In praise of face shields

[bone crusher]

Web Bike World has just about all you would want to know about helmets. There is a listing of weights, sizes, full face, open face, halfs, etc. There are also reviews of several hundred helmets. http://www.webbikeworld.com/
This is good place to start.

That is the site I use to decide which helmet to get. I have a HJC IS-16 Scratch and love it...high ratings and it doesn't break the bank. On the topic of full face shields, this is a no-brainer...I remember discussions with a friend of mine who is a plastic surgeon...most all facial injuries from bike injuries could be avoided if people had some form of protection for the face. I guess there are some rebels in every group who want to defy the odds....kinda senseless to me, but then again, maybe their faces aren't that important to them? :banghead:

 

[TuckMiddle]

750A and hazards

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:yikes::yikes::yikes: I'd start using Bee repellant as a deodorant manybe! :roflblack:

I bought a 750A thinking my wife would love it. Sat on it one time and was scared to death. I lowered it, no dice. I kept it for 4 years and rode it a lot. Put a w/s on it and never got smacked, but I hit a woodchuck and it darn near sent me into the woods. I saw something near a rural mail box post and slowed down. Went wide around it and the dork ran out as I was passing him and accellerating and I got him with the rear wheel. It was like hitting a cement block. Didn't fall, but it sure wasn't pretty. Big deer got hit yesterday down the road. Sure would have raised your stress level on a bike. Had 8 of them cross in front of me today on another narrow rural road, never even saw the 9th. Luckily, he/she stayed on the left and didn't dash across like the others. Folks always go way over 35 on this curvy road 95% of the time, could have been a disaster. Bees/deer/woodchucks/birds/TURKEY BUZZARDS, dogs, ......... They're out to get us. I carry a bee sting kit - HOG gal was alergic and didn't have any, that was scary on her trike in the middle of 20 bikes.:banghead:
Tuck

 

[Bob Denman]

Woodchucks can leave a bigger stain in your britches than any of us would like to admit... pps: I was on a trip to Montreal many years ago on my GoldWing and clocked one while dragging the floorboards in a broad sweeper... Picked me up and moved me over about a foot! :yikes:
After I got control of my bodily functions, the trip continued without further incident... :shocked: But there were some VERY big eyes staring out from behind my faceshield for a little while... :roflblack:

 

[JolyStNick]

Down here in Fla. we have a left over from the ancient days a grass hopper that measures about 3"+ long, I hit one with my Rune in the windshield at about 65 mph, and it cracked that windshield like it was glass. :yikes:
I would hate to think what it would do to your face it you didn't have some type of protection.

I ride with a full face helmet, although I have a good half helmet for when it gets really hot, and believe me along about April it will be HOT!

 

[bone crusher]

Down here in Fla. we have a left over from the ancient days a grass hopper that measures about 3"+ long, I hit one with my Rune in the windshield at about 65 mph, and it cracked that windshield like it was glass. :yikes:
I would hate to think what it would do to your face it you didn't have some type of protection.

I ride with a full face helmet, although I have a good half helmet for when it gets really hot, and believe me along about April it will be HOT!

I ride here in MD in the summer and it's sometimes 98, hazy, hot, and humid...still full face shield...weather of no concern when it comes to protection. There are some days here so hot I won't get on the bike...just not worth it...have a convertible and won't ride that with the top down either...ahhhhh, some days you gotta use the air conditioning!

 

[Bob Denman]

Down here in Fla. we have a left over from the ancient days a grass hopper that measures about 3"+ long,

Grasshopper-Zilla??