I use a full face helmet on a road king, hot weather open the shield but still a little warm.
I do miss the open feeling of the shorty.
But the full face provides significantly more facial protection and is great when it rains.
Trying to check-out flip-ups.
Might be better for quick stops,gas-up, to talk or just cool down.

 

Well, first off I'm 62 years old and am way past worrying about what other people think. I do wear a full face helmet and a leather jacket and leather chaps every time I get on my scoot. I don't care if it's 90 degress outside, I am in full leathers. Here's why:

About a year ago one of my gun show buddies was taking his RK out for a ride and rounded a corner with a deer standing right alongside the road...it darted out into the road. In a split second, he decided it best to head for the ditch but hit a hidden stump, flipping him and the bike into the air. He was wearing a T shirt and a half helmet. The best he remembers is the back of the bike came up and struck his face. His lower jaw is still wired together and they are still trying to fit dentures for his lower teeth which were knocked out.

Now, you can say that was a freak accident but in these parts deer are a huge problem, one that the local riders are well aware of. He admits he took that blind corner too fast, but, what the hell good does that do him now?

No, I'll keep wearing as much protection as I can. I don't feel inhibited at all, it's all in how you look at it.

My two cents.

 

Put it to you this way:

Cruising on a nice curvy road = Awesome
Your face cruising into the pavement = Not Awesome

Cruising around in town = Awesome
Your face cruising through someone's back window = Not Awesome

Cruising down the highway = Awesome
A rock cruising into your face = Not Awesome

Crusing down some other highway = Awesome
A bug cruising into your mouth = Not Awesome

Are you getting the picture? Awesome!

Image is lame. The 60's are over. Cover up that grill and dome with the best you can afford!

 

Nothing humble to your opinion. People wear or not wear helmets for their own reasons. I don't care myself if they wear them or not. Helmets can save a face or brain. They also block the view and add weight to the head --which can impact the neck. People die wearing them--people die not wearing them. Sometimes your the bait --sometimes your the fish.

 

Try 25-35 degrees at 65 w/o a FF helmet, then let me know how you feel. Once you're thawed out that is. FF helmets offer protection, NOT glamor.

 

Here in hot sweaty Florida I wear a modular helmet when I ride to work. Too many bad drivers not to. I wear a 3/4 or shorty when I'm riding with my riding club. If it's a all day ride, I might wear the FF. I agree with letting those who ride decide. No need to make it mandatory.

 

wear whatever you want what does it matter, i wear a half helmet, an icon jacket more appropriate for a sport bike because it fits nice i like it and it has all the protection, and doc martens or old chuck taylors on my dogs... i probably look like a rolling contradiction but i don't care it's what i want to wear... if someone wants to go full pirate on their bike more power to him, if someone wants to go euro with the skin tight full leathers and plastic mohawk on their helmet, awesome... it's a personal decision and wear what you're comfortable with...

 

I get what you're saying..I wear a 1/2 but will be getting a full and will wear it depending on the weather and where I'm riding...picking bugs out of your teeth is not fun.

 

not this **** again!!!

 

i wore ff back in the day when i had a rice rocket, when i bough my HD it was a brain bucket or nothing, that changed last year when i got hit in the face by god knows what. broke my eye socket. now its ff for me and the wife. and i really dont care what anyone wears on there head. after all it is your head. do too it what you like. just my .02 cent worth.