MOPED ARMY

Full face .

If I want wind in my face , I leave the helmet home . Why go half way ?

Full Face with a Clear Screen with a Bill

Super Hot Days I have a SkidLid

There may be some confusion as to what style of helmet is what .

Just so everyone is on the same page :

This is an example of a Full Face helmet :

This is an example of an open face helmet :

Simpson street bandit is reasonably priced for a full face with flip visor, DOT and SNELL

I use to have a few of those shiny things . I never had a decent place to display them .

They've long since disappeared in to obscurity .

Looking at this one for peds.

Best of both worlds.

I been using a Smith snowboarding helmet. Need to upgrade but a full face helmet seems silly at 27 mph. Wrecked at way higher speeds snowboarding but that's all well and good until a car hits you I guess...

Probably getting a 3/4 down the road.

Ya Don't Dress For the Ride

Ya Dress For The Slide

3/4, half dome, popups are all costume helmets—save them for your cosplay action. If you want to wear something that's going to protect your noggin, then get something that's full face, and not made out of plastic.

If you can't afford an expensive helmet then get a close out. That way you'll get a quality helmet at a nice price.

Several of the newer designs are including multiple impact levels, plus rotational protection. The new Bells actually have three layers of compression material. One of the biggest issues with Snell is that it only protects you from very high force impacts, but at low impacts it can cause nearly as much damage because the compression material is too hard. By having different layers you get multiple zones of protection.

The axial protection helps to keep from wrenching on your neck when the helmet impacts.

Just because it has a DOT, or Snell sticker on it doesn't really mean shit—most of these standards are horribly out of date. Do your research.

The most important aspect of the helmet though is that it must fit your head. If it doesn't fit it wont protect you properly.

Probably the second most important aspect is to get something bright so the idiots on the road can see you. All of the florescent helmets are great. White helmets are fairly visible. Pink has proven to be the best color for all environments, because it's basically not naturally occurring—thus it stands out. Sure black looks sexy as fuck, but dead doesn't. People can't see dark helmets so unless you want to actually look like Darth Vader under his helmet get something bright.

Here's another video on choosing gear:

Rider's discount has some closeouts going on:

https://www.ridersdiscount.com/brands/bell-powersports/helmets?search_brand=97&search_tags=45&page=3

Motorcycle Closeouts almost always has some closeouts going on:

https://www.motorcyclecloseouts.com/sport/motorcycle+helmets

I want the Sena Momentum. Build in and fully integrated Bluetooth is the future.

me and usually like 10% of the kids at the rallys i go to wear biltwell gringos. they're a cheap/decent bash helmet. not so good for really fast, but i like them. i've had a few of them. they last well. the insides velcro out pretty nice and is machine washable. i haven't "put one to the test," but they feel pretty solid. no "snell," but well under 200$.

A full face helmet obstructs my vision which in my opinion is worse than the "safety" it provides.

LS2 with built in tinted visor

I figured YOU did .

I posted the difference just to be sure and for the sake of some of the new folks that might not know the difference between a helmet and a spark plug . ;)