Full or Open Face Helmet?
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Zoodles95_imp
First service completed
I ride a vintage 1981 CB 750 Custom and I wear a full face helmet. I think this image kind of sums up my thinking:
I did long haul trucking for awhile and would come south to deliver goods from Canada to the U.S. It always amazed me how many motorcyclists I saw sans helmets.
This is a dangerous hobby/sport/lifestyle/obsession etc so I try to mitigate the risks where I can. Using a full face helmet is a no brainer for me. However, I respect other's choices.
I did long haul trucking for awhile and would come south to deliver goods from Canada to the U.S. It always amazed me how many motorcyclists I saw sans helmets.
This is a dangerous hobby/sport/lifestyle/obsession etc so I try to mitigate the risks where I can. Using a full face helmet is a no brainer for me. However, I respect other's choices.
Aussie_imp
Running like a top
I've got so used to wearing a full face that I don't really think about it. I do like the look of the JCruise for warmer weather around town riding..
Lord Popgun
Road warrior
Damfino_imp said:
Wow, that looks like a fighter pilot helmet.
Zoodles95_imp said:
That 19.4 kind of stands out as does your chin.
HikerToo_imp
Road warrior
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J Cruise on the CB , fairly close color match
Pterodactyl_imp
Road warrior
Pterodactyl_imp said:
I don't want to alarm you, Bruce, but when God made man she was only testing.
Tortuga_imp
Been there
one of those was to meOle_imp said:
:dodgy:
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.
Pterodactyl_imp
Road warrior
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.Timpo_imp said:
Cheers
What's the bike?
Zoodles95_imp
First service completed
OMG... Even an armored mesh jacket plus gauntlet gloves would largely minimize injury there. I saw a guy on a cruiser yesterday wearing sandals. :huh:Timpo_imp said:
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:
Elipten_imp
Road warrior
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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emptysea
Road warrior
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.
HikerToo_imp
Road warrior
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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?
Tortuga_imp
Been there
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!
When I tried on an open face helmet my friend said my head looked like a bowling bowl.:huh:
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!
Wow, you look like a badass 'enforcer' about to carry out a hit on some whacko!HikerToo_imp said:J Cruise on the CB , fairly close color match
When I tried on an open face helmet my friend said my head looked like a bowling bowl.:huh:
Jhonda_imp
First service completed
I agree with flynbulldog. Helmets are for protecting your head/face. Full coverage, always.
