full face vs half vs beenie helmet

[strictlyred]

I know this has been done to death on other sites, but I cannot find any info on helmets on this site.
On my 2 wheels I wore mostly full face helmets, but on spyder I have been wearing beanie style.
I would love to know what others wear and why.
I am debating on going back to ff

[Bob Denman]

You just kicked the pile over!
But I wear a full-face modular helmet...
ATGATT!

[bcoulter19]

I wear a fullface for 2 reasons. 1) for the protection. 2) I have a scala rider g4 and I like to listen to the radio and there is to much noise with the half helmet.

[effgjamis]

3/4 HJC
3/4 Shoei
full face Shoei
and a little one for store rides that barley covers my ears, well almost anyway

[asp125]

FF so I don't scare the kids with my ugly mug.

[Jharpo]

I wear either a full face or a 3/4 face helmet determined by the weather for protection. I never wear a beanie or skid. Why? Because people who know a lot more than I do have told me that you get more protection from a beanie or skid sitting on a shelf than you do with one sitting on your head.

[otter28169]

I am a firefighter/EMT and live 1/4 mile from a biker bar. Not 100 yards from my house is a 25 mph "S" curve. I see my fair share of bikes bounce off the guardrail, low-side, fly into the creek, and high-side into the trees. I do not call them Beanies, I call them "Brain Buckets". Even if you do hit hard enough to sustain a head injury with a full face helmet, leaving the helmet on can reduce the swelling and/or bleeding in your brain. This will give you a much better chance of, not only surviving the wreck, but also not being a vegetable afterwords. I ride with a full face helmet, all the time.

Just sayin'.................

[SporterSpider]

I wore a three quarter helmet, (and glad I did) but will be buying a full face type. Had a head on car crash on my two wheeler, the three quarter now needs to be replaced.

[vtspyder]

You just kicked the pile over!
But I wear a full-face modular helmet...
ATGATT!

Good grief Bob. it just keeps comin"!


All kidding aside. I love the 3/4 with the flip down shield for the hot weather. Full face for everything else including warmth and protection. Remember, a full face will offer more protection in the event someone pulls out in front of you or u hit something kissing the handlebars or windshield. There's been many a folks that have needed major dental and/or facial reconstruction from kissing the handlebars or something else with their face. A shield does nothing to protect you from that.

[BajaRon]

I always wear a Full Face. Too many years in the fire service to wear anything else. Go to a few motorcycle down calls and you'll be wearing one too...

[bob edward]

I always wear a Full Face. Too many years in the fire service to wear anything else. Go to a few motorcycle down calls and you'll be wearing one too...

[vtrider]

Full face for me, mostly for the protection. I'm thinking about going modular though. I downed my VFR Interceptor several years ago trying to avoid a car crossing in front of me at a busy intersection. To make a long story short, the bike was totaled and my protective gear is what saved me from road rash. When I hit the pavement my full face helmet was all scuffed on one side and was ruined. Better the helmet than my head and face.

[Oldmanzues]

ATGATT is me, has worked for over 60 years.
I wear a Shark modular. Made overseas, meets their standards and ours. It is designed to look okay with chin up or down. Bar locks in place, supposed to cleared to race in Europe. Pul down clear and sun visors. Bar Down most of the time, up for slow hot rides, parades or slow escorts for PGR Missions.
Will try to post picsHPIM0725.jpgHPIM0724.jpgOldmanzues

[serf]

I have a full face modular and love it... my wife has a full face helmet.

[Motorcycledave]

I use a full face modular myself your head can get just as messed up
on two wheels as you can on three wheels if you have a get off...
how much do you value your face ?
Dave

[Bill Las Vegas]

What you wear depends on what you think your head is worth. IMO a full face is the only way to go.

[sonicsix]

I wear a modular full-faced helmet because if I crash, I want my helmet scrubbing on the pavement, not my face.

[Jeriatric]

Some may find this worth the read.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm6123.pdf

[TicketBait]

helmets of choice, with removable jaws



Had the ST 1 on when I took an unexpected flight of more than 15 feet, It worked great, the Jaw from the
helmet hit the windshield rather than my pretty mug. I landed on my back so can't attest to anymore than
what occurred. The back of my head hit very hard, yet all I heard was a slight cush. So my brain is still ok, I think

[Jeriatric]

A 58 y/o motorcyclist was thrown from his 1997 Harley Davidson motorcycle.

According to Highway Patrol, a pickup truck did not yield to cross traffic and struck the cyclist.

Both vehicles were moving 'at or slower' than the 25-mph posted speed limit.


The cyclist however, was wearing a “novelty” helmet and may not have been in compliance with state traffic safety laws, according to the Highway Patrol.

He was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center with major injuries and later died.


Names omitted.

[Ron Parks]

I always wear my full-face modular. It is really convenient to flip up at the gas station or at slow speeds when it is hot, and yet provides good protection. I had a silvered shield for it, but after the first two scratched, almost by just looking at them, gave up and went to a dark smoked shield, which is working out just great. Someone once asked how much a person should spend for a helmet. The answer was: "If you have a $10 brain, go ahead and buy a $10 helmet." Gets the message across. By the way, I had a rock strike on my Clearview windshield on a previous bike, which destroyed the windshield. I don't know if the helmet shield would have stopped it, for sure. When you are riding the Spyder, you are looking over the shield, so you are somewhat exposed to a rock (or bird, or big bug) strike. It always makes me wince when I see riders with NO shield or even eye protection. My previous wife and I were riding our bike with 3/4 helmets with bubble shields one day. She was struck and stung by a bee next to her nose. The next day she went to work looking Asian on the "bee side" from all the swelling. A full-face helmet would have avoided that happening.

[Bad Dog6]

Full face here... I remember an old Bell Helmet Ad that said,"If you have a 10 dollar head then wear a 10 dollar helmet" I never forgot that ad.

[Can-Am Poogs]

I always wear a Full Face. Too many years in the fire service to wear anything else. Go to a few motorcycle down calls and you'll be wearing one too...

Law enforcement for 23 years and still in it, spent a good number of those years reconstructing crashes (still do). Lots of them were bikes. I watched a guy die in my arms who ran his HD into the passenger side door of a sedan with a pee pot helmet. His forehead dented the roof line in 10 inches. Full Face all the way. That said, I went to crash where a guy with a FF went airborne into a light standard helmet first, and he was DOS. If you hit it hard enough with your head nothing is going to save you, but I will take my chances with FF. I have an HJC modular (not my favorite) and a FF Icon. I also would like to have my hearing when I get old, not a lover of my ears flapping in the wind with beanie. If you slide on pavement face down long enough in a 1/2 helmet or beanie, I think you would be surprised how fast the pavement grinds away flesh and bone. Like an eraser on a page.

[Wiredux]

Only full face here.

[Jeriatric]

Aria RX Q - FF. Flows all the air you need, the fit is out of this world and you can hear your tunes at any speed.