Do you wear a helmet or not?

Do you wear a helmet? Full face,or open face?

  • All the time(never leave home with out it.)

    Votes: 130 61.3%
  • Some times

    Votes: 28 13.2%
  • Only if I have to.(state law)

    Votes: 15 7.1%
  • Never

    Votes: 6 2.8%
  • Open face

    Votes: 12 5.7%
  • Full face

    Votes: 117 55.2%

  • Total voters
    212
Fullface if I'm raising cain and open face if just cruising but always a helmet since a 20 mph wreck 17 yrs ago. Ran over a squirrel in a curve, back tire washed out and stood bike up threw me off opposite direction of curve landed on the back of my head and was KO'd for bout 30 min. I noticed after that wreck that i sometimes swap words in a sentence. No ****bull!
 
I love this helmet. :headbang: Scorpion EXO-750 Vintage black an gold. When I ordered it from Cycle Gear in Jacksonville, FL the salesman and I were saddened to see that it came with a clear lens and not a mirrored lens like on their website. He threw in the mirrored lens for free, yay! :hello2:

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I believe that to wear a helmet or not should be a matter of personal choice and not compulsion, i myself would wear one 99.9 % of the time, this argument has been going on for years and years in the UK, if anybody hasn't heard of Fred Hill google him, he went a lot futher than i would be prepared to but as i have read somewhere " Freedom isn't Free ".:no-no-no:
 
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When I was younger I had a pretty bad crash and landed face first on the pavement. I was wearing a full face helmet but I impacted so hard that the "shatterproof" shield shattered right into my face. The helmet just fell off my head, it looked like it had been run over by a truck. My eyelid was hanging straight down-just barely connected at the corner of my eye along with alot of other small cuts around it and I could stick my tongue through my cheeck in one spot. The surgeon that I had did spectacular work on me-it took him 6 1/2 hours and 300+ stitches but you can't really see any scars on my face now. I probably wouldn't be here right now if didn't wear a helmet. I never leave home without it.
 
I missed the full face thing. I haven't felt protected (not safe, but protected) without a full face on a bike since 1975 after having my first Bell Star. It was a legal requirement back then here in Ohio, but I had flat tracked and harescrambled in the past and knew the benefits. I'd also trials ridden without, but now I'd at least use a bicycle helmet if not some sort of shortie. It's now legal to go without here, but not something for me to do without some emergency situation.

I also have a CL15. It fits my head shape like a glove. It felt tight, but even after over two hours, no hot spots. I did want to get it off at that point, but that's kind of true regardless. Two hours without taking a helmet off is a bit fatiguing. Of course it's far better than two hours of wind blast in my face.

I got a chin curtain - good buy. It takes out some of the chill from the wind under my chin. The flange that slides into the joint between paddint and helmet shell needs trimmed about 1/3 shorter and is still a bit of a chore to fit, but it's well worth it.

I picked up a breath deflector too, but it is a mediocre fit in the S size helmet, scrunching up a bit. It's fine for no glasses, but I'm not so sure about with them, seems to be sure interference. Some modifications may be in order - I've read a lot of plus comments when it comes to fogging. It's a shame they don't have some possible modifications that could be done to tailor the fit to one's proboscis. Keep the forming tab off so the part around the nose could be fitted a bit then the tab riveted back on with some sort of plastic snap rivet. I'm gonna play with the thing a bit.

Regardless, for this rider I want to protect what has the worst capability for healing if banged or scuffed - my cranium!



PS.
Let me give a shout out to the thought of wearing a full face off road helmet on the street. I've done it a lot on both the dual sport and the KLX. Two good reasons - air flow on a hot day and a real visor for low setting or early rising sun. I wish full face street helmets had similar capabilities. I eventually plan to go to a specific dual sport type helmet sometime due to having both visor and face shield at the same time. Some friends have them and they love them.

A solid color MX or dual sport helmet can look okay on street use if image is part of the equation. Even shortening the visor a bit is also possible.

As for the visor catching wind, unless you ride with your head tilted back or blasting about well over 60 mph it's not much of an issue. It becomes second nature to have a slight downward tip of the head, even with regular road helmets when riding on bright days.

Here's my MX helmet:

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Even visor's not too long. It's an old HJC. A pair of wrap around glasses that fit in the openning, or goggles which I do, takes care of the eyes. But those sneaky bugs sting when they get through to your cheeks!
 
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75% of the time I have my Scorpion EXO700 on, other times, like when it's 95 degrees and 95% humidity, I don't wear it.
I ride with a guy who took a hornet to the forehead at 70mph this summer. NOT PRETTY. A week later he got one in the neck. Swelled up like a softball!!
Another week went by, and he rides up with a Scorpion EXO1000 helmet.
Yah Buddy!
 
75% of the time I have my Scorpion EXO700 on, other times, like when it's 95 degrees and 95% humidity, I don't wear it.
I ride with a guy who took a hornet to the forehead at 70mph this summer. NOT PRETTY. A week later he got one in the neck. Swelled up like a softball!!
Another week went by, and he rides up with a Scorpion EXO1000 helmet.
Yah Buddy!

Sounds like another Scorpion wear fan! LOL I hope to get me an exo 900 when I get enough cash in hand but its at the back burner for now. I love my Scorpion hat trick jacket! :headbang:
 
I have wore a helmet since day one of my riding. I have a problem with my eyes watering and unless I wear flight goggles or ski goggles I cannot see a **** thing. I feel comfortable in it. It has always been full face and have tried small shell style and large shied but full face works best for me.

Bob
 
100% of the time, only because the law in Michigan makes me. When I lived in Illinois, it was more like 25%.
 
Neevverrr! Though my fiancé is about on my last nerve so this may change very soon
 
90% of the timr... The type of helmet depends on the temperature. I wear a fullface helmet till about 88%, then I go to a 1/2 helmet... :thumbsup: The only time I don't wear a helmet is when I am going somewhere just around the corner 8n my neighborhood...like to Subway or the local convenience store...
 
OK, now that Michigan has finally gotten rid of the helmet law, make that 25% of the time.
 
OK, now that Michigan has finally gotten rid of the helmet law, make that 25% of the time.
Wow. Great to hear a state trending toward more freedom, not less! In KS we can make that choice @ 18
 
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Yes, I always wear a helmet (in Italy it's about 30 years that it's mandatory - as well as in all the EU countries, I guess).

By the way I always wear a full-face helmet, with internal flip-down sunvisor. And I use ear-plugs, as the wind/air inside noise is really annoying to me.

I would use it even if it were not mandatory.
 
Always wear one, no matter how long the ride's going to be. PA doesn't require one, but I still won't ride without a full-face helmet -- come face-to-face with too many yellow jackets not to. I outweight 'em by a few hundred pounds, but they always seem to win.
 
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