Half helmets
Road Warrior
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 1,466
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From: Alabama
RE: Half helmets
And the man just wanted to know what kinda HALF helmet to try. Ask a simple question and get a lecture on why you are wrong. as far as half helmets I have a few and the best thing you can do to stop the buffetting and parachuting is not have a visor on it. Made a huge difference when I took them off mine.
And I like this one as well.
About to google it and find where I can get one
And I like this one as well.
About to google it and find where I can get one
Road Master
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 764
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RE: Half helmets
I have a skid-lid half helmet.It actually saved my head from so road rash, so youclosed-minded know-it-allswho think they are useless can reconsider.It is better than nothing.If I have to cover my entire head up in some big-azz full-face helmet, I'll just drive my car.I believe the thread-starter asked where he could get one, not what some of you thinks he should get.
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,393
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From: The real N.CA (not S.F. Bay Area)
RE: Half helmets
ORIGINAL: floydpink
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The guys I know mostly don't wear helmets and say over 30mph, nothing is gonna help, but I promised my wife I would ask.
Thanks.
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The guys I know mostly don't wear helmets and say over 30mph, nothing is gonna help, but I promised my wife I would ask.
Thanks.
I related a story of a young lady that came off her bike at 60mph. Just because I happen to mention that she now swears by full face helmets, some of you come unglued. The comment directly addressed the original post.
For your information...I wear a half helmet!!!
Now, who's close minded?
"Moderator"
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 5,640
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From: San Tan Valley, Arizona
RE: Half helmets
I found the one I bought.
http://www.jpcycles.com/ProductDetai...&cs=Harley
It feels great, has minimal mushroom look and doesnt try to take off like a sail once you remove the visor part.
I highly reccomend this one for the price. I love it.
http://www.jpcycles.com/ProductDetai...&cs=Harley
It feels great, has minimal mushroom look and doesnt try to take off like a sail once you remove the visor part.
I highly reccomend this one for the price. I love it.
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 614
Likes: 2
From: Indiana, USA
RE: Half helmets
ORIGINAL: floydpink
Sleepman, I live in Central Fla too.
Thanks for the carbon info, think I will go for that one. And for the debaters who can't stop debatin....
An important detail is that a helmet will not save a person's
life if he hits a wall at 30 miles per hour or 40 miles per hour
at a 45 degree angle. The G forces are to great; it would be
equivalent to a 300 pound weight being placed on an exposed
brain. If you are up on the math; (Velocity squared = 2 *
acceleration * distance) and the weight of the average brain is
2.2 pounds, and 1G = 32.17 feet per second squared, are all you
need to figure this out. The 300 pound figure is derived from
the force that half of the brain has on the other half with a
stopping distance of one inch, for simplicity. Naturally the
force is not distributed evenly and would be much greater at the
closest part to the impact and much less on the other side. This
is why the sticker inside a new helmet is only rated with a life
saving ability of up to 13 miles per hour. Look in a helmet and
read the label.
What using helmets does, is make people feel safe when they are
going fast, but it will only provide a life saving benefit at
speeds up to 13 miles per hour.
Sleepman, I live in Central Fla too.
Thanks for the carbon info, think I will go for that one. And for the debaters who can't stop debatin....
An important detail is that a helmet will not save a person's
life if he hits a wall at 30 miles per hour or 40 miles per hour
at a 45 degree angle. The G forces are to great; it would be
equivalent to a 300 pound weight being placed on an exposed
brain. If you are up on the math; (Velocity squared = 2 *
acceleration * distance) and the weight of the average brain is
2.2 pounds, and 1G = 32.17 feet per second squared, are all you
need to figure this out. The 300 pound figure is derived from
the force that half of the brain has on the other half with a
stopping distance of one inch, for simplicity. Naturally the
force is not distributed evenly and would be much greater at the
closest part to the impact and much less on the other side. This
is why the sticker inside a new helmet is only rated with a life
saving ability of up to 13 miles per hour. Look in a helmet and
read the label.
What using helmets does, is make people feel safe when they are
going fast, but it will only provide a life saving benefit at
speeds up to 13 miles per hour.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,057
Likes: 0
From: Weatherford, Texas
RE: Half helmets
blah blah blah....
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Road Captain
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 579
Likes: 1
From: eastern NC
RE: Half helmets
ORIGINAL: F.U.I.R.S.
I got it at the local HD dealer.It was $120.00.You might google HCI and find some dealers.I had purchased a ACC helmet,but didn't care for how it fit me.
ORIGINAL: glide2005
Hey F.U.I.R.S where did you get your helmet and what did it cost.
Thanks
Hey F.U.I.R.S where did you get your helmet and what did it cost.
Thanks
Look on Ebay, I got the same brand helmet for $19 dollars plus shipping and since the company was in North Carolina I had to pay state tax = 37 dollars and some change.
They do have that helmet though and I think it was around $45 dollars.
my helmet was flat black and fits very well, got a large where the half helmet I got from the harley dealer was a medium.
That helmet you want is a carbon fiber helmet so that is why its more.
The ebay ID of the people I got mine from is leatherny and the company name is jafrum international in Charlotte NC
Their e mail is sales@leatherny.com
I ordered mine on sunday and had it on tuesday afternoon!
Banned
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 10,481
Likes: 4
From: Triangle, VA
RE: Half helmets
Once again, dude asked for opinions on half helmets, not some diatribe on why he should where more protection. Look at it this way (those of you pushin your full helmet beliefs onto everyone else), he's going from no helmet to a half helmet...hmm, seems he's better protected then he has been.
Y'all ain't his daddy...no information on half helmets? Maybe move on to the next thread...just a suggestion.
My underwear is Snell approved.
Y'all ain't his daddy...no information on half helmets? Maybe move on to the next thread...just a suggestion.
My underwear is Snell approved.