-
What kind of helmet when you have a high windscreen?
What kind of helmet do you use with your touring Spyders with the high, adjustable windscreen? I bought a 2012 RT SE5 a few years ago, and have been using a 3/4 helmet (Schuberth M1) with large visor, but now I have become interested in Schubert's C4 Pro, a flip up full face helmet. Is that a good idea with the high windscreen on my Spyder? Anyone else using FF helmets with this Spyder model?
Maybe I should still clarify that I'm not talking about the safety. A full face (solid or flip up/modular) helmet is of course always better for the safety, but I was wondering if this kind of helmet will be too warm, and if you will get enough air inside the helmet, as you have a very large and high (at least in the up position) windshield in front of you, in this Spyder model.
-
Very Active Member
If you have the stock windshield, I am using a Bell modular that I have removed the clear faceshield from. I can lower windsield if I want more air or raise it if I don`t. I think you could get the same effect with the helmet you are looking at.
Happy TRAils/NSD
Paul
2012 RT L
AMA 25 years Life Member
TRA
PGR
Rhino Riders Plate #83
Venturers #78
TOI
-
Very Active Member
3/4 helmet on my Spyder. Full face helmet on my V star. The adjustable windshield allows me to wear either helmet riding the spyder.
-
Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie
-
Very Active Member
Full face Shoei or HJC on ALL of my bikes. I do ride with the face shield open at times behind a windshield, but always full face. I don't like modular helmets, but that's just me. My wife wears a 3/4 helmet. I have tried for years to get her into a full face or even a modular, but 3/4 it is.
-
I have Dry Eye Syndrome (it's a thing) so I wear either a 3/4 Bell w/a faceshield or a modular HJC RPHA 90.
-
I've always worn a full face. the windshield won't make a bit of difference if you are tossed off the bike.
Arai for me, but always had riders envy for the Schuberth. I've seen one, a teacher had it. She rode to work every day. Very nice, precision, refined.
-
Very Active Member
With my short shield installed, I wear either a FF or modular. When traveling with my taller shield on, I wear my HJC IS-33 3/4 helmet with its up/down visor.
2022 RT Sea To Sky
--------------------------------
-
Active Member
I wear a full face on all my bikes, have for the last 46 years. I started out with a 3/4 helmet. But while riding in '74 with a group of friends, one of them went down in a corner. He was wearing a full face and slid about 50 ft in some gravel, face down! The only thing he remembered from the accident was the chin bar digging into the ground and kicking up dirt in his face. If he hadn't had a full face on that would have been his chin digging into the ground. I ordered a full face helmet when I got back from the trip and have worn nothing but since. I know it cuts into your vision some and is hotter in the summer but in my opinion it's the only way to go.
Spyder F3-S Special Series my traveling ride
Ryker Rally modified for dual sport duty
Honda Grom heavily modified for dual sport duty
Ducati Scrambler Icon Dark my other traveling ride
-
Very Active Member
Arai Quantum X full face for me and a Schuberth C3 Pro for the wife.
2020 RTL SE6
Previously 2008 GS SM5 and 2014 RT SE6
-
Very Active Member
I have an 14 RT with the reg. OEM windshield .... I usually keep it lowered .... and also usually ride with my shorty helmet with a large visor ...I'm 5'11" and can just see OVER the windshield .... I have done it this way with and without eyeglasses and it works fine for me .... if raining I raise the shield and take off my glasses, this also works .... annnnnnnnnnnnnd I have a full Modular style that I wear if it's cold, no issues with that at all ...... hope this helps ..... Mike
-
Customer Support
Schuberth C3 Pro modular here. I usually ride windshield lowered on my RTL but with clear visor up. The Pro has a retractable sun visor that is always down when I ride. I usually use the full visor when at highway speeds. Sometimes I raise the windshield sometimes I don't
2015 Pearl White RTL
Baja Ron Sway Bar
Russell Day Long Seat
Strobe Brake Light
Mirror Mount Turn Signal Indicator
-
Active Member
AGV K3 SV. Full face for both me and my wife. Full face will offer the most protection. Most impacts are to the face and chin area. These helmets have a multitude of adjustments including shield up or shade down. there are several vents and fog free pin locks. We will upgrade next time, but it will be full face as well.
-
Very Active Member
Currently riding with Bell Mag 9 Sena. A full size, but non full face helmet. Has the full size face shield and a visor peak. No chin bar. We bought them because the Sena communicators fit in them and not on them as previous Nolan N44's did.
Linda is claustrophobic and cannot use a full face set up. Yes, a calculated risk for the both of us.
Currently Owned: 2019 F3 Limited, 2020 F3 Limited: SOLD BOTH LIMITEDS in October of 2023.
Previously : 2008 GS-SM5 (silver), 2009 RS-SE5 (red), 2010 RT-S Premier Editon #474 (black) 2011 RT A&C SE5 (magnesium) 2014 RTS-SE6 (yellow)
MY FINAL TALLY: 7 Spyders, 15 years, 205,500 miles
IT HAS BEEN A LONG, WONDERFUL, AND FUN RIDE.
-
Very Active Member
Helmetsl.jpg use this one on 2 or 3 wheels for the last 3 year, 2 more to go before I replace it.
My Spyder
-
We ride with Shoei full face RF-1200's on our '19 RTL. They can be hot so we crack the shields when needed. They are so much safer if you go down.
-
Very Active Member
I've been using a modular for 14 years, first with my Goldwing and now 8 years with my two Spyders. I always have the windshield full up and the helmet shield open, except in rain. Never found heat to be an issue except when the helmet shield is closed.
2014 Copper RTS
Tri-Axis bars, CB, BajaRon sway bar & shock adjusters, SpyderPop's Bumpskid, NBV peg brackets, LED headlights and modulator, Wolo trumpet air horns, trailer hitch, custom trailer harness, high mount turn signals, Custom Dynamics brake light, LED turn signal lights on mirrors, LED strip light for a dash light, garage door opener, LED lights in frunk, trunk, and saddlebags, RAM mounts and cradles for tablet (for GPS) and phone (for music), and Smooth Spyder belt tensioner.
-
We have Bell 1/2 helmets that we like.
-
I use schuberth C4pro and love it
-
Very Active Member
I believe you wear what YOU want and what is comfortable, unless you are dealing with competition i.e. racing!
AJ
Originally Posted by Shark10006
What kind of helmet do you use with your touring Spyders with the high, adjustable windscreen? I bought a 2012 RT SE5 a few years ago, and have been using a 3/4 helmet (Schuberth M1) with large visor, but now I have become interested in Schubert's C4 Pro, a flip up full face helmet. Is that a good idea with the high windscreen on my Spyder? Anyone else using FF helmets with this Spyder model?
Maybe I should still clarify that I'm not talking about the safety. A full face (solid or flip up/modular) helmet is of course always better for the safety, but I was wondering if this kind of helmet will be too warm, and if you will get enough air inside the helmet, as you have a very large and high (at least in the up position) windshield in front of you, in this Spyder model.
2014 RT-S
Akrapovic Exhaust & Cat Bypass
Bajaron Sway Bar w/links / Sena SM-10/Garmin 660
Comfort Seat w Adjustable Backrest
Decals by Purple Harley / Magic Strobe
Kuryakyn Black Widow Pegs Rivco Highway Brackets
Rivco Trunk Mounted Double Flag Holder
FOBO / Spyder Cuff / XM Radio w MC Antenna
-
Very Active Member
Schuberth C3 pro for me and AGV 6 carbon full face for my wife. I do ride with the face shield up and the sun visor down in hot weather.
2021 Sea To Sky, 2020 RTL
Isn't it weird that in AMERICA our flag and our culture offend so many people......
but our benefits don't?
-
Active Member
Scorpion EXO modular currently... I own half helmets from my Harley days that have hardly ever been worn. Always full face or modular, always full gear... went down in light drizzle 2 blocks from my home on a Yamaha 1300 ten years ago, at 25mph (crossing railway tracks that had tarred wooden beams parallel to the rails and the bike just flipped out from under me) and even at that speed I had a concussion and 4 cracked ribs and cracked shoulder... and that was fully geared up!
You can't get there from here....
Mods and Tweaks:
Showcrome Trunk Rack
Showcrome LED Trunk Light
Garmin 390LM
Spyderzone Floating Hiway Boards
Spyderzone Mount Dash Bracket
BajaRon Antisway Bar
Showcrome full-size brake pedal
Spyder-2-Go Driver Cup holder
Ram X phone mount
SpyderExtras 12 volt Docking Station
BRP Driver Backrest
Monster 4K Action Camera
Spyderzone LED Fender Mount Spotlights
CASA LED Headlights and Foglights
-
I have a ‘13 RS I bought a couple of months ago, the lady that owned it before must of been tall, with the LaMonster highway pegs she put on she didn’t even use the arch link, the pegs where mounted to the brackets... the cycle came with a tall windshield plus the added extension... my first helmet was a FF Scorpion & I have sense gotten an AGV modular & with temps. here in the upper 80’s I still seem to be getting plenty of air into them with the shield cracked, but we’ll see this summer when it gets up to 100 with 98% humidity???
-
Active Member
I ride with a Modular Shoei helmet. I like to be able to flip that front up at stops. Keep in the that Modular is not safety rated as a full face helmet. It is equal to 3/4.
2012 Viper Red RT-S (Sold)
2020 Ryker Rally
2023 Plasma Red F3 Limited
-
SpyderLovers Sponsor
The entire helmet debate always comes down to the reason you are wearing a helmet. If you are wearing it to meet legal requirements. Wear whatever you like. If perceived comfort is primary. Again, wear anything you like. But if safety is the primary reason you are wearing a helmet. Then there is no argument. A full face helmet is the only way to go.
A well fitted full face helmet is extremely comfortable.
Even a casual look at this head chart, developed by compiling years worth of crash data, will give a safety oriented person the information needed to make a decision. When you add it up, choosing a 3/4 helmet leaves you unprotected in the areas where about 45% of injuries occur. Only you can decide if this is an acceptable risk or not.
I was in the fire service for 33 years. I went to a good number of motorcycle accidents. And I watched training videos and talked to others in the emergency service business on this subject. I wear a full face helmet.
HelmetImpactChart.jpg
Last edited by BajaRon; 05-14-2020 at 08:16 PM.
Shop Ph: 423-609-7588 (M-F, 8-5, Eastern Time)
Only SLOW people have to leave on time...
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
|