Open face helmets

[Earl]

I don't care how COOL you think you look with your open face helmet on, I personally don't think they are worth wearing, this is my mates helmet after he was knocked off his scooter on Tuesday after a car didn't bother to stop or slow down at a roundabout. He'd look even uglier than usual if it had been an openface helmet, which he also owns.

[Waldorf]

I have my views and never now wear an open-face helmet. It's my choice pure and simple.

I do wonder, however, how many riders are persuaded to change by seeing pictures like these.
It's a genuine 'I wonder'.

[barryG]

I couldnt care less what anyone thinks, I own one.... because I can actually see where Im going and have good all round vision. Plus, I dont get all hot and sweaty so can concentrate more.

I own a 1955 Austin, no seatbelts, airbags, collapsable steering and no safety features at all.... I suppose thats wrong too
I smoke too, god what a terrible person I must be!

[SpikeOne]

I agree.
I have three helmets.
Full, Open and Flip Front.
For long journeys I do wear the full face because it generally means going in a straight line for a long time, but round town, I hate it.
I can't see, I can't hear properly, and always feel that I'm not in touch with the outside world. For my money, the risk assessment says I'm more likely to have an accident wearing it, so I don't. I generally wear the flip front which gives me a the option. The open face, I only wear when it's boiling hot.
The way I look at it, when I started we didn't wear helmets at all, and putting one on was considered a huge step forward, and I still think that stands. A open face helmet is infinitely better than none, and a relatively small step backwards from anything else.

[MrGrumpy]

I don't care how COOL you think you look with your open face helmet on, I personally don't think they are worth wearing, this is my mates helmet after he was knocked off his scooter on Tuesday after a car didn't bother to stop or slow down at a roundabout. He'd look even uglier than usual if it had been an openface helmet, which he also owns.

Utterly with you there Earl! My personal experience of an accident means that I will never ever wear an open face helmet. In your mates case, it was probably surprising that the visor stayed on - in my big accident it was ripped off entirely.

[tallpaul]

Yes earl, we are sick of it. It's almost as bad as having an Off on some diesel and then complaining about it,

[Earl]

I couldnt care less what anyone thinks, I own one.... because I can actually see where Im going and have good all round vision. Plus, I dont get all hot and sweaty so can concentrate more.

I own a 1955 Austin, no seatbelts, airbags, collapsable steering and no safety features at all.... I suppose thats wrong too
I smoke too, god what a terrible person I must be!

Wind your neck in, who said your a bad person for owning one, and why bring your car into it? ok wear a pisspot helmet on a machine capable of blistering top speeds like your Austin but I wouldn't wear one on anything capable of over 60mph.

[Earl]

I think before you start preaching to others about the hazards of open face helmets you want put some miles in wearing one and then at least you'd be talking from your experience and not what happened to your mate. Not every style of open face is the 1970's jet type with the peak secured by three press studs and no visor as beloved by the trad scooter fraternity to whom looking 'cool' is important, and it's probably the style of helmet you're referring. I wear mainly a Scuberth J1 and occasionally an Arai SZ and I started wearing open faces of that style over 20 years ago, and I can assure you looking cool has never been a priority.

There are quite a few open face helmet styles, and it's the wearers choice to have a full, half, or no visor. I was in Italy recently and hardly anyone wore a full face helmet, maybe it was more about keeping cool than looking cool but it's the riders choice.

This topic has been done to death on here many times before so why dredge it up again.

Fuck me another one, have I preached about wearing one NO! All I am doing is showing the brenefits of wearing a full face in this instance. Excuse me for posting sorry. I did mention he also owns an openface helmet and said "thank god I wasn't wearing it at the time". Oh yeah and on the point of wearing one to experience one, I wouldn't I think people looks knobs in them my opinion only.

[mottza]

Calm down lads! I knew it would end up like this.

An emotive subject for sure!

I have a flip and open face helmet (only used these days when its hot or in town for the better visibility).

[ridinhigh]

most the harley boys wear open face helmets and so did i when i had my harley,,i suppose its whatever floats yer boat