[gabev30]

Took a big juice bug to the face 2 days ago doing 70mph. Then the next days a wasp hits me in the side of the head and stings me, hurt like ****!! Full face for me from now on!

 

[K9Stryker]

Ahhh the joys of having "half" the wind in your face. **** a few years ago i was riding under an under pass and bird flew into my side, then flew up and hit the inside of my windshield. Talk bout hurting and scaring the **** out of ya, that sure did. LOL

 

[elle]

Full face helmets make me feel claustrophobic

 

[gabev30]

Full face helmets make me feel claustrophobic

Same here! But **** hitting me in the face makes me feel scared...lol ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[wlfpak65]

Better having a phobia then feeling the painobia lol

 

[johnboy]

Wait until you catch a rock in your face from some car or truck ahead of you, you'll change your mind.

 

[canyon1]

I gotta ask, do you have a windshield, because I ride with a half helmet and only catch an occasional bug. The windshield collects a lot of them. Maybe I'm on borrowed time, but I can't hack the full face.

 

[gabev30]

I don't like the windshield look. A bug to the face isn't all that bad but a Rock would be all bad.

 

[ironman1964]

I Went from wearing no helmet to half helmet to full helmet. Now only on occasion do I wear a half helmet. I have become pretty comfortable in a full helmet. Plus nobody can read my lips when I curse their stupidity

 

[StrykerLover]

Gotto say, I love my full-face helmet! I hit a bee yesterday the darn thing covered my windsheild. If it would have been my face, it would have hurt like heck!

 

[2670]

I'm in the full face crowd. The bugs are a small part of my concern - though I am sure it hurt big time. I just don't want to risk road rash on my face.

 

[AHam]

I wear both. Half around town and Full on the freeway for long rides. And it's mainly for the rocks that accumulate on our roads up here.

 

[sfcmcgan]

The imoortal words..."only 2 letters difference between STUD and STUPID!"... I prefer full face over the "hard" look of half helmets.....

 

[11Stryker]

I wear both. Half around town and Full on the freeway for long rides. And it's mainly for the rocks that accumulate on our roads up here.

X2

 

[galo8]

I wear both. Half around town and Full on the freeway for long rides. And it's mainly for the rocks that accumulate on our roads up here.

X2

X3

 

[JRRKAR]

My wife and I have the Sena communicators in our full face helmets (which we keep the intercom open). At least a few times each trip I can hear bugs hitting HER helmet. I couldn't imagine not having a windshield and only wearing a half helmet.

 

[mn stryker]

Am I the only one on this site that chooses to not wear a helmet?

 

[sdstryker]

My wife and I have the Sena communicators in our full face helmets (which we keep the intercom open). At least a few times each trip I can hear bugs hitting HER helmet. I couldn't imagine not having a windshield and only wearing a half helmet.

Same here - I can't imagine not wearing a full helmet. I have a windshield too, but I've had PLENTY of big juicy bugs splatter across my face shield. Every time it happens, I just wonder how anyone drives without a full helmet! Plus, there's the little matter of safety. (And after I add a passenger backrest, and my wife starts riding with me again, we're going to look at intercoms too.)

 

[kakarot]

I bought a full face helmet because it was my first bike.... but when it got hotter then heck out, I bought a half beanie.... I do have a windshield and I always wear oakleys... but it is amazing how many times a bug still gets you

Last night I knew I would be driving 30 miles in the dark on the highway.... so I wore my full face for the first time in a long time (for bugs).... it was pretty sweet and much more quiet

I like having both win/win

 

[erikh425]

Years ago I never wore a helmet. Then one cold day I grabbed the old full face off the shelf. On the way home from work I got drilled by a guy in a truck. The bike shot out from underneath me and the first thing that hit the ground was the back of my head. I was stopped in traffic at the time, but without a helmet I would be a vegetable I am sure. A few years later I ran my rocket into the rhubarb and took a tree to the forehead. knocked me out clean, but I am still riding. So I guess I wear a helmet because I feel I owe it to my family to do my best to make sure the kiss I left was not the last one. But I do support letting people choose. Choices are good, wear a helmet, or don't. Carry a concealed weapon, or carry it in the open. Different strokes for different folks I guess.