I giving a modular a try. Started in the fall. So far I like it on get out of town rides. Helps a lot with my ears
Around the city, light to light I can flip it up if I want. I'm getting used to it.
The test will be in the hot Florida summers.
It's a HJC IS Max2

 

SEER Or click HERE or copy/paste this https://superseer.com/.

SEER is VERY, VERY common in South Florida and MANY other states I have been in.

The LEOs take the SEER sticker off I understand.

SEER people are GREAT to work with!!! They even custom colored a helmet I had a few times.


FYI my friend, a FF only drops the dB's by 3. Just FYI.

One of the ones I hear about a lot is the BELL Pit Boss. <-- That does not have a drop down shield as I recall so I passed on it. I am using a Scorpion with the drop down shield. Half helmet.

 

It's not the noise that bothers me it's the wind.
Actually I think my hearings better with the modular helmet while moving as I seem to hear all kinds of noises from the bike I never heard before. Like putting on a windshield.

 

In my experience, the foam plugs knock out the wind noise.

Every once in a while, I will be at the grocery store about a mile away from me and I will leave my ear plugs out 'n ride home trying to hear something odd with the engine or any other part of the bike. Rarely (if not never) have I found anything wrong.

Everyone has to find what works for them.

 

I have been riding 45 years and have gone through the entire gamut of head apparel from none, to half, to 3/4, to modular, to full. For the last 10 years I have been riding wearing a full face helmet. In my experience I have found this to be true I have found this to be not true My reasons were spurred by T-boning a deer at 50mph with a resulting roll and tumble down the asphalt for 75 yards and winding up in two casts with a totalled bike. Since wearing a full face helmet, I have low bridged vultures and bounced owls and bats (along with various and assorted other airborne objects) off of my helmet and face shield, which further convinces me that I am making the right choice for me.

 

The LEOs that I have talked to about it said it is because of ease of communication, both radio and with the public.

 

Local motor cop told me its because nobody wants a robo cop pulling them over.

 

 

Very true. I can ride with my Shark Spartan Carbon without earplugs, unless i'm doing long distance. My Simpson Ghost Bandit is like being in a wind tunnel at anything above 30mph and i have to use earplugs all the time.

 

The LEOmotors are going modular here. Arai is the brand. They like them a lot, they tell me.