Posted on Dec 24, 2015
Do you have a $600 head? Share your impressions of this new style, strapless clamshell helmet.
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Even though AZ is a helmet-optional state I enjoy having the added protection against obese bugs and kicked-up road debris which might have otherwise left a permanent impression on my noggin. For those who wear helmets: which have been your favorite helmet styles and why?
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Florida has the tastiest bugs. Wouldn't it be miserable in the summer being totally enclosed? I'm in south Florida, has to be ventalated really well.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
Yes, I experienced So. FL from '89 to '97 and that's when I elected to use the half helmet with goggles and handkerchief face mask. A full-sized windshield was mandatory and my chaps took a bug-beating.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
In the warmer months I prefer a quarter helmet and right now I'm wearing a full-faced modular helmet. It's warmer and I don't need to wear sunglasses thanks to the tinted eye screen, which I can retract when it's too dark for shades, and a standard clear face shield. The only con I have is it's heavy and if I'm doing some serious riding my neck gets sore. I rode from Tucson to Scottsdale to Coolidge and back to Tucson and I had to ice my neck when I got home.
The only con to my quarter helmet is again if I'm doing some serious riding and wearing sunglasses, my eyes get sore. I guess the same would be true if I went lidless since I'd still be wearing my shades.
In the warmer months I prefer a quarter helmet and right now I'm wearing a full-faced modular helmet. It's warmer and I don't need to wear sunglasses thanks to the tinted eye screen, which I can retract when it's too dark for shades, and a standard clear face shield. The only con I have is it's heavy and if I'm doing some serious riding my neck gets sore. I rode from Tucson to Scottsdale to Coolidge and back to Tucson and I had to ice my neck when I got home.
The only con to my quarter helmet is again if I'm doing some serious riding and wearing sunglasses, my eyes get sore. I guess the same would be true if I went lidless since I'd still be wearing my shades.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
PO1 John Miller, I wear a half helmet with a zipped-in leather collar (cold rides) but the wind noise is tiring (I already 'enjoy' tinnitus). The full-faced combo is heavy and as you experienced tiring to wear on long rides. I'd like to try the Vozz.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
I've taken to wearing foamy ear plugs while wearing my 1/4 helmet as I too "enjoy" tinnitus.
I've taken to wearing foamy ear plugs while wearing my 1/4 helmet as I too "enjoy" tinnitus.
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I wear a Shoei GT-Air, mostly because it's the only thing I could find that fit without placing pressure on the top of my forehead. That said, I only considered helmets from Shoei, Arai, and AGV. The other option was the RF-1200 but I don't need anything that specialized. I wanted a Snell rated lid but sine the GT-Air has a drop-down visor it isn't Snell certified, but I can live with that for now. Only gripe is that it broke in a lot more than I thought it would and I need to try thicker pads to get the wind noise back to where they were when new.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
I use a Cee Bailey Euro-cut windscreen and it has helped tremendously on cutting wind noise, but because I often cruise at 75+ I still use foamies. What bike do you run?
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I have a Triumph Street Triple R. It's got the fly screen which does help but at higher speeds on the highway I still have leakage. I should have night the L instead of the XL.
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