Moved into a full face helmet?
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Road Master
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Las Vegas, NV
Moved into a full face helmet?
Sorry if this has been previously discussed......
I'm not sure, maybe it's my age (48).
Started out years ago with the "peanut" helmet....
.....moved to the "half" helmet a few years ago.
I ordered a full face this week (Shoei X-12), it's a nice lid.
Am I "poser" or am I getting smarter...........
Who's moved into a full face helmet? And who would NEVER!?!
I'm not sure, maybe it's my age (48).
Started out years ago with the "peanut" helmet....
.....moved to the "half" helmet a few years ago.
I ordered a full face this week (Shoei X-12), it's a nice lid.
Am I "poser" or am I getting smarter...........
Who's moved into a full face helmet? And who would NEVER!?!
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Joined: Dec 2009
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From: DC
I started w/ no helmet for years....I was young. When required I would done a totally illegal half-helmet. Now I where a full faced helmet. Partially cause I'm older and a little more aware of my mortality, partially 'cause I now live in Washington DC, which means lots of traffic and crappy drivers. I just got an rf-1100 for xmas. Shoei makes some nice helmets.
Tourer
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 304
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From: Virginia
I have one and try again and again to use it. It just restricts my head movement too much as far as looking down and back as to check something on the bike briefly. Still wear a 3/4 most of the time. I do feel more "secure" in the FF.
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Who cares if you are a poser? Why should you care about what strangers think about you? It's your life, your head...do what you think best.
I never wore a helmet. Well, this year, I bought a 3/4. I think as we get older, we realize we don't heal as fast, respond as fast, or think as fast. We value what we have in our lives, and decide to add a little more protection "just in case".
Personally, I think ya did good
I never wore a helmet. Well, this year, I bought a 3/4. I think as we get older, we realize we don't heal as fast, respond as fast, or think as fast. We value what we have in our lives, and decide to add a little more protection "just in case".
Personally, I think ya did good
Road Master
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: NC
You're just becoming a real rider. Anyone who rides a lot with no windshield either wears a full faced helmet or lives somewhere I don't or is a little kinky and likes bugs to smack their face and get in their teeth. Don't get me wrong... I just bought one of those german-style helmets to putt around in at low speeds on the back roads but for any kind of serious riding (without a windshield) real riders wear ff helmets. Case closed. 
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Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2009
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Yep, me too, just went to a full face myself. It sure is nice when it's cold outside and I also like the noise reduction, in addition to the safety benefits.
Picked myself up a new FXRG at about half price off eBay.
Picked myself up a new FXRG at about half price off eBay.
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I wear a 1/2 about 95% of the time. Have a modular ff I wear in the winter and on roadtrips because it has my cb headset installed in it.
Now that I got my wife a cb for her bike I'm going to have to either get a headset installed in my 1/2 or start wearing the modular more often.
Never been an issue of what others think. Always about balancing comfort with safety for me. A 1/2 will always be more comfortable than a ff but I am also aware of the extra risk I'm subjecting my handsome face to.
Now that I got my wife a cb for her bike I'm going to have to either get a headset installed in my 1/2 or start wearing the modular more often.
Never been an issue of what others think. Always about balancing comfort with safety for me. A 1/2 will always be more comfortable than a ff but I am also aware of the extra risk I'm subjecting my handsome face to.
