Open face or full face?

[scumdog]

HARD-AS Harley riders wear open face.
I like to see them suffer.

Please don't tell them about full-face . . . -it might save one of their lives

I'm a Harley rider - not HARD-AS though.

So why do you like to see Harley riders wearing open-face helmets suffer?
And how many have you seen suffer?
Cos you certainly haven't see me suffer......




And how long have you been trolling???

[400sm]

I'm a Harley rider - not HARD-AS though.

So why do you like to see Harley riders wearing open-face helmets suffer?
And how many have you seen suffer?
Cos you certainly haven't see me suffer......




And how long have you been trolling???

I don't LIKE to see rubber-band bike, riders at all !
They suffer every time it rains, as they desperately try to conform to the religion of rebellious uniformity.
How much suffering do YOU cause other road users, as you TROLL the highways ?

[scumdog]

I don't LIKE to see rubber-band bike, riders at all !
They suffer every time it rains, as they desperately try to conform to the religion of rebellious uniformity.
How much suffering do YOU cause other road users, as you TROLL the highways ?

"A poor effort - must try harder"

[caseye]

Na scummy, couldn't possibly try harder, they're already as hard out a try harder as they can be!

[Gremlin]

...which is simply the only situation you're wearing an helmet for...
but pay attention with the flip front: it's not at all the best of both world.
you should open it up ONLY when not on the bike. if you're riding with the chin guard opened you're doing something VERY VERY VERY DANGEROUS.
remember that an open flip front IS MCUH WORSE than a open face in the event of a crash...
DO-NOT-RIDE-WITH-A-FLIP-FRONT-OPEN!

I managed to high side my BMW while wearing a flip, with the jaw lifted, and uh... contrary to your post, I survived. No, I'd rather have had the jaw down (Ok, if I got to choose I'd rather not have crashed the bike actually) but it still protected me.

[schrodingers cat]

Open face is cool.

Just like those Marlboro Man ads.





Just saying

[Urano]

I managed to high side my BMW while wearing a flip, with the jaw lifted, and uh... contrary to your post, I survived. No, I'd rather have had the jaw down (Ok, if I got to choose I'd rather not have crashed the bike actually) but it still protected me.

you would have survived better with a full face


(never said it wouldn't protect you. i said that at that point an open face would have protect you better: no rotational risks from the flipped chin guard...)

[James Deuce]

Same old hypothetical arguments and as always full of artificial circumstances and denial of the small set of evidence offered to contradict the hypothesis of catastrophic skull failure if you even put an open face helmet on.

STFU and ride your bikes, you pussies.

[blue rider]

i am sure that whomever wore that helmet was happy s/he did

[Big Dog]

[Big Dog]

Didn't help this guy much. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImuTpUYa-4&feature=kp


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[Big Dog]

Put down your dinner for this one. http://calorielab.com/news/wp-images.../9-468x697.jpg


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[Oscar]

Not at all. I'm talking about the fact that what's considered to dangerous for an individual by society at large has changed dramatically and if it keeps changing in the way it's been going then motorcycles, among other worthwhile pursuits like mountaineering, will be outright banned as too dangerous. This will lead inexorably to a society that simply isn't worth living in.


Boy, you're one cynical bastard.

I have the right to make an informed decision about the risk that I will undertake and the ways in which I mitigate any risk that I don't want to undertake. Irrespective of what some bunch of half-wits in Wellington (or the UN) say.

You're arguing with yourself.
On the one hand you say it's your "right" to wear an open face helmet, yet you worry about bikes being regulated out existence.
Sure, make you may make "informed decisions" but lots of morons out there do not.
I'd rather be forced to wear protective gear than be forced off the road.

It's funny how often people bleating about their rights end up costing everyone else money.

[HenryDorsetCase]

"scummy" ? (sic)

You are a sycophant. . . . in a ''nose up pig's arse'' kind of way

.........and you're on ignore.

[Flip]

Here the boss and I, two up on an advanced riding skills track day.

I have a Shoei flip front but I only use it in the very cold and wet conditions.