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RE: Full or Open Face Helmet? - Tortuga_imp - 04-11-2014
(05-24-2013, 11:18 AM)Ole_imp Wrote:(05-24-2013, 02:36 AM)CA200_imp Wrote: I agree with full face all the time. I have sold 1000s of helmets over time.
There was not a season that went by in the 15 years we were in the biss. that we did not lose a customer to no helmet or
to much to drink.
I even offered a free tire to a sport bike guy ( he was kinda of a local leader ) if he would wear a helmet when he rode around
town.
one of those was to me
and I wear a full face full time
shoei rf1100
one of those was to me
and I wear a full face full time
shoei rf1100
My pal has this helmet and loves it, especially since it whoops my Arai in the Sharp test website.
I love my Arai but am disappointed in its score. Might buy an AGV soon.
RE: Full or Open Face Helmet? - Timpo_imp - 04-14-2014
![[Image: b961f035394b608a1b77ff9d5651fb84.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201404/b961f035394b608a1b77ff9d5651fb84.jpg)
RE: Full or Open Face Helmet? - Pterodactyl_imp - 04-14-2014
(04-14-2014, 02:49 PM)Timpo_imp Wrote:
A little leather would be handy for old mate pictured above. He will still look good but will wear a grimace, despite the medication, as they scrub the gravel out of the red, rashy bits. Hope the nurse is pretty.
Cheers
What's the bike?
RE: Full or Open Face Helmet? - Zoodles95_imp - 04-14-2014
(04-14-2014, 02:49 PM)Timpo_imp Wrote:
OMG... Even an armored mesh jacket plus gauntlet gloves would largely minimize injury there. I saw a guy on a cruiser yesterday wearing sandals.
Full or Open Face Helmet? - Capo - 04-14-2014
While I sport a Davida Jet or HJC pudding bowl for short runs along the beach and such during the summer, I mostly ride full face- Arai Corsair or Schuberth flip. After my buddy's 65 MPH tumble on his Thruxton last week (he's OK, shattered wrist and knee) and seeing the helmet, I'm fully convinced full face is the only answer. Pic:
![[Image: 96a443165c52417342a6320836a28377.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201404/96a443165c52417342a6320836a28377.jpg)
![[Image: 9a4e03753f17c13bde17ec7edca19256.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201404/9a4e03753f17c13bde17ec7edca19256.jpg)
Full or Open Face Helmet? - Elipten_imp - 04-14-2014
Oh my that is going to hurt! I always wear a jacket and gloves with the helmet. Have always used a full face helmet. Just bought a Schuberth flip as a test.
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RE: Full or Open Face Helmet? - emptysea - 04-14-2014
It's all about playing the odds, right? Sometimes, you may fare better in a crash with an open-face, or half, or NO helmet, but the odds are that you will be better off MOST of the time in a full-face helmet. I know guys that don't wear their seatbelt because they read about someone who would have died had he been wearing one. Same (pseudo) logic. Don't wear a seatbelt, if that makes you comfortable. Don't wear a helmet, or wear an open face helmet, if that makes you comfortable. Just don't try to tell me that you're safer in those choices. Odds are that you're not.
RE: Full or Open Face Helmet? - HikerToo_imp - 04-14-2014
Given a choice, if you were about to be thrown out onto the road at 50 MPH, and someone asked, with or without a helmet, would anyone in their right mind, choose no helmet?
RE: Full or Open Face Helmet? - Tortuga_imp - 04-15-2014
Actually, I'm a short step away from buying an open face, just for a laugh.
I've always worn full face Arai's and have 4 now. I just fancy the open face for a quick trip round the block or to the shops.
In reality that's stupid as an accident could happen anywhere and most happen close to ones home where their guard is down.
I think it's a question of 'feel safe, nail it' and conversely 'feel vulnerable, pootle along'.
Also a hear peripheral vision is WAY better on an open face (piss pot) helmet.
I just don't know what to do. So many choices, which oil, open or full helmet, screen or naked, 10-30w or 10-40w oil?
I think I'll sell it and take up golf!
(04-11-2014, 08:14 AM)HikerToo_imp Wrote: J Cruise on the CB , fairly close color match
![[Image: 4f9f2ce0dcaed7ce5a8558312e0d24ff.JPG]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201404/4f9f2ce0dcaed7ce5a8558312e0d24ff.JPG)
Wow, you look like a badass 'enforcer' about to carry out a hit on some whacko!
When I tried on an open face helmet my friend said my head looked like a bowling bowl.
RE: Full or Open Face Helmet? - Jhonda_imp - 04-15-2014
I agree with flynbulldog. Helmets are for protecting your head/face. Full coverage, always.