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 Helmet impact zones
Saw this posted on FB, don't have the source. I wonder if it's different on a 3 wheeler?
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Differences or not: it shows why I wear at least a modular helmet... 
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Interesting stuff, thanks.
Based on my ride this weekend, my front face shield contains a hidden target area for large insects, avoiding my front windshield altogether. Face shield has a 100% impact rating.
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I've laid a bike down once (lowside) and just happened to have my modular helmet on with the front pulled down. Although I don't remember hitting on my face, the front-left part of the visor was badly scratched up as was the side of the helmet. Very glad I wasn't wearing a brain-bucket that day.
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Big Bike Parts wiring harness
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 Originally Posted by SPYD3R
Bob;
with a face like this: 
i would recommend nothing less than a modular... 
Dan P
SPYD3R
There's no doubt: I've got a face that's made for radio! 
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I have a friend who very recently encountered a deer who was hell-bent on committing suicide with his BMW R1200RT. Pictures of his modular helmet showed that had he not been wearing such a design his coconut would be in a world of hurt.
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Originally Posted by HankD
Interesting stuff, thanks.
Based on my ride this weekend, my front face shield contains a hidden target area for large insects, avoiding my front windshield altogether. Face shield has a 100% impact rating.
helmet bugs.jpg
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Aluma MCTXL trailer
BRP hitch
Big Bike Parts wiring harness
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[QUOTE=OverHillAndDale;1295698]helmet bugs.jpg[/QUOTE
ROFL!!, That just sent a Pepsi straight out my nose. Well played!
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Harrington, Australia
2021 RT Limited
Setup for Tall & Big.... 200cm/6'7", 140kg/300lbs, 37"inleg.
HeliBars Handlebars
Brake rubber removed to lower pedal for easier long leg/Size 15 EEEEW boot access.
Ikon (Aussie) shocks all round.
Russell Daylong seat 2” taller than stock (in Sunbrella for Aussie heat & water resistance)
Goodyear Duragrip 165/60 fronts (18psi) - provides extra 1/2” ground clearance.
Kenda Kanine rear.
2021 RT Limited , Brake pedal rubber removed for ease of accessing pedal with size 15 boots. Red
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Originally Posted by OverHillAndDale
Saw this posted on FB, don't have the source. I wonder if it's different on a 3 wheeler?
What an interesting question. You would think that most Spyder accidents would be as a result of being hit by other vehicles rather than sliding off in gravel, oil etc. Since you can be hit from the front, side or rear, and be thrown to the front, side or rear, I would have thought that the impact areas would be much the same, but........
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Harrington, Australia
2021 RT Limited
Setup for Tall & Big.... 200cm/6'7", 140kg/300lbs, 37"inleg.
HeliBars Handlebars
Brake rubber removed to lower pedal for easier long leg/Size 15 EEEEW boot access.
Ikon (Aussie) shocks all round.
Russell Daylong seat 2” taller than stock (in Sunbrella for Aussie heat & water resistance)
Goodyear Duragrip 165/60 fronts (18psi) - provides extra 1/2” ground clearance.
Kenda Kanine rear.
2021 RT Limited , Brake pedal rubber removed for ease of accessing pedal with size 15 boots. Red
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I am not sure where a helmet would do the most good on a Spyder vs. a two wheeler, but I don't wish any part of my face/head damaged. I got rear ended at a stop sign in 2001 on my '95 Wing. The policeman brought my helmet and other stuff to my home and told my wife how lucky I was wearing a FF helmet. I was taken to the local hospital. (six ribs and lots of rash) He showed her the three deep gauges in the sides and said with his experience, any of those would have caused serious injury or worse.
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Originally Posted by adzgrrrl
Yurk. I REALLY hope that is photoshopped.  Cause if it's not... imagine the rest of him/her. Geez. I would have barfed in my helmet. <shudder>
adzgrrrl -- You obviously haven't yet ridden in south Alabama or Florida during love bug season:
In addition to the splat, they stink, and their juices are acidic, requiring prompt washing. I don't know how naked bike riders deal with it.
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Originally Posted by Fat Baxter
adzgrrrl -- You obviously haven't yet ridden in south Alabama or Florida during love bug season:
In addition to the splat, they stink, and their juices are acidic, requiring prompt washing. I don't know how naked bike riders deal with it.
I thought all of Alabama was in the south????
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Originally Posted by Fat Baxter
adzgrrrl -- You obviously haven't yet ridden in south Alabama or Florida during love bug season:
In addition to the splat, they stink, and their juices are acidic, requiring prompt washing. I don't know how naked bike riders deal with it.
When I lived in Louisiana I was driving on I-12 one morning during love bug season. A black cloud of them was just ahead. As the box type delivery truck in front of me went through the cloud it left a square clear hole in the cloud of love bugs. One of funniest, strangest things I've ever seen. Wish I could have had a pic of it!
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Originally Posted by Pirate looks at --
I thought all of Alabama was in the south????
Well, yeah, but love bug territory is another matter.
I first encountered them when my dad moved to Orlando in the mid-70s. They are an invasive species, and were steadily working their way up the Florida peninsula, and at that time had reached as far north as Gainesville.
I hadn't thought about them for decades until about seven years ago, when I was tooling through south Alabama. "Splat!" Well, that's a juicy bug! "Splat! ... splat!" Uh, wait a second -- this somehow seems familiar.
When I pulled over after a bit, the smell hit me. And then I knew: love bugs had arrived in Alabama!
A couple of years back, I encountered a few around my stomping grounds (Montgomery), but I haven't seen any since. Maybe they just haven't reached a critical mass. About a week ago, while passing through south Alabama, kids with squeegees and soapy buckets were doing business at some of the gas stations.
For those making travel plans to the deep Southeast along the Gulf Coast, love bug season occurs twice a year, April-May and August-September. Face shields are mandatory, windshields highly recommended.
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Originally Posted by Fat Baxter
Well, yeah, but love bug territory is another matter.
I first encountered them when my dad moved to Orlando in the mid-70s. They are an invasive species, and were steadily working their way up the Florida peninsula, and at that time had reached as far north as Gainesville.
I hadn't thought about them for decades until about seven years ago, when I was tooling through south Alabama. "Splat!" Well, that's a juicy bug! "Splat! ... splat!" Uh, wait a second -- this somehow seems familiar.
When I pulled over after a bit, the smell hit me. And then I knew: love bugs had arrived in Alabama!
A couple of years back, I encountered a few around my stomping grounds (Montgomery), but I haven't seen any since. Maybe they just haven't reached a critical mass. About a week ago, while passing through south Alabama, kids with squeegees and soapy buckets were doing business at some of the gas stations.
For those making travel plans to the deep Southeast along the Gulf Coast, love bug season occurs twice a year, April-May and August-September. Face shields are mandatory, windshields highly recommended.
Wow good to know! We are lucky out here in California, with the realativly low humidity, we don't have a lot of bugs!
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