Top Reasons To Wear A Full Face Helmet
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Here's the 1/2 helmet video: th-cam.com/video/tiGoYDud_F0/w-d-xo.html
Sliding into a wall that fast is probably gonna be hard on all your squishy parts but at least you still have an airway and a fighting chance. Honestly impressed with that LS2 helmet.
I use Ls2 gear (jacket, pants, gloves) and pretty impressed at the quality/price ratio.
Only my modular helmet is of another brand, but is ece22.06 (previously I had a open face with visor helmet)
@@SandStormPower I sell motorcycle gear for a living and I have to say, LS2 has come a long way. Their stuff from a few years ago was straight trash and we didn't recommend it but honestly, they make some good stuff for the $$ these days. I had a 22.05 FF805 Thunder Carbon and crashed in it back in December. One of the lightest full face helmets on the the market, it's quiet for a track helmet, comes with heaps of goodies, has an amazing visor change mechanism where you don't even need to take the helmet off, the front vents are shit and LS2 need to invert the vent vanes to get any actual air flow but it's a good lid. After my crash, I'd put my head back in one. It's just a slightly more bulbous shell than other helmets
Most of the mid range and top shell LS2 gear is definitely competing with Arai, Shoei, Suomy, HJC, AGV, and such.
@@jadsmvs8651 I'm pretty newbie on this matter.
Only this year I started caring about gear, after returning to the two wheeled world after 6 years without riding. And at the time was a 50cc moped. Now is a 125cc motorbike.
Also getting older make me see things differently
@@SandStormPower Definitely a good mindset to have. A lot of people want the comfort of everyday clothes but want to ride, and even for then there is gear they can wear. Lots of safer options for all riding types these days
@@jadsmvs8651 spring, winter, even autumn it's pretty easy to have comfortable riding gear.
During summer, I understand people don't want to use jackets and gloves. But even so, there are summer jackets with great ventilation.
This video should be required to watch before anyone gets their motorcycle license! Awesome!
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Harley Davidson riders have left the chat 😂😂😂
Or before you buy a half helmet
You tried impact, i have a full face helmet that saved my face from being left on the road. Not much to save, still it did hurt less and no damage.
I knew a guy years ago who told me he had been out riding at night with a buddy. His buddy crashed so he turned around a mile down the road but came back and could not find him. He had slid across the road and off the road into a field on the other side. When the police found him with their lights, he had been wearing a 1/2 helmet , he had no face left at all. Completely gone. He said after he saw him , he never rode again.
Very good Tests 👍 thank you for taking the time.
Please consider doing another Test with a Flip up Helmet (Shoei Neotech type)
Would be interesting to see if it would keep its integrity
and protect as well as the one piece helmet
Thanks again!
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I’ve got the same truck! Mine is dark grey with orange interior accents and pinstripes. It’s the same orange your truck is.
One with no helmet for the "let those who ride decide" would have been nice.
The half helmet isn't so bad. It acts as a sunscreen for the top of the head and doubles as a cereal bowl when camping but an impact as that would necessitate a closed casket.
hahahahaha
We are SO very fragile! I caught some gravel in a turn.. nowhere near close to the speed in this video, my head smacked the ground in the blink of an eye. I would not be typing this comment right now if I wasn’t wearing my full faced helmet. Stay safe everyone!
I completely agree with everything in this video and this is exactly why I wear full face and always will. However it could be said why would anyone ride a motorcycle versus a car with a seat belt and a cage essentially. It's just personal preference and like you've always said to each their own make your own choices.
Great video!
A little boy who was only a head, but no body, was so happy when he learned that he could get a full body transplant onto his head. After the operation, he came home and ran across the street to see his friends. A car hit him crossing the street. Moral of the story: Better quit while you are a head.
Sorry, I laughed.
Great video Greg bro. Thanks for taking the time to do it. Excellent.
thanks, share it!
Great video, I don't believe it'll stop people wearing them but at least you've made it public knowledge
Some already have stopped/switched
@@MotoJitsu That's good news buddy 👌
Leaving aside crash damage, the some of the hard large bug and gravel hits I have had hit my visor on my full face at pace would cause damage if you had an open face helmet, and might of itself cause a crash.
I wear a 3/4 as much as I can and a full for winter/cold/lots of rain
May have to rethink this
I'm in Brazil, which is always very hot, always wearing a closed helmet and all the other equipment.
i am old, a far cry from a brad pit, but i don't want to get any uglier. and i don't like bug splatter on my face or in my mouth. I have worn a full face helmet forever, and after this video, will continue, plus all the other safety gear all the time i ride. Oh yeah, HJC I 70.
Here in Florida half the riders don’t wear helmets. The majority of Harley riders don’t wear helmets.
Another thing to remember is that helmets have a shelf life
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I’ve got that stupid little half helmet I’m convinced either illl wear a full face or won’t ride at all great demonstration u definitely changed my mind so the skull helmet is just for decoration on my wall full face all the way
Awesome!!
If you are the only person this video changed the mind of (you won't be), it will have been worth it for Motojitsu to have put out.
140 bucks to save your life,money well spent👍
A good decision from your part 👌,keep riding 🤘
I consider idiots who wear those hats, Darwin Award participants.
On a mountain road I ran wide on a left hand corner, dropped a wheel off the edge of the curb and when I pulled the bike back onto the road it launched me into a major high side. I probably traveled at least ten feet before I landed on my face and my shoulder. I was wearing a full face AGV K6 helmet and an Alpinestars Tech 5 vest. I ended up with some vertigo from a mild concussion, and a torn thumb ligament from the handlebars. My face was fine, my shoulder was fine. I just shudder now when I see riders with no helmet or a half helmet imagining what my face would have looked like had in been wearing one of those.
When I used to live in Connecticut, I bought my first full face helmet simply to stay warm in the early winter before it was too icy to ride. I realized after the first ride with it that it was clearly the better way to go, and have rode with a full face ever since.
I sincerely hope that none of us ever need our helmets to save our lives, but if you do need it one day, I hope you can walk away safe.
Great Video and awesome demo. Its always annoying when I go to my HD dealer and they make fun of me for wearing all the gear(Full Face Helmet, Riding Pants With D30, Leather Jacket with full D30, Track Boots, Armored Gloves,). I just let them laugh all they want. I'd rather walk away from a crash.
Well, I'm not laughing at you. You have my respect.
dress for the slide.... Not the ride is my motto
Respect 🙏
This is sad from any seller of any brand. The tendency is for them to lose customers, literally. It's not a good business strategy.
It gives me the willies whenever I see a skull bucket. I ride in a MIPS equipped Shoei. I paid about a grand for it. First piece of gear I bought. They dont call 'em "donor cycles" fer nothin' -- brain dead = best donor. The full face demo speaks for itself.
It appears the second test was a much tougher test but the results were way less damaging than the first test. Interesting to say the least! Very convincing.
that was the idea
@@MotoJitsu Then it makes better sense why the tests are so different as they are. Maybe you could do a similar test where you also include the helmet where the front flips up. Not sure what the proper English name for that type of helmet would be, but it looks like the full face one, but the front can be flipped up. I would be curious to see how that helmet compares to the full face one.
@@larsjohansen821 I think you are speaking of what is called a Modular Helmet in the USA.
My wife’s a reconstructive plastic surgeon. I’ve seen images of dudes with no face left after sliding with one of those silly little caps some riders put on their heads! No going back once you come off a bike in one of those! Great work in highlighting this MotoJitsu! The Only thing is, I suspect most people watching this don’t wear half-face helmets. 🤙
When I first was getting back into riding after more than 15 years away, I was researching helmets and ran across very graphic pictures of a guy who had gone down at 50+ mph while wearing a half helmet and his jaw was gone... it was torn off in the wreck and they weren't sure what they would be able to salvage for him. Fuck that noise... full face and ECE for me.
Awesome video Master Greg!!! Considering that you do this with your own resourses and without expectin' any kind of benefit to you or money or what ever... that's AWESOME!!! Thanks a lot for wake up the biker's minds.
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I have heard people complain the cheek pads are too snug on the LS2. I think that's a good thing.
can switch out thickness of pads
I have an LS2 that I bought years ago when I started and I don’t think it’s the padding that’s the issue. Honestly it’s more than likely the “head shape” that’s the problem; LS2 tends to fit long narrow heads. Revzilla and others can suggest helmets based on headshape, which is really helpful!
Go into the biggest motorcycle shop you can find, and try on as many as you can.They are like shoes,have to find the shape that fits you the best (and tested and approved of course)
With use they'll get molded. But snug is good.
@@rainyrides5022My mistake was putting on a Shoei. I had to have it. It felt amazing to put on.
I had a modular Scorpion helmet for my motorcycle license course, but as soon as I got my first bike and started doing more highway commuting I switched to a full face Shoei. That's the one item I'm never going to go cheap on
:) smart
The ECE 22.06 rating is more important than cost or brand. The ECE independently proves the helmets meet the standards.
@@matthewputnam7486Main point of my comment is not a brand or cost, but type of helmet. Full face is just more durable than modular
Totally agree! I just think it is critical for people to know how superior the ECE 22.06 rating is compared to DOT alone
@@matthewputnam7486 In Europe we don't have a choice :-) If you want to ride a motorcycle or a scooter on a public road, you have to wear ECE certified helmet. Safety regulations are much tighter here.
This is the best helmet safety video ever. Every motorcyclist should watch it and listen to the advice.
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For sure. It is always great when someone compares two things yet doesn't apply the same tests to the two things, nor compares equal valued products.
Am notoriously bad for gear. Instructor once sighed and asked who loved me enough to wipe my ass for 6 months as I put on my bmx freestyle gloves. But one thing I have never wavered on is a full face. People chin the concrete just coming off bicycles and need surgery.
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As a rider, I completely agree that a full face helmet offers better protection than a half helmet. Full armor also protects better than partial or no armor. And driving a car generally provides better protection than riding a bike. Best of all is just work from home, get your stuff delivered, and don’t leave the house. It is all a matter of what risks you are willing to accept. I don’t look down on anyone for their risk choices and certainly would never call their choice in headgear “stupid”. That is no different to people who refuse to wave to certain other bikers because they aren’t riding the right kind of bike, lol.
Nah it IS stupid and AS stupid as riding around without a seatbelt. Now we can accept that stupid because it’s their risk and not ours and not give them a hard time about it, I agree. But it still IS stupid.
@@phillipgilligan8168 and I have friends that same the same thing about me, and anyone who rides a motorcycle. Lol
I have personal experience with wearing a full-face. A car pulled in front of me and I was catapulted face first into the road. If I was wearing a bs half-lid, I would have no face or jaw left intact.
what are those 2 things we say? atgatt and dress for the slide not the ride. hopefully folks understand why we keep saying these things. Great video, great test and explanations!
I'd rather sweat than bleed.
Now you should do the same test into the cement wall with the half helmet again 😂. Will most likely pop the blood sack inside!
hahahaaha, there's nothing left of it
A stark difference and fantastic presentation of how much a full face helmet does... that second impact on the top of the helmet against the jersey barrier was BAD; the head nearly stopped its velocity in the direction of travel, so had a massive energy transfer. And yet, only an abrasion on the skull.
I used to wear an open face helmet when I was on my old Brit bikes back in the late 70's...until a mate died when he hit a pothole on a bend and landed face down in the road...it shattered his lower jaw into his skull and into his brain. I never wore an open face after that.
That’s an amazing visual representation my man! It makes a clear point. Thanks for doing that for us !
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I bought a bike today. Rode it almost 3 hours home through mountain roads. Exhilarated, exhausted, and officially a bugsmasher.
this is such a raw moment thank you for sharing it with us
Here in the uk you need an ece approved helmet 22.05 i believe but now all helmets sold are 22.06 i believe, and am currently rocking the ls2, great budget helmet 👍
Great video! My son just bought this exact LS2 helmet and rides a Honda Navi that does a top speed of 50mph. So perfect video to show him the importance of wearing his helmet, which he always does. 😎
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I love hearing this. And remember the chin strap! I have a five points gear check I do before I ride off, including pocket zips, bag chest strap clip, helmet chin strap, and Brake Free light 'ON', and I have still forgotten that strap a couple of times before I felt it flapping in the wind against my neck! The helmet can't protect if it isn't strapped securely on.
riding my vespa with a full face helmet weird out people but idc, as long as im safe. 🎉
Thank you for making these videos. I know it comes at some expense and time, but if it just saves one person it was worth it.
yup.. realized this last year when I had my first spill. slid face first into the pavement. If I weren't wearing a full face helmet I would've broken my jaw and lost all of my teeth 😅
Thanks for using personal funds to educate us. Your training videos teach me never to be complacent and to always practice.
same here!
Man! This video should be sponsored to be implemented in every single MSF course in the US.
Video idea: Test different helmets within the Full-Face Category. Especially on those cheap-o helmets that claim to meet min spec. Equally as bad as wearing a half helmet IMO.
Sure, will need a lot of helmets and heads MotoJitsu.com/donate
Great Demo... I've always been a full face guy...Dirt, Street & Snowmobiling....MC Rider showed a video of a guy in Texas died wearing no helmet when a school bus turned left in front if him at the speed he was going he might've still died but maybe not....Your demo will definitely save some lives...Thank You!! I'll be sharing this... Again Great Demo!!
thanks! share it!
Great! Very convincing. I switched from 3/4 helmet and the occasional 1/2 helmet back 15 years ago for better protection. My preference these days is a full face modular by Shark for motorcycling and a full face Bell helmet for e-biking.
smart!
Great video. All new riders should watch this as part of MSF basic rider course. More so the cruiser guys as they tend towards open face half helmets. To quote Colin. Edwards when asked for his advice to Texas riders “wear as much safety gear as you can stand”.
Great job and solid results. Thank you for testing and the work you put behind it. Unfortunately those states that have zero helmet laws. I get it.. the feel of the wind like a bicycle when we were all kids. But 40mph does this amount of damage and then it raises the insurance for us all. Safety is critical and should always be used. One would hope it's common sense.
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Always do and continue to do so! Keep up the awesome content. Wish we lived closer as it would be awesome to ride and take part in your events/sessions!
Plus, the feel of the wind in your hair is nice only when riding at bicycle speed. As soon as you go faster (and I'm talking about normal speed, not racing speed) you'll love the protection of a full face helmet.
I'm a newbie rider and was pretty scared at the beginning. I have to say that that changed when I switched to full face helmet + motorcycle jacket and trousers. I feel much more confident and safe now.
Came off my Vmax high side bike went over the top of me. Broke multiple bones but the damage to my full face was a real eye opener tore half inch gouges in the lid. Had it been my face I would have lost my jaw. Always were a full face 👈
A paramedic friend of mine told me about a case he attended. A Harley rider had come off at about 40mph and landed on his face. Apparently half his face was gone from road rash.
He said if he shared photos of it no one would ever use those shitty helmets...
Great video. Personally i guessing most, (not all but most), folks that wear half helmets are doing so just because their states have helmet laws and wouldn't wear one at all if they could. I'm glad you made this video for any of the other people that actually think a half helmet waould protect you from anything more then falling over when you are at a complete stop. Is my full face helmet comfortable, not really as it is kinda heavy after an hour of riding, but at least if i hit something my brain will still be in my skull. Now if i could just convince myself to wear any other sort of gear i would probably be doing much better. Thinking about getting one of those backpacks with airbags as they just look like a backpack but it has airbags. Thanks for the informative video as always.
It's a brain bucket, not a helmet. Full face or nothing.
Another very important reason to wear a full face helmet over a half one is because the half one looks incredibly stupid.
yup
Not exactly the same test… the full face slides more before the impact, reducing the impact force. But I still agree we should use a full face. But it’s a bit misleading
I actually think anything other than Modular/Full face should be banned from being sold.
My full face Arai helmet saved my life as I was riding on the highway traveling about 70-75 mph, when a passenger from a vehicle in front of me in the left lane decided it was a great idea to throw a battery out of the window which bounced off the ground at a high speed and hit my helmet. The impact in my helmet sounded just like a helmet to helmet contact of football helmets. Rung my bell and had to pull over. If I were wearing my half helmet i would have died. I only wear my half helmet to ride locally. Full-face at all times for long trips or riding on the highway.
is the brain cap helmet from ur music video "loud pipes..." ?
Agreed when I road regularly I always wore all the gear, all the time. Ride safe my friends. Cheers!
I've been using half-helmets for the last couple of years, mainly because they are more comfortable and I have better side vision. But after seeing this, I think I will go back to FF all the way. Thanks for an informative video. And yeah,, the cowboys with their novelty hats and such will say what they will. But every year, there are more motorcycle deaths in my city. I don't want to be one.
good choice
Yeah, but that's 40mph, I'll ride on 20mph then
I researched helmets when I started to ride (late in life about 15 years ago. It did not take me long to learn the first part of the head to land on the ground is likely to be your face. I went modular and feel like it is sufficient protection. I also wear armored jackets, gloves, long pants (usually armored) and boots. My educated guess is I am in the 1% of riders who fully gear up. Once, in hot weather someone asked me if I was feeling the heat. My reply was I would rather sweat than bleed. I would say with the second impact here this would be a dead rider.
I'm in Brazil, which is hot most of the time. I always go fully equipped. Ventilated jacket and pants for use in the city in hot weather. And adventure jacket and pants for the road or cold weather in the city.
Might as well not bother with a helmet if it looks like a pudding basin 😳
Yes I agree I was in a motorcycle accident and I wasn't wearing my helmet I shattered my skull and had brain bleeding and swelling I was in brain surgery for 9 hours for not wearing a helmet so I believe you should always wear a helmet when your riding motorcycle
quality full face all the time!
That's a very sobering test. Of course, as a safety conscious rider, I've been wearing full faced helmets since 1980 (the Bell Star 2). I like your use of anatomic ballistic heads.
I test materials as a researcher and try to improve on CE testing for impact abrasion. I used silicon foam to simulate road rash. I've got to get off my arse and finally make a video of my findings. I did over 100 drop tests but on material samples (nylon, polyester, denim, leather, plastic etc).
Would be cool to see your findings man
The half helmet shouts to the world. There are no brains on board to protect!
If you change one rider’s mind, you’ll save a life. Thank you for invaluable instructions on ways to improve rider safety. It fits my mantra…Full face or no face.
Thanks! High-viz gear FTW also. I sometimes see people pointing and smiling at me but this isn't a fashion show people.
yeah, i get snide remarks for hi-vis gear, but i (drove taxi for 20 years)know these cagers can't or won't see me, and use that for an excuse. I WANT THEM TO SEE ME. and those other people aren't paying my bills, or kissing my butt!!!
The guy I bought my first motorcycle from threw in his old half helmet among other items. I was like cool thanks, went on a shelf in the garage to never be used. Already had a full face ready to go
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In 1972 i started riding with an open face but soon after i bought a full face Eldorado helmet. Couldnt afford Bell which were the leading ff helmets then.
I had a crash into the back of a table top truck. Apart from breaking my arm and leg i went face first into something solid and broke my jaw and facial bones under my right eye.
The chin piece of the helmet had split from the impact. My surgeon told me point blank that the ff helmet had saved my life by absorbing and distributing the impact until it gave way. There were also stress marks in the fiberglass where the force had been absorbed from front to half towards the back of the helmet. He said i would have died from more severe head injuries otherwise.
Have you had any disagree with you on this topic? Would love to hear their argument..saw a video of two police officers ridding together one with a full face helmet the other with the bowl. Hell of a mess on the one without the full face helmet
I understand the reasons motocops wearing a 3/4 helmet, but not 1/2
@@MotoJitsu the clip I saw the cops were two buddies out have a leisure ride on the weekend (off duty) I cringe here in the UK I see so many videos from America with bikers speeding with a rubbish helmet and t-shirt and shorts. Very unusual here in the UK, maybe its because of the rubbish weather we have 😁
@@michelod.i.y.5202Yes wether is most likely a contributing factor, but I believe most is cultural. Here in Au we have some stupid hot weather yet outside of the cruiser community most riders are atgatt people.
$150-ish investment was worth it 😅
Can you do it with human body attached? because I drive with my body not only the head
Sure MotoJitsu.com/donate the full body dummy is $6,000
I’m pretty sure most people don’t think wearing one of these half-helmets is about protection. It’s about compliance with the law. Most people who wear one of these, probably wouldn’t wear one at all if they didn’t have to. I started riding in 1963 and until the California law said I had to in 1990 I never wore a helmet. up untill five years ago, I never wore anything but a “novelty“ helmet. I must say, all this time I’ve been very lucky and haven’t ever had much more than a tumble on the street or the dirt. I recently went and bought a nice flip-front full-face Schuberth helmet, and after riding with that, I will probably never go back to the “novelty“helmet. My rationale, for that is, my little novelty helmet was starting to flake foam, and after wearing that full face helmet, all the wind noise I experienced with the straps on the novelty helmet were gone And I’m sure it does make me officially “safer” if I ever do take a spill. I’m 68 years old, and even dumping my dirtbike in the woods takes a little more recovery than it used to. Peace out y’all! Keep the rubber side down, shiny, side up!✌️😎
Damn that was a much higher impulse crash than the half helmet test, and fared much better than the half helmet. Sending to the half helmet Harley riders I know lol
Good call.
Get one that’s ECE 22.06 rated. One of the best testing standards for MC helmets. Much better than DOT and Snell
What's even the point of a half helmet? Not only they offer nearly zero protection, but they also look dorky as hell. Wherever it's for looks or for protection, a full face helmet is just so much better, I don't get why anyone would choose to wear those silly little helmets when they suck in every way possible.
Makes me wonder why Harley riders never ride with full gear - always with shirts, half-face helmets, and ordinary jeans.
wanna look "cool" lol
Granted I’m ugly but the thought of using my face as a brake isn’t very appealing. And those half helmets are most certainly prone for it to happen.
Can't stress how amazing the focus on safety in your channel is!
Thank you Moto Jitsu
Thank you got doing this followup, some good stuff here and a much more realistic accident scenario (in my opinion). Hitting a vertical wall is a "worst case scenario" in most cases AND (thank the gods) it has never happened to me after one of my crashes. What might be more realistic is the performance difference between helmets in a more common accident mode where the rider slides (sometimes on his head and face) along the pavement.
To address this video:
I would like to see the results of a dummy wearing a full face helmet slammed into a tool box exactly as you did with the dummy wearing the half-helmet. I'm sorry, but in my opinion, the two videos are not comparable. I greatly suspect that in each case the results would be fatal, only the full face helmet would make an "Open Casket" funeral (if they still do that anymore) more practical. I would not be --- ah -- Caught Dead -- not wearing my full face helmet, but I have to admit that even a half helmet would save your life in most normal street crashes on city streets and for those Harley, bad boy, Riders, they're way better than NOTHING (which is what they would wear if they legally could).
you get the point right? Don't wear a 1/2 helmet if you care at all about your life.
@@MotoJitsu Thanks for the reply. Yes, I get the point. From my previous post, I don't see how anyone could possibly assume otherwise. I ride with a full face helmet and I would feed naked and vulnerable without one on. I don't even like those helmets where the front lifts up. Having said that, I was not commenting on whether I care about my life or not, but on the details of your interesting experiments and the fact that, for those who MUST wear a half-helmet (for that "bad boy" image that is so important to them), SOMETHING is better than nothing. As a retired test engineer, I am perhaps too detailed oriented when it comes to experimenting and proving a point.
this video was an eye opener, you want comparable? how about a tree, or guardrail? how about another vehicle coming at you at 45 mph, so the impact would be 90 mph. This demonstration was an eye opener. with a full face, instead of half helmet, i believe your eyes will still be in your head. Full face, full time.
Thanks a lot for your educational videos. Thanks again
And this is an even tougher test than the half helmet, because the helmet hit the toolbox which moved. This wall as going nowhere. Nice video!
Thank you for this!
Come on you got to be kidding me these guys riding these $70,000 Harley's with the $1 SOUP BOWL wont work.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY !
There are'nt many doctors who can do that, but with that half face helmet, funeral home is the place to go.
Really great Video. Had this or a very similar helmet from LS and got into a crash last september. My helmet wasn't as damaged as yours, but i am still alife with just a broken leg.
I love how the first test was like watching a chef angrily deconstruct a dish they don’t find satisfactory…
- “So let’s get rid of this stupid garnish”
- “There’s part of the prawn shell”
- “Yup, absolutely jacked up”
- “Oh, look it!” *uses hands to upend whole dish*
- “Just stop cooking” 😂
I crashed my motorcycle at 150 km/h., 90 mph. I don't remember a thing until I was lying on the highway looking up at the sky.
My full-face helmet was scratched & gouged from the chin around to the back of the helmet.
The cop at the emergency room told me, that after I hit the car, which I don't remember, I flew through the air, which I don't remember, tumbled on the highway like a rag doll, and slid for over 100 meters, 120 yards, down the highway, which I don't remember.
That full-face helmet and the gouges out of the chin area proved beyond a doubt my chin would have been shattered if I wasn't wearing it.
BTW- I also wore a full leather body suit and a weight belt on my lower back and other than severe bruising and contusions from friction along any contact points from skidding or tumbling on the pavement, I walked away from it.
I was one lucky SOB!
As a U.K.biker for 60years,when I first started to ride people would poke fun,if you wore a helmet,flat caps,were all the rage! You would see girls on the pillion wearing silk scarves!especialy on scooters, I personally,don't like full face,but I do agree,some half helmets do look very skimpy, But at 75,I ain't gonna bounce to good anyway,All the metal bits I've had fitted are on the inside,!
#FullFaceCrew
It was a way nastier impact then with the open face 😮.It would give you a chance,at least 🤞...
It's not even a contest.
(The brain floats in our skull,so there would still be impact against the skull itself though...
Personal opinion-if my skull does something like that, I am dead😢.But maybe if the paramedics get there fast enough, they have a head to work on at all🍀🤞).
Hope I never "test" my Shoei 🍀🍀🍀🤞🤞🤞
The ballistic body-parts must be expensive. Amazing how your toolbox took a direct hit and still looks usable. As a Traffic Investigator and Collision Reconstructionist I can say the full face/head helmet is the way to go for anyone operating/riding a motorcycle, snowmobile, ATV etc. Yet I've never seen a motorcycle traffic fatality where the operator was driving 50mph/80kmh at the time of the collision. Albeit, speed does not cause the actual collision, coupled with driver error speed increases the severity of the crash. Those ballistic body parts look like quite a business.
I don’t ride motorcycles I, ride electric bikes. And even my class 3 goes up to 28 miles an hour, but easily 40 down a hill (plus has an off road mode that can do 40 on its own). Been wearing a 3/4 helmet is supposed to be Dutch certified for class 3 wear.
I recently bought a full face Scorpion Exo ST1400. It arrived the other day, but gosh, it is so much larger.
I was thinking gosh I’m not gonna go over 40 on any of my bikes anyways do I really need the full helmet? Your video app app proved otherwise thank you
Makes you wonder how these little half-helmets pass any safety testing. This is the ultimate test, but even with bugs, debris flying off the roadway, wind, and rain at speed, why would anyone wear anything but a full-face helmet?
Always used full face, never entertained anything but. I wouldn't even be comfortable with the "full face" flip up.
I wear a full face, I do like the quarter for the wind. But I never felt quite at ease with it as I do with the full face. I’m also getting ready to buy the rider jeans with the airbag system and the jackets.
1 very slow spill (oil in the road) like 10 mph and I broke a 7 ribs on my left side. Never again! Trust me that will never happen again. (Knock on wood)
Very impressive protection from that cheap full face helmet. Easy $4500 discount at the hospital, assuming you survive. It seems like the distribution of the blow from the half helmet put much more pressure on the skull, or it just broke when the jaw was bludgeoned off. That half helmet video was against a loose box instead of a concrete wall like this video. The full face would have laughed at that "rigid" tool box.
Many years ago I was in a biker bar in Daytona named the Log Cabin (I think it was). Anyway, there was a picture on the wall of a guy that completely lost his jaw in a motorcycle accident. I said to the lady behind the bar, he wasn't wearing a full face helmet, was he? She said no and stated that "the doctor said it would have been worse had he been wearing a full face helmet". Of course I knew that was bullshit. I never rode a motorcycle, dirt or street without a full face helmet on. Thankfully, those FF helmets saved me a number of times. People have free choice and I respect that. But I find far more reason to wear proper safety gear, than to be 'cool'. Heck, I even have a full face bicycle helmet on, when riding my bike for exercise.