Who wears a full face?
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However, I will reiterate that on a day to day observation, I see riders who ride "Street/touring" type bikes in and around Central Florida wear full face or at least 3/4 helmets with little or no decoration. Mostly white/gray or black, but some colors as well. The Crotch rocket and sport bike riders tend to whear FF helmets but they like the ones with the wild/bright paint patterns (and so do the moped guys!!!! Why?, I haven't the foggiest idea.).
And yes, there are the die hard (no pun intended) riders who don't wear a helmet at all. They are the ones who also ride in shorts and flip flops with their hair in pony tails and long beards that blow up into their face. To me, they are the riders that look "Goofy". And, unless you drop by the certain biker haunts, you don't often see the stereotype "gang" looking riders around here. What I most often see is small groups (1,2,3) of riders enjoing the ride, doing it safely wearing helmets that may not be "cool" but certainly don't look at all "Goofy".
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<br /><br />If "what you look like" is more important (to you/your buddy) than "protectiong your head", it is foolish of me to offer any further arguments for wearing a full face helmet.<br /><br />However, I will reiterate that on a day to day observation, I see riders who ride "Street/touring" type bikes in and around Central Florida wear full face or at least 3/4 helmets with little or no decoration. Mostly white/gray or black, but some colors as well. The Crotch rocket and sport bike riders tend to whear FF helmets but they like the ones with the wild/bright paint patterns (and so do the moped guys!!!! Why?, I haven't the foggiest idea.).<br /><br />And yes, there are the die hard (no pun intended) riders who don't wear a helmet at all. They are the ones who also ride in shorts and flip flops with their hair in pony tails and long beards that blow up into their face. To me, they are the riders that look "Goofy". And, unless you drop by the certain biker haunts, you don't often see the stereotype "gang" looking riders around here. What I most often see is small groups (1,2,3) of riders enjoing the ride, doing it safely wearing helmets that may not be "cool" but certainly don't look at all "Goofy".<br /><br />
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From: Ormond Beach, Florida
However, I will reiterate that on a day to day observation, I see riders who ride "Street/touring" type bikes in and around Central Florida wear full face or at least 3/4 helmets with little or no decoration. Mostly white/gray or black, but some colors as well. The Crotch rocket and sport bike riders tend to whear FF helmets but they like the ones with the wild/bright paint patterns (and so do the moped guys!!!! Why?, I haven't the foggiest idea.)
And yes, there are the die hard (no pun intended) riders who don't wear a helmet at all. They are the ones who also ride in shorts and flip flops with their hair in pony tails and long beards that blow up into their face. To me, they are the riders that look "Goofy". And, unless you drop by the certain biker haunts, you don't often see the stereotype "gang" looking riders around here.
What I most often see is small groups (1,2,3) of riders enjoing the ride, doing it safely and wearing helmets that may not be "cool" but certainly don't look at all "Goofy".
Last edited by FrankEV; Apr 11, 2018 at 06:07 PM. Reason: fied paragraphing
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long beards that blow up into their face. To me, they are the riders that look "Goofy".
That made me laugh. Before I shaved my beard short seeing myself in my full face with my beard sticking way below my full face was quite a sight to behold. Lol
That made me laugh. Before I shaved my beard short seeing myself in my full face with my beard sticking way below my full face was quite a sight to behold. Lol
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I find it very hard to believe that most people in Florida riding Harley's are wearing 3/4, or full face helmets. I have road through many of your states, and most of the people I see on Harley's have peanut helmets on. They just look right on a cruiser. The same can be said up here in Canada. Full face on a sport bike, and peanut on a cruiser. A lot of the hip newbies are wearing 3/4 helmets. I am in no way saying that peanut helmets are the safer choice, all though many guys will claim that a full face helmet hurts your ability to hear, and see properly. I just messaged two of my riding buddies about this thread, saying that maybe we should be looking at riding with full face helmets. The one guy said "he doesn't ride a cruiser to look goofy". Like it or not, the stigma is there. You don't look cool on a cruiser with a full face helmet.
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A full face does obstruct your peripheral vision. That's a problem to me in urban environments. Not a big deal on the highway. The heat in full on summer added to urban stop and go is an issue too for full face.
Hearing? I can't hear jack over the pipes anyway. Don't see a peanut being beneficial in that regard. If I want to hear, I wear the full face. Speakers, mic, all contained inside the helmet. Makes the highway more bearable and you get that Iron Man vibe issuing commands and seeing your will carried out.
As for looking Goofy, I ride for me not anyone else. Whoever said that has some self-esteem issues.
Hearing? I can't hear jack over the pipes anyway. Don't see a peanut being beneficial in that regard. If I want to hear, I wear the full face. Speakers, mic, all contained inside the helmet. Makes the highway more bearable and you get that Iron Man vibe issuing commands and seeing your will carried out.
As for looking Goofy, I ride for me not anyone else. Whoever said that has some self-esteem issues.