Type of helmet - Page 2

bigdave · 01-10-2011, 10:43 PM

i also use 1/2 helmet in hot weather and full face in cold weather

hammer · 01-10-2011, 11:52 PM

HJC half, Scorpian half (my new fave with audio comms), HJC 3/4 when I am on the CB and colder weather and high speed tunes with couple of other skid lids.

**Top Cat** · 01-11-2011, 12:27 AM

Full face GMAX helmet ALL the time. Hot or cold makes no difference. The unforeseen can happen in any weather.
Cindy has a full face GMAX and a 3/4 Z1R.
I can't get her to wear the full face in hot weather but she will wear it in the cooler temps.

mobandy78 · 01-11-2011, 10:00 AM

I mostly wear a 1/2 helmet. On the really cold days, 40 & below, I'll wear the full helmet. I've only been in rain a couple times (one thunderstorm, one hail storm) with the half helmet and it wasn't too bad. I was able to keep the speed up high enough that the windshield blocked a bunch of the rain off my face.

caper · 01-11-2011, 10:05 AM

Yep I went back to the full face helmet! Much more protection and from them flying things too :)

**bogatyrs** · 01-11-2011, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Netnorske

I much prefer my 1/2 helmet, but when traveling....we usually take the 3/4 helmets with the Cardo Teamset wireless communications attached (see middle sig pic). You can buy a Paulson face shield that just snaps in place when you hit crappy weather and pop it back off once the sun comes out again. I just can't do the full-face thing. My vision in my right eye ain't that great anymore so I need full view sightlines. Besides.....I've never been fond of wearing a bowling ball on my head....

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I agree, I am blind in my right eye so a full face is not my best choice on the other hand even in States where helmets are not required I where one.

I have a 1/2 and two 3/4's one with a lift up shield that I use in cold weather and when I where the other helmets I have prescription sunglasses (getting old sucks) with side sheilds to protect my eyes from stray bugs etc.

I really like the 1/2 in the warm weather and for local rides but when I got to the Rally will probably wear the 3/4 with shield.

AlabamaNomadRider · 01-11-2011, 10:30 AM

90% of the time I use the HJC IS-33 3/4 helmet. Doesn't get to hot for me even in August. Also have an HJC 1/2 helmet. Used it all the time before I purchased the IS-33. Always wear one or the other as Alabama and my brain require riding with a helmet.

Dave · 01-11-2011, 11:26 AM

Aria 3/4, Aria full, Nolan convertible.

vulcans2 · 01-12-2011, 05:27 PM

I wear a Shoei MultiTec flip front modular helmet all the time. I thought about a 3/4 but I'm not sure of the protection of less than a full faced helmet. My wife went down years ago, at 10 mph, and if it hadn't been for her full fact helmet, she would have been visiting the cosmetic surgeons for years, based on the damage to the left side of the helmet sliding down the road. Sure made believers of us. A 1/2 or 3/4 helmet might be cooler, but don't offer the protection of a full face or modular helmet. Just call me chicken, I guess.

ccmjr77 · 01-12-2011, 06:03 PM

Half helmet most of the time and a full face modular when it is cold.

ballast · 01-12-2011, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregO

I wear a Shoei MultiTec flip front modular helmet all the time. I thought about a 3/4 but I'm not sure of the protection of less than a full faced helmet. My wife went down years ago, at 10 mph, and if it hadn't been for her full fact helmet, she would have been visiting the cosmetic surgeons for years, based on the damage to the left side of the helmet sliding down the road. Sure made believers of us. A 1/2 or 3/4 helmet might be cooler, but don't offer the protection of a full face or modular helmet. Just call me chicken, I guess.

Same reason, except my face, I wear a full.

**taranis** · 01-12-2011, 08:30 PM

Scorpion EXO-100 1/2 helmet on almost every ride, and especially on long trips. I've hit bad weather with it, and the flip-down shield is a nice feature to have. It keeps most of the rain off my face - the rest I keep off by ducking behind the windshield.

I haven't worn my full-face again since I bought the 1/2 helmet.

ndbigfish · 01-12-2011, 10:01 PM

Leisurely riding under 65 mph on the back roads; a Bell Drifter 1/2 helmet. Riding the freeway at 70+ mph; a HJC modular full face.

jmax5105 · 01-13-2011, 05:40 PM

I wish you guys would quit posting questions like this....

it makes me go out and look for new stuff..... and I always find something else I want to buy. I haven't talked to anyone that has had it, but it would be nice to be able to pull the face sheild off and just throw the visor on. I like that it has the flip down sun shield as well. This one looks like it might not be a bad way to go. Guess I'll start saving up for this too now.

http://www.motorcyclegear.com/street...le_helmet.html

waterman · 01-13-2011, 06:24 PM

I wear a full face most of the time. I have been nailed in the head with a rock to many times to not wear a helmet. I also have a 1/2 helmet but just wear that on local rides when the weather is warm.

01-10-2011, 10:43 PM	#16
bigdave Sr. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Burnsville, NC Posts: 1,589	Type of helmet i also use 1/2 helmet in hot weather and full face in cold weather __________________ David "BigDave" Hall Burnsville NC VBA #477 2007 Red and Silver Nomad (traded 4/10/2014) 2013 Blue and Black Voyager Login or Register to Remove Ads
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01-10-2011, 11:52 PM	#17
hammer Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,329	Type of helmet HJC half, Scorpian half (my new fave with audio comms), HJC 3/4 when I am on the CB and colder weather and high speed tunes with couple of other skid lids. __________________ Hammer aka CrocHammer KawaNow#00988, VROC#26389, VR#2202 Abbotsford, BC, Canada 2006 Black Nomad
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01-11-2011, 12:27 AM	#18
Top Cat Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Peoples Republic of New York State Posts: 15,154	Type of helmet Full face GMAX helmet ALL the time. Hot or cold makes no difference. The unforeseen can happen in any weather. Cindy has a full face GMAX and a 3/4 Z1R. I can't get her to wear the full face in hot weather but she will wear it in the cooler temps. __________________ Tim "TC" Conley VBA #9 2011 Victory Kingpin mine 2013 Victory Boardwalk -hers [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] [SIZE=4]
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01-11-2011, 10:00 AM	#19
mobandy78 Sr. Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Owasso, OK Posts: 1,485	Type of helmet I mostly wear a 1/2 helmet. On the really cold days, 40 & below, I'll wear the full helmet. I've only been in rain a couple times (one thunderstorm, one hail storm) with the half helmet and it wasn't too bad. I was able to keep the speed up high enough that the windshield blocked a bunch of the rain off my face. __________________ Matt "Mo" Moore Owasso, Oklahoma VBA #1250 2005 Nomad 1600 - Darkside "There is no normal life, there's just life. So get on with it." - Doc Holiday
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01-11-2011, 10:05 AM	#20
caper Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 1,137	Type of helmet Yep I went back to the full face helmet! Much more protection and from them flying things too :) __________________ Live in the NOW ! Login or Register to Remove Ads
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01-11-2011, 10:30 AM	#22
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Type of helmet 90% of the time I use the HJC IS-33 3/4 helmet. Doesn't get to hot for me even in August. Also have an HJC 1/2 helmet. Used it all the time before I purchased the IS-33. Always wear one or the other as Alabama and my brain require riding with a helmet. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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01-11-2011, 11:26 AM	#23
Dave Sr. Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Itchycoo Park Posts: 3,422	Type of helmet Aria 3/4, Aria full, Nolan convertible.
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01-12-2011, 05:27 PM	#24
vulcans2 Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Meridian, ID Posts: 206	Type of helmet I wear a Shoei MultiTec flip front modular helmet all the time. I thought about a 3/4 but I'm not sure of the protection of less than a full faced helmet. My wife went down years ago, at 10 mph, and if it hadn't been for her full fact helmet, she would have been visiting the cosmetic surgeons for years, based on the damage to the left side of the helmet sliding down the road. Sure made believers of us. A 1/2 or 3/4 helmet might be cooler, but don't offer the protection of a full face or modular helmet. Just call me chicken, I guess.
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01-12-2011, 06:03 PM	#25
ccmjr77 Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anthem, AZ Posts: 642	Type of helmet Half helmet most of the time and a full face modular when it is cold. __________________ ccmjr77 2007 Kawasaki Nomad 1600
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01-12-2011, 08:30 PM	#27
taranis Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Grand Prairie, TX Posts: 802	Type of helmet Scorpion EXO-100 1/2 helmet on almost every ride, and especially on long trips. I've hit bad weather with it, and the flip-down shield is a nice feature to have. It keeps most of the rain off my face - the rest I keep off by ducking behind the windshield. I haven't worn my full-face again since I bought the 1/2 helmet. __________________ _______________________ "Taranis" and the Lovely Ann KawaNOW Oldschool #885 His: 2006 Nomad Hers: 2008 VN900 Classic LT
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01-12-2011, 10:01 PM	#28
ndbigfish Sr. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Braunfels, Texas Posts: 1,162	Type of helmet Leisurely riding under 65 mph on the back roads; a Bell Drifter 1/2 helmet. Riding the freeway at 70+ mph; a HJC modular full face. __________________ Brik VBA #1047 07 Electra Glide Ultra (43,300 & counting) 03 Nomad - 37,972 (traded 5/6/13) 99 Nomad - Only a memory since 4/27/13
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01-13-2011, 05:40 PM	#29
jmax5105 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Payson, UT Posts: 113	Type of helmet I wish you guys would quit posting questions like this.... it makes me go out and look for new stuff..... and I always find something else I want to buy. I haven't talked to anyone that has had it, but it would be nice to be able to pull the face sheild off and just throw the visor on. I like that it has the flip down sun shield as well. This one looks like it might not be a bad way to go. Guess I'll start saving up for this too now. http://www.motorcyclegear.com/street...le_helmet.html
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01-13-2011, 06:24 PM	#30
waterman Top Contributor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 6,530	Type of helmet I wear a full face most of the time. I have been nailed in the head with a rock to many times to not wear a helmet. I also have a 1/2 helmet but just wear that on local rides when the weather is warm. __________________ Joel "Waterman" 2017 HD Road Glide Ultra 2006 Nomad - Sold VBA 213 VROC 16913 Custer 09: Cortez 10: Crescent City 11: Kanab 12: Estes Park 13: Tahoe 14: Red Lodge 16
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