem? Was the rear-vision too intrusive or that the image moved around with your head?

oh, and happy new year to all!

and in case you don't click on the link, it's £300.

I like the sound of the option of "tinted and mirrored visors available for the rear window of the helmet"!

Am I the First Sucker of 2006 ?

Ive been called a sucker several times..............i think thats what theyve said?:puzzled:

And if you want heads-up, this is pretty close http://www.sportvue.com/

rear view
 

yeah it's £300.. but only good if you're on an upright bike, when I tried one on and sat on a bike (average bike) all i could see was the ceiling or sky it would be outside... So i guess it's ok if you're speeding and want to see the helicopter! ha ha...

I think and wonder if it would be a little offputting too as it's not all that clear and things look further away than they really are, i trust my mirrors and overlook the shoulder best.. :)

Where have you been man..... come back down to earth...... ;)

Chi,

I actually have one of the bicycle helmets and find it quite useful.

Despite the fact that every one of Berto's comments seem to be hugely negative - this time he's not too far from the truth.

On the road I find it too distracting to use to frequently, as it requires an effort to almost 'defocus' your eyes to look into the mirror (to see whats behind) - take in the information and the have to 'refocus' to the road ahead again.

However, for an occasional look-behind - without having to risk causing unwanted movement on a bicycle, its a good idea.

Best wishes for 2006 - Frank