After my recent tangle with gravity & a 'kin a number plate on the road & I'm gonna be looking for a new helmet. Yes it was only a real low speed off, 3 to 5 mph, but the helmet was coming up to be replaced anyway & it does help to remind you the importance of safety kit. Anyway I'm starting to get on a bit & will be retiring in a month so I'm thinking an open face helmet would better fit my urbane, windswept & interesting old duffer stylee... especially with the 'ol Darmah. I notice the choice is not now limited to the classic Wallace & Gromit pudding basin with some that are pretty much a full face without a chin piece. So does anyone have any experiences of such things? good, bad or ugly. https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/482581
I bought one of these last year to use when i am in France. Its the best of both worlds. Full fgace when you want or the chin piece flips all the way back to use as an open face. https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/758021
Another for the Scorpion Exo-tech carbon. My main lid, lightweight, comfortable and a proper open face feel when you want the wind in your face.
Shark evoline series 3, newer ones are available. Mainly kept open unless severe rain or hail/snow. Rather noisy but then again I run a race can & on long distance journeys listen too music.
The issue with the Scuberth when compared to the Scorpion or the Shark Evoline is that in flip mode, the chin bar sticks up like a sail and makes it almost impossible to ride above 80kph without losing your head. The Scorpion and Shark chinpiece goes right behind your head meaning there is pretty much zero drag in open face / flip mode.
Thanks guys.... I must admit I don't like the flip ups that move the visor as well as the chin guard e.g. Schubert etc. They seem to me to be more suitable for plod or couriers when talking to others.... "Did you realise what speed you were going at Sir?" The other flip ups that keep the visor in place seem much better although their styling is all a little too err... modern e.g. Roof & Scorpion. Which got me thinking about what is the purpose of the chin guard? I assume to protect the chin in a tumble which sods law would dictate is bound to happen when you don't have the chin guard down. So with the latter thought in mind, you might as well go the full charlie and just buy a Jet style helmet. Perhaps not as basic as Time Lord's which keeps me coming back to the Shoei one... plus I've only ever used Shoeis in the past. It does strike me as having all the features of a full face without the chin guard. 'Kin pricey mind plus it doesn't have a D ring
Well after writing the above I sortov convinced meself the Shoei was the one... a video review of it being used showed it still to be quiet at 80 convinced me more. And then an all in price of 340 sovs from ChromeBurner convinced me to buy one... £540 from SportsBikeShop.
Hiya,I bought a premier vintage range helmet last year,paid half price on eBay, great helmet for when I'm having a chilled ride out on the XDiavel
Really like my Roof Boxxer 09, thought I was taking a bit of a gamble when I bought it and thought I’d never ride it “chin up” but actually ride it like that most of the time, but then when I want to get a wriggle on it’s easy one handed action to change to full face on the move.
Well it was the inaugural outing for the Shoei today and very nice it was too. Comfortable, much quieter than expected, great wide angle vision and only a touch more noise than a full face although that's not much of an issue for me because I wear ear plugs. No turbulence either plus there was none of those gentle air 'eddies' that I sometimes get with a full face that starts one of your eyes watering which then makes it sting like buggery. The bloody pinlock was 'kin useless mind with the top of it right in my eyeline and a wide band at the top of the visor that misted up right where I was looking through. Even the writing on it was upside down... err... umm... cough, cough. Doh! The pinlock wasn't 'kin useless when the operator put it in the right way round, ahem.
