Buddy got converted (to FF)
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From: The Desert SouthWest
Wow glad he's OK! Yes things coming up off the road can be deadly in fact. A fluke thing but yes something to consider.
I wear a FF about 5-6 months out of the year (in the colder months) and have now switched to a 3/4 recently from a 1/2 that I've worn for the past 4 yrs.
I wear a FF about 5-6 months out of the year (in the colder months) and have now switched to a 3/4 recently from a 1/2 that I've worn for the past 4 yrs.
Last edited by Arizona; Aug 9, 2009 at 12:29 PM.
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I've been pelted by bees, large flying bugs, rocks, grit, stung in the ear, just about everything. Never would I wear a full face helmet. All the power to your friend but that ain't my bag no matter how many times I get hit.
Non approved DOT doo-rag for me. Not even that half the time. I like the wind in the face and the visceral experience. I'll sell my bike before I'd wear one of those things. Maybe for a spacewalk or something...
Non approved DOT doo-rag for me. Not even that half the time. I like the wind in the face and the visceral experience. I'll sell my bike before I'd wear one of those things. Maybe for a spacewalk or something...
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From: LINY
FF helmet way to go.
I never used a FF but all my buddies are using them due to all the factors like saftey, noise etc. I need to shop for one and stop putting it off. Is there some more comfortable than others. What should I look for in a FF.
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For the first few years of riding, I wore a 3/4 helmet. Then I was knocked off my bike by a piece of lumber that flew off a truck I was meeting. After I stopped rolling and sliding, I was bleeding from a cut on my chin. It only took a couple of stiches to close, but after that I started wearing a FF helmet. And back in the early 70s they were hot and heavy. By comparison todays FF helmets are much more comfortable.
An overreaction? After an incident when a FF helmet could have helped prevent an injury, and you realize how close you were to something even more serious happening, it changes the way the way you view things. And 35 years later when I found myself sliding on my faceshield, my decision to go FF didn't seem to be an overreaction.
Ron
An overreaction? After an incident when a FF helmet could have helped prevent an injury, and you realize how close you were to something even more serious happening, it changes the way the way you view things. And 35 years later when I found myself sliding on my faceshield, my decision to go FF didn't seem to be an overreaction.
Ron
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People are just as exposed to facial and cranial injury when standing at a crosswalk of a busy intersection. 4000 pedestrians die every year. I'm wondering why we don't all wear full faced helmets when crossing busy intersections? When on a ladder? When driving a car? I mean, 35,000 people die every year in car crashes. If you wear a full faced helmet when riding, why not wear a full faced helmet when driving and when walking downtown and crossing in traffic?
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I don't always wear a helmet, let alone a Full Face one. But I'm not foolish enough not to realize that there is a lot of protection being eliminated by NOT wearing one. It's a personal choice. If I were riding in the city all the time I'd probably be wearing a FF all the time.
