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Open face helmet vs full face helmet - whats better for GTA?
- Thread starter carrotlover
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I'd pass on the flipflops. You'll find that the adverse effects on gear-shifting ability will negate any performance gain from weight savings.
RedDogDarren
Well-known member
LOL. Yeah I forgot what it was called. I was just having fun, no insult intended. My biker buddy and I go back and forth with this stuff all the time for a laugh.
Naw, you're right. Some idiots do wear do-rags. They look retarded. At least on dudes. They can look good on women.
Everytime I see one I think of Napoleon Dynamite's brother.
Not dismissing the fact there are many tools in the HD community, just not all of us are.
Sometime wearing gear is a false sense of security, I myself ride completley different on the street depending on my gear choice. Squidding it with jeans and a t-shirt i ride like a grandma, wearing ATGATT i ride like a grandad.
Just sayin, i'd still ride with a full face even i was riding a cruiser.
So riding like a grandma will save you when that idiot yacking on their cellphone turns left in front of you and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it? At least you can tell yourself you were riding like a grandma when you flying over the hood of the car about to eat pavement.
PaoloC
Active member
hahahaahahaha... more talking about the style (helmet/goggle) rather then "PINK" in an italian helmet on a triumph thruxton
Chances are my chin will be penetrating the back of my spine open face or full face so really it doesn't make a difference.
Chances are? 99%? 52%?
Why bother wearing a helmet at all... i mean.. chances are your chin will be penetrating the back of your spine open face or full face right? It doesn't make a difference.
Why bother riding then?? My point is MY riding style changes depending on the amount or lack of gear i am wearing.
If i was concerned about percentages i would take the bus.
stevie t
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but wait......
[video=youtube;Pcws_iFudHg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Pcws_iFudHg[/video]
RedDogDarren
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I was riding my RM250 and screwed up a jump. I came straight down from about 18 ft up directly onto the chin bar of my helmet. The helmet took all the impact (minus a great concussion) and rippled the paint all the way to the back. This saved me from eating through a straw for a few months and kept all my real teeth in my mouth. I was riding without pushing at all, almost what you call like a grandma when I lost focus for half a second.
Motorcycling is a very risky endeavor so why purposely increase your risk of serious injury for no reason at all? I believe we SHOULD have the right to choose whatever protective gear we want but defending the choice with unsubstantiated reasoning will delude new riders into uninformed decisions when they read this. I also believe that our claim to OHIP should be waived if we choose to go without good protective gear, why should I pay for your hospital costs when you purposely exposed yourself to needless risk?
N3WMAN
Well-known member
His point is that no matter how you change your riding style, the cagers don't drive any differently, the sand and gravel dont magically disappear from the corners, and it is just as dangerous.
I don't know about you, but I would feel pretty stupid if I crashed and got rashed up because I couldn't be bothered putting on my 2-pc and full face helmet that I left at home in the closet.
I do disagree with this. OHIP is there to allow any and all people access to health care regardless of the circumstances. This include stupid people. Everyone has done something dumb a few times and got hurt.
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So the only motorcycle accidents on the road are the ones caused by caters?
Percentage game, fully gear hooligan run up north versus a sedate cruise around muskoka. I know which one has better odds of me getting hurt.
You ride slower your chances of not getting hurt increase.
As for the ohip comment lol, where do you draw the line dainese and pink icon in the same category?
Percentage game, fully gear hooligan run up north versus a sedate cruise around muskoka. I know which one has better odds of me getting hurt.
You ride slower your chances of not getting hurt increase.
As for the ohip comment lol, where do you draw the line dainese and pink icon in the same category?
Spyug
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On my very first ride on the streets I was wearing a half helmet and took a bumble bee to the side of the head near my left ear. Somehow the little bugger got caught in the strap and it proceeded to show me how much it disliked it. As I'm trying to dig it out I almost put the bike in the ditch ( I was on a country road) and I couldn't stop as there was a fair amount of traffic in both directions and no place to pull off. When I finally did get it out my face was blown up like a red balloon.
Later in the season I rode for the first time with a full face and on that ride dropped the bike as I enterred a sand and gravel parking lot. As I went down on my left side the front corner of the helmet hit the deck hard enough for my bell to be rung. Helmet was scraped but jaw and teeth were all still good.
Since then, in 7 seasons, I've had at least 2 foreign objects to the head each season including a chunk of gravel to the mouth area that broke the vent on one helmet so for me there is no choice. Sweat a bit and keep my good looks intact.
Whatever you wear stay safe folks.
Cheers,
Spyug
Later in the season I rode for the first time with a full face and on that ride dropped the bike as I enterred a sand and gravel parking lot. As I went down on my left side the front corner of the helmet hit the deck hard enough for my bell to be rung. Helmet was scraped but jaw and teeth were all still good.
Since then, in 7 seasons, I've had at least 2 foreign objects to the head each season including a chunk of gravel to the mouth area that broke the vent on one helmet so for me there is no choice. Sweat a bit and keep my good looks intact.
Whatever you wear stay safe folks.
Cheers,
Spyug
If you ride slower in your full gear your chances of not getting hurt increase even further.
It doesn't matter how much you change your attitude while driving with less gear on, there are certain things that are outside of your control and no amount of attitude adjusment can account for them. You have the freedom to choose to do as you please but saying that you can offset the potential dangers and injuries from riding with less gear by riding slower is ridiculous. You simply can't make that statement because there are idiot drivers out there doing idiotic things that you can't control.
Personally i could never ride with an open face helmet, period. I don't care if i was on a Honda Ruckus farting around town.. I'd still be wearing a full face helmet. I guess i just have different priorities than you.
RedDogDarren
Well-known member
Gary Busey and Billy Idol were big anti-helmet law proponents with lot's of LOL's in their responses too as they both rode carefully. Some people can learn from others mistakes and others have to learn on their own. Oh well, if it keeps the gene pool clean I can support it. Go Darwin!
Like I said, I support the choice to wear gear or not and I respect people more if they said they just don't like it and know the risk, without the silly excuses.
Like I said, I support the choice to wear gear or not and I respect people more if they said they just don't like it and know the risk, without the silly excuses.
There is a LOT of damage you can do to your body before it gives up. I'm talking about all those things that happen BEFORE you die. Like most of the accidents. LIke goign over the bars onto the hood of a car. You want to have an open face helmet for that?
Saying that "your gonna die anyway" does lend some credit to your argument. It's just not true.
And if you cant get something certified...maybe there is a story in there.
And i was joking. Anyone who rode a R1 would not have to have this convo.
+1. Cause it is not safe, ad never will be.
You're right. Motorcycling is statistically many times more likely to result in death or serious injury than operating a car or truck, and gear doesn't really make a whole lot of difference in that outcome. Using your logic, our claim to OHIP should also be waived if we choose to go on the roads without a nice protective auto or truck structure around us. Why should society pay for our hospital costs when we deliberately expose ourselves to needless peril by getting on a motorcycle?
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