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#331

09-08-2011 | 07:39 PM

Deuuuce

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From: Roseville, CA

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Originally Posted by Blackfly

Sorry if this has been said, but I don't have the time or money to try lots of helmets in the field, so to speak, but when I went to the harley dealer thinking I would buy a full face, the ones I tried limited my vision so much It scared me standing next to the sales girl , who I could'nt see, and that's why I wear a 3/4 or whatever you call it.
If I can't see, the helmet is going to force a test I don't want to take.

Your eyes are not on the side of your head? You have time to go to the dealer, you have money to buy a 3/4 and your head shouldn't be fixed on a bike anyway. Somehow pros wear them in 100mph+ sweepers only inches from each other and threshold braking into turns.

Stay safe.

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#332

09-08-2011 | 07:53 PM

xFreebirdx

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Joined: Mar 2008

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From: Landrum, SC , elevation 986'

I wear what I want, when I want, if I want........ People who don't like it can kiss my ***.....

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#333

09-08-2011 | 08:24 PM

mikeallenbrown

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Joined: Jul 2011

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From: South West Missouri

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Originally Posted by xFreebirdx

I wear what I want, when I want, if I want........ People who don't like it can kiss my ***.....

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#334

09-08-2011 | 11:22 PM

capitalist_slave

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Joined: Aug 2009

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From: south Texas

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Originally Posted by Blackfly

Harley sells **** helmets... sucks, but their aren't a lot of places around here to try different helmets either. Luckily a friend of mine lent me one of his two helmets to try... since we're built about the same i went with the same size when i picked mine out. The Shoei helmet had all the features i wanted and the price reflects product quality. I also have a 3/4 Shoei J-wing for my girl.

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#335

09-09-2011 | 11:09 AM

Blackfly

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From: New York

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deuuuce

Your eyes are not on the side of your head? You have time to go to the dealer, you have money to buy a 3/4 and your head shouldn't be fixed on a bike anyway.

Somehow pros wear them in 100mph+ sweepers only inches from each other and threshold braking into turns.

Stay safe.

LOL -no my eyes are stock.

And I am not a pro, can only guess what a sweeper is but I'm guessing those guys don't have people texting next to them and I'm guessing the track does'nt have steel plates and big potholes- no? Thanks for any advice that will help keep me safe.

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#336

09-09-2011 | 11:15 AM

terryrh

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From: Eastern NC

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Originally Posted by Blackfly

LOL -no my eyes are stock.

sweepers = curves

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#337

09-09-2011 | 11:31 AM

krazy j

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Joined: Feb 2011

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From: bellingham washington

i have seen too many videos on the internet of people wearing brain buckets hittin the ground and smashin there whole head. i will never stop wearing my full face anymore.

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