as pointed out, in a car the driver is strapped in and ONLY the head can move.

When you get hit on a bike, you fly off. There isn't the same whiplash forces at play.

 

If I am just going around town I do a 3/4, but on the highway I take my full face. I'm in Missouri where they mandate helmet use, but across the state line in Kansas they do not. I don't see that many people riding w/o them anymore really.

 

Where is the capitol WRONG *there it is*.. First of all my periphial vision is the same with a quality modern FF helmet on or without it. Do you know how to check periphial depth with your hand? Your periphial vision is not affected at all. Where is the frontal blind spot the gas tank? Oh i can't see my chin without a helmet

At any speed over 35mph without a helmet and ear plugs is deafening. So you wear ear plugs to save your hearing. I can hear better at speeds under 35mph than a helmetless rider with ear plugs can yet i don't have to wear ear plugs with a FF helmet at 70mph. SO another null argument. Modern helmets weight a couple lbs. My HJC is lighter then my Scorpion EXO half which i never wear.

Had you not had the helmet on at 135mph you wouldn't be able to come here and argue the very piece of safety equipment that allowed you to do just that. There is really no valid argument when it comes to why not wear when it comes to safety and comfort The majority of helmetless riders that you see are on Harley's. In Ohio it's fair to say that i probably see less then 1 helmet per 100 HD riders i pass on the road and 9-10 bikes around here are HD's.

Sorry but i can give you 10 good reasons why to wear and not a single one when it comes to not wearing and that is the reason i always wear a FF.

 

someone once told me if you have 50 dollars worth of brain, buy a 50 dollar helmet to protect it. I kind of saw the reasoning in that.

there are times that I don't wear a helmet and that's my choice, there are guys that don't wear a helmet and that's their choice, I'm totally good with that.

where I live the deer are all over, I figure a helmet is a good option against bambi, and more than that, I'd hate to have my face scraped off so I wear a full face helmet. Don't worry about anyone else dude, do your thing, that's what this is about!

besides that a helmet doubles as a weapon when someone runs into you

 

Sometimes my wife thinks my brain isn't worth $0.50

 

lol, when you are drooling and mumbling it'll cost her more than that to get rid of you! LMAO!!!

and I actually work with a guy that was in an accident on his bike, he'd stopped to give someone a hand, he's pretty f'd up now. Talking to him and looking at his photo alblum he was a pretty smart bike guy!

 

The other plus...is that only a man who is comfortable with who he is, will do it. The sheep will keep on trying to fit in.

Do what you are comfotable with, and quit worrying about if the other guys like it or not.

When they start paying my bills, then they get a say in what I do.

~Joe

 

I ride with and without. Below 45 oh yes! If you feel better with a helmet wear it. Screw what others dictate to be righteous.

 

I ride with a full face anytime I'm above 35 or for longer trips. My commute to work is 1/2 hour each way, and I wear my full face. There isn't a single good reason not to wear one...as others have pointed out, peripherals are fine and I can hear better in my full face at speeds above 50 than I can if I wore my half and ear plugs....

 

I made a long highway trip this past weekend passing through lots of rain and the tail end of Irene. Saw lots of bikers on the highway trying to ride through the heavy rain. Not one was wearing a FF helmet, they looked miserable trying to shield their faces with soggy bandanas and keep the rain off their goggles/glasses. From my own experience riding in a FF helmet in heavy rain is effortless and vastly more comfortable. With a little Rain-X on the outside and anti fog spray on the inside of the shield, rain rolls off at speed keeping the shield clear. IMO the key to comfort in a FF helmet is get a good one that fits well and vents effectively, a lot of cheap FF helmet do not vent that well. Buffeting and wind noise on the highway with a 1/2 helmet is a real fun killer.