Modern Vespa

So for some reason when I am on one of my scooters I feel so much safer than say my Aprilia Dorsaduro . And I am sure that I am since none of my scooters will ride a wheely but I am in the city more on the scooters . So I should wear my full face but I find myself with a half or 3/4 helmet . With all the cagers around me and all the cell phone distracted riders I should wear a full face .But I almost never do is it just me or are the rest of you scooter riders doing the same ?

Shoei Neotec for me. Looking at the Neotec 2 this spring some time, as my current lid is over 5 years old.

I ride with a full face all the time now. Getting old and not feeling as bullet proof as I once thought I was when I was younger.

so I have a HJC 3/4 helmet and have recently bought a shark evoline modular that goes from 3/4 to full face. It is an excellent helmet as when you want to go 3/4 the face part slips to the back of the helmet so it becomes a tru 3/4. Now I bought it as I could go full face but I have to admit I rarely use it that way and almost always use it 3/4, but it is a really full face 3/4.

We each need to do our thing

larry

With an open face you can eat popcorn while riding.

true but have not tried that yet

larry

I busted the Lambretta. (Anyone remember that?)

Full Face (Kabuto Kamui) for me ever since my first off at only 5mph pitched me face-first straight into the edge of a curb. I got out with only a black eye, but I learned something.

Arai RamX when I ride the scooters in or around town. I have several other generations of this helmet. I prefer a 3/4, but also have several Arai full face, along with a Shoei and AGV for riding longer distances and faster bikes. I also have a Ruby Tron that hasn't been worn much. I'm in hopes that Arai offers a modular, but they feel they're not as safe. A Schuberth modular will probably be my next helmet purchase unless someone comes with something better.

Full Face... regardless of size or displacement of the bike.

Schuberth M1 3/4 face/full visor helmet... Haven't tried eating popcorn... Yet... How about peanuts??

You probably won't be eating popcorn or anything else if you face-plant in an open face helmet because the first thing that will hit is your chin and nose. Just sayin' because the OP asked. See PaulRF's post above. I've been riding for decades and never had an off till someone hit me last summer - details here. I landed on the chin bar on my 3-week old Shoei Neotec II. Insurance bought me a new helmet. I got the same helmet.

You can eat popcorn with the face shield open at stop light if you like. No problem.

I Busted the Lambretta

Best
Miguel

I prefer full-face. I'm looking at trying out a modular for my next helmet, mainly because I keep forgetting to hydrate on long rides.
Don't get overly comfortable just because you're on a scooter. Overconfidence leads to being inattentive, leads to trouble when you least expect it and is the higher percentage of two-wheeled incidents.

If I ever go to a 3/4 helmet, I'll still use a face shield. During the second year on my Vespa, I was riding through a church parking lot to find the road I missed my turn for and discovered instead a steel cable at (seated) head height! It caught me at the base of my visor and clotheslined me. I managed to hang onto the GTS and not drop it, but it trashed the full-face helmet I was wearing. I had some very strong, public words with that church for running a visually invisible steel cable without signage or markers in the middle of an open parking lot between the church and a children's daycare. It was gone the next time I went past it two days later. But...no open-face helmets for me and I get paranoid about seemingly innocent terrain anymore!

When this happened I was wearing an slightly oversized 3/4 snowmobile helmet. Its windshield felt off, but no a single piece of harm was caused to by head or face.

My next helmet is 3/4 too, while I still have a modular fullface. My reason is:
When I feel too warm and wet, I have to ride faster to get more wind. And faster ride could lead to bad issues.

I would feel naked without my full-face helmet.

I can be caught riding without proper jacket, trousers or shoes within a few hundred meters from our place, but not without my full-face helmet.

I've had only full-face helmets for so, so long now, that being without feels... well, really like walking without trousers in a public road.

A flip-up would be OK, but since I don't have a "Shoei shaped head" and I'm picky with helmets, I've sticked to a full-face.

Jet MDS G 240

So I am surprised that no one staded why would you were a helmet at all ? When I am in the mood off goes the helmet and it does feel great to cruise topless !

Both my wife and I started out with 3/4 helmets for awhile but have switched to modular helmets as feel safer with full face protection. However it is nice to be able to flip it up when in traffic

I use an Shoei RF1200, which saved me from certain head injuries on a previous accident on my XSR900.

I used the $400 helmet reimbursement from my insurance to buy another.

I had 17 fractures and my scull and jaw were not involved.

As someone said, the more trollier the posts, the more merrier

Don't know why, but this brough a classic joke to my mind:

"Look ma, no hands - oops, look ma, no teeth"

And wash it down with a beer!

I wear a 3/4 around town. The office is several blocks from home, and my trips from there are 5-10 minutes and generally under 35 mph. It's a conscious tradeoff of protection for convenience.

For longer & faster rides at highway speed I've got a white Klim TK1200 modular that I love. Much quieter, better protection, and a Transitions face shield.

Wear what you want but I'm in the Toreador Pants group and apparently not who you directed the thread towards since you choose no helmet at times.
I see zero reason to compromise with anything less than a full helmet, all IMO of course.
Any powered machine reaches speeds that will do your head serious damage, end of story for me.
I'm no worry wart either or I'd not be riding at all.

You are right about maximum protection but if there are from 32 ° C to 40 ° C when you use the scooter and the helmet becomes a microwave oven making you turn your head and lose control, what use is it?
You will tell me ... don't go when it's too hot but if I have to be totally conditioned by the climate I don't use a scooter but a car with air conditioning; it will be an extreme thought but as often happens compromises and associated risks are accepted.
The skier knows that he will be able to fall and be seriously injured but he continues to ski, minimal dose of risk but he exists and is accepted and goes on for another thousand and more activities; the principle is the same.

Full face...with additions

With women's clothing everything is allowed, there is nothing strange ... it is like this all over the world.
I like personalization and ... nice your blog, you look like a hero from the old American west.

It seems everyone else has a nice helmet.

It may be time for me to upgrade from my HJC CL-17 (full face). It's heavy, the face mask is scratched , and it lost a non-protective piece a few weeks ago.

The helmet should be changed according to the type of material it is made of, some types of plastic depolymerize after a relatively short time weakening the structure.

My vacuum cleaner of15 years finally broke and I had to get a new one. I was amazed at the lightness and ease of functionality of the new vacuum cleaners.

I am assuming it will be the same for helmets. As technology advances, helmets should be lighter and more affective. So getting a new helmet might be a very good idea.

OT...i like the term "vacuum cleaner", it "sucks dust" from us ...

I have a 3/4 HJC, a modular Bilt, and the one that is now getting all the use: a Nolan N70-2gt. The N70-2gt has a removable chin bar; with the chin bar locked in, it is protective like a full face helmet, but with much better visibility.



Good venting, but with the vents open, it does allow more noise in. Comfortable, with a quick release chin strap. Includes a pinlock lens. With the chin guard off, it is a nice 3/4. Drop down sun shield.

Fit is important, and Nolan fits my head; this is my second Nolan.

This is one of the two reasons I'll pay more for a helmet: venting. The other reason is fit. (I don't buy into the claims that several hundred dollars is the reason one protects better than another of the same type.) It's also the reason every year, around late summer to early autumn when it's REALLY hot, I'll ponder getting a more open helmet. I usually change my mind a few seconds later because that thought seems to summon either a really big hardshell beetle or a really juicy bug that leaves a mark or smear on my visor right where my eyes are. Nooo thank you! It's the OTHER reason I'll always have the face shield installed if I ever go 3/4.

I am also a big fan of the chin bar Nolans (N-40, N-43e, N-44, and N-70). I have two. They are the best of both worlds IMO. Not too heavy, protect your face, excellent visibility and venting.

Hi, I had the 3/4 Nolan N43 for years and loved it. I decided for safety reasons to go to a modular. I first tried the HJC IS-Max II. Fit well, comfortable, but I missed the visibility I had with the 3/4. I found with the HJC I was looking down (tilting my head down) to see my gauges, something I never did with the 3/4.

I have since switched to the Nolan N70-gt for more visibility. Haven't ridden with it enough yet to give feedback, except it fits well.

Kim

...i had a Nolan and i don't have a good memory of its quality...thrown in the trash after only two years.
The gasket was detached behind the visor and with it also the paint, reported for warranty but the answer was that it had been a problem caused by me ... I will not buy them anymore.

And if you're a card carrying Pastafarian you don't need dot/snell certification.

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The face protection leaves a little to be desired though.

Here? Exactly.

I chose the best one they had in the store and then they changed the liner to a snugger fit.