If its designed correctly, it does both. Smooths out the air flowing across the helmet down the back and catches the helmet so the neck doesn't flex back too far.
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If its designed correctly, it does both. Smooths out the air flowing across the helmet down the back and catches the helmet so the neck doesn't flex back too far.
The OHP Busa guys use full face flip up helmets. They can't effectively talk to motorists on the side of the road through full face helmets.
dmallord
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i remember hangin it out there pretty far on a nice freeway onramp some years back, and at the bottom of the curve for the merge lane onto the freeway there was a nice broken sprinkler head that had wet the entire lane.
there i was all the way over thinking i was the ****... i hit the water and my bike went lowside away from me and i ended up sliding on my belly, hands, and front of my helmet!
my jacket saved my belly, my gloves saved my hands, and my full face bell star(now you know how old i am! LOL) saved my then handsome face! LOL
my helmet had a cherry burned into the chin about 2 inches around.
i find that as i get older i am more apt to tell **** talkers to shut the **** up, or at the least to mind their own business.
there i was all the way over thinking i was the ****... i hit the water and my bike went lowside away from me and i ended up sliding on my belly, hands, and front of my helmet!
my jacket saved my belly, my gloves saved my hands, and my full face bell star(now you know how old i am! LOL) saved my then handsome face! LOL
my helmet had a cherry burned into the chin about 2 inches around.
i find that as i get older i am more apt to tell **** talkers to shut the **** up, or at the least to mind their own business.
MelodicMetalGod
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The "...you'll break your neck..." myth is common among "old school" riders and anyone else trying to justify that wearing less than full face is safer. It's simply not true. I've witnessed a rider first hand that was 100% spared ANY facial injury when he landed RIGHT ON HIS FACE. No neck or spinal issues. Others here have already posted tons of similar experiences and the studies that do exist all agree that there is virtually no risk of neck/spinal injury as a result of wearing a helmet. Is it impossible to for a helmet to contribute to a neck injury? Probably not. However, without a helmet, your almost guaranteed to sustain an injury if your head impacts something.
Wear a full face helmet or don't get on the bike.
Wear a full face helmet or don't get on the bike.
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rusheriv
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Quick read if you're interested. 2006 case study on Florida's July 2000 Helmet Law revision.
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Wow see below as I have no words for the chapped mans theory
I pretty much wear full gear at all times in every temperature range. Leathers, full helmet, gloves and boots only occasionally will I go out with less. I don't mind getting scarred up but truth be told you can't lie to a woman and tell her your road rash scars are from a knife fight in Okinawa where you fought off fifteen guys and got stabbed yet still won the fight, saved the girl and took her to dinner and then bed. Hell my neighbor only rides harley's and never go's out with out a full helmet. In the end you do what you feel is right.
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