Only comfortable in a full-face?
Ultimate HDF Member
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From: Joliet, Illinois
Haven't found any glasses that work to keep my eyes from watering like crazy. The bugs hit me all over my face - but then, I already knew that before I rode lidless because I have to clean my face shield 3 or 4 times a day. ... and clean them off my bike.
As for liking the wind in my face... I get plenty of it with my helmet on, but then, wind in my face isn't what I like about riding. If I rode just because I liked wind in my face, I could just sit at home, facing a fan.
As for liking the wind in my face... I get plenty of it with my helmet on, but then, wind in my face isn't what I like about riding. If I rode just because I liked wind in my face, I could just sit at home, facing a fan.
Tourer
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I have a HJC full face (Symax 2) and a HCJ half helm too. So far I've only worn the full face. Sometime this summer I'll have to take a ride or two with the half helm to see how I like it. When I bought them, I figured the half helm would be for summer riding and the full face would be for rain and colder temps.
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Eastern Massachusetts
while the kids were young. I bought the half helmet when the youngest turned 18. Yes, I got over it. I still use both helmets. The half-helmet is a nicer lid in that it puts you in touch with the ride a lot more. The full face is safer and more comfortable w/r/t bugs and sand tossed up by trucks on the road -- and rocks, of course.
If I want the wind in my face with the FF, I just put the visor up. But the FF is more like riding in a sedan. Sometimes I make the informed choice to accept more risk in exchange for more enjoyment and go with the half-helmet. (I wear goggles to take care of the teary-eye problem.)
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Olympia Wa.
This isn't a helmet debate thread, just a question for full-face helmet wearers.
I've always worn a full-face helmet without exception. I'd like to buy a half or open face, but when I tried them on I felt very uncomfortable
I'd like to buy a half or open face but I'm not sure I'd wear it.
I've always worn a full-face helmet without exception. I'd like to buy a half or open face, but when I tried them on I felt very uncomfortable
I'd like to buy a half or open face but I'm not sure I'd wear it.
just curious
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Dogtown, Oakland, CA
This isn't a helmet debate thread, just a question for full-face helmet wearers.
I've always worn a full-face helmet without exception. I'd like to buy a half or open face, but when I tried them on I felt very uncomfortable like I was exposed or just a general unsafe feeling. Hard to describe, but I felt "insecure" if that makes sense.
Has any full-face helmet wearers experienced this and if you also wear a half or open, did this feeling go away after you began wearing the helmet?
I'd like to buy a half or open face but I'm not sure I'd wear it.
I've always worn a full-face helmet without exception. I'd like to buy a half or open face, but when I tried them on I felt very uncomfortable like I was exposed or just a general unsafe feeling. Hard to describe, but I felt "insecure" if that makes sense.
Has any full-face helmet wearers experienced this and if you also wear a half or open, did this feeling go away after you began wearing the helmet?
I'd like to buy a half or open face but I'm not sure I'd wear it.
if you 'ride it like you stole it', a ff helmet keeps the debris outta the face.
if you ride in the rain and sleet, and live on your bike, every day a ff helmet works really well.
if you would rather drive a pickup truck than wear a helmet, well go ahead.
Last edited by dogtownmax; Jun 22, 2009 at 02:11 AM.
I wear a fullface 98 % of the time but own a 1/2 helmet too. I feel naked in the 1/2 helmet and it's apparent from the moment I put it on that I'm not has protected. My choice no helmet law here.
It's a different helmet and if your uncomfortble wearing a 1/2 helmet you should not wear it, it's your choice.
Make your own decision on how you want to protect your head.
It's a different helmet and if your uncomfortble wearing a 1/2 helmet you should not wear it, it's your choice.
Make your own decision on how you want to protect your head.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Windham,Maine
Funny,I have only worn a helmet when it was law.A full face scares the livinbecrap out of me.My hearing, vision,sense of smell,are so impaired,it takes all the joy out of riding.An open face when at road speed, makes me feel like I am slowing being hung by the neck.Nothing against those of you that wear them,your choice,thankfully.
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From: South of Dallas Area, Texas
I always rode with a full face. After not riding for many years, when I bought the Fatty I also purchased a full face. I have since switched to a 1/2. I like it much better because I can see and hear.
MikeM
MikeM
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Port St Lucie, FL
if i hop on the bike to move it in a parking lot without a helmet i feel super weird...ive tried a half helmet once...got about 5 miles and said nope and turned around...add me to the group that doesnt like the wind in the face...or the bugs or the sand...ive been hit with wayyy to many things in the face shield of my FF...idk how you guys do it...once every two weeks or so i get hit with something and i think man im glad its a full face cause that woulda knocked me out!...different strokes...personal decision