Goggles at MXON.

Drizzle is the worst. Think about last time you drove in heavy drizzle. It sucks!

i thought the same....any statistics about what manufacturer was most needed at Google lane .?

I remember Dean Wilson had to ditch his goggles on the 1st lap of his 1st race at the Matterley 2017 MXoN and rode the rest of the moto without them. When he went to the line for his 2nd race he looked like he'd done 10 rounds with Mike Tyson.

Honestly I never get tossing your goggles. Like yeah it's hard to see but trying to ride with the rain, wind, and roost going straight in your eyes is worse imo. Even riding on a nice day with no goggs makes my eyes water like crazy. 

Same result for Febvre yesterday...

It didn't really rain during the races. Just a thin drizzle, almost mist. 

That stuff gets everywhere - behind tear offs, under rolloffs, jamming them.

It's a British speciality, 11 months of the year 😁

There is so much good lenses out there now with anti-stick for the film and the extra wide roll off films so it should not be a problem in the conditions that were yesterday. 

The biggest problem were that many riders lined up with tear offs and ran out of them. I would be furious as a team manager to see a rider line up with tear off’s in the rain/mist on this event. 

Are there different goggle rules at the MXoN compared to a regular GP? I was shocked to see how many guys ditched their goggles but stayed out without them, as I believe in GPs you're no longer allowed and you have to come into the goggle lane? Not everyone did at this race, and some of them paid a heavy price for it, like Febvre. 

From the FIM mxgp rulebook.

Febvre did a bad move with no google, trying to pass tomac was a really bad idea. It should stay behind and cruise til the end.

No it's the same for all FIM MX events. There's no absolute requirement and I can see why. It would be pretty dangerous to have to continue wearing goggles if you're that filled in you can't see where you're going.

One thing my Dad never had to teach me "Never throw your goggles!" I never threw my goggles. Even if they were broken, I'd rather wipe them and have vision with half a clear lens, than have all that mud and water in my eyes.  Unless the lens is broken, never thrown em.

NEVER THROW YOUR GOGGLES!

To say never throw your goggles is an extreme take. Riding with goggles you can’t see out of is a danger. Tossing them and staying out of the roost of others is best option, back off when close if one lined area and try to plan passes accordingly (and settle for current position if that’s not possible)

Yeah tossing them might be alright if you've settled into position and just want clear vision for the last portion, but tossing in a battle while taking roost is incredibly dangerous. Febvre had Tomac's mean sounding Yam spitting rocks at him.

Yeah, anyone who thinks they can 100% of the time never throw them has just never ridden in bad enough conditions.   If you get in a torrential downpour with thick mud all over your goggles you ain't wiping that off or seeing anything.  If you throw them, you just do your best to not follow and to duck your visor wisely.