Got both plus a non DOT. Mostly ride in the half because it is really comfortable.

Most of the crotchies ride in full around here.

The badass' around here have taken to wearing skull or someother face neoprene face masks that scare the Chit out of some of the Sunday cagers.

Nice pic there Gumpy both those guys could fit in those jeans with room for you I'm thinking. Big set of pants for someone to fill. Would not like to see that on a bike have to add air to the tires...

 

My girlfriend won't ride on my Electraglide without a full-face helmet. She's an ER nurse who has seen to much. If I had a bike that would do 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds with a top end of 160-185 mph, I would were a full-face helmet.

 

I think it is a fashion issue. Yes the "F" word. Metric rockets are modeled after racing bikes and racers where full face helmets. Therefore riders of crotch rockets wear them too. Harley's are modeled after the original bad boy cycles and those original free riding outcasts wore no helmet or just a small one.

 

I'm with 10ring. I have a Shoei X-11 matt-black for cold and blasts down the interstate to work. Cruising around town, especially when the heat gets up, I'll wear a 3/4.

I'm also one of those weirdos that used to do track days on sport bikes and no the value of a decent riding gear, so even when it hits 100 degrees here you'll still see me in boots, leathers, often gloves, and a helmet.

I could do the t-shirt thing and sandals thing but I figure if I wear a helmet then as well I'd be a living vegetable with no limbs. Or, I could go the 'look I'm so cool' route and wear nothing on my head here in FL, but I've been the emergency room to have a fly surgically removed from a friends eye socket after he hit it at 50.

So, I'll stick with a nice big face shield on either my Shoei or my 3/4. If you see me and think I look like a dork, that's fine. I don't know you, never met you and really couldn't give a crap. But when we get out on the road and nail it wide open, I'm not the one wincing at the crap hitting my face, or the wind ripping tears from my eyes.

 

When I'm commuting or riding in heavy traffic I wear a full face. The risk of a serious accident is very high. I wear a half helmet when I'm riding in a group. A group of bikes is more visible, lowering the risk of an accident.

 

HA Right on.

 

I wear a half helmet all the time because a full face helmet restricts my vision and hearing. I don't know if its the brand of helmet I have but I definitely can't see or hear as good as I can in my half helmet. Maybe I need to check out other brands because I see an advantage to a full face helmet when the weather turns cold and living in Missouri, I have to wear one anyway. Here in Central Missouri (University of Missouri) crotch rocket riders all wear full face helmets or at least the ones I see.

 

Always worn a full face. I also started back in the 70's with a Bell star. Don't feel safe without one now!

 

That still doesn't explain why it's mostly Harley riders who don't wear a helmet. Surely other riders must have the urge to "experience all the elements being in the wind" too?

Me, I'd say it's just fashion. I think many Harley riders are very conscious of their appearance, and with a helmet they don't look as "cool".

 

Hey BIK88CHK, where in Missouri are you. I live in Joplin and just wondered where you were.