sarge
01-18-2004, 05:03 PM
While watching and contemplating my navel, the Colts being manhandled :( I was searching the web for a new helmet, chrome, modifying the Valk and ???. Oh, decisions, decisions, decisions. Do I go topless :D half, three-quarter or full face? I have both the 1/2 and full face and usually wear the full face on long trips, inclement weather and the 1/2 for hot weather. So came across some info about helmets I'll share with my friends :shock:
http://home.att.net/~jeff.dean/swisher.htm
http://home.att.net/~jeff.dean/swisherhelmet1.jpg
Ask 1.1-million-mile BMW rider Dave Swisher, of Bowling Green, Virginia. That's his helmet after he suffered a crash in West Virginia. Dave came out of it just fine—thanks to his full-face helmet. No facial reconstruction was needed. In fact, because Dave was wearing full gear, he was able to ride home!
What would have happened had he been wearing a three-quarter helmet or, worse yet, a “shorty?”
http://home.att.net/~jeff.dean/helmet-impact.jpg
The diagrams above show the impact areas on crash-involved motorcycle helmets. (Source: Dietmar Otte, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Abteilung Verkehrsunfallforschung, Germany.) Note that 35% of all crashes showed major impact on the chin-bar area. This means that if you ride with an open-face helmet, you are accepting only 65% of the protection that could be available to your head.
If you ride with a shorty or half helmet, you are accepting only 39% of the protection you could obtain. You are literally throwing away 61% of the protection you would have had had you chosen a full-face helmet.
And, of course, if you ride wearing a “novelty” helmet or no helmet at all then you have none of the protection you could have chosen.
http://home.att.net/~jeff.dean/wearhelmet.gif
So, I'll continue to wear my shorty with a mix of the full face, but to each his own. All Ride Safe
http://home.att.net/~jeff.dean/swisher.htm
http://home.att.net/~jeff.dean/swisherhelmet1.jpg
Ask 1.1-million-mile BMW rider Dave Swisher, of Bowling Green, Virginia. That's his helmet after he suffered a crash in West Virginia. Dave came out of it just fine—thanks to his full-face helmet. No facial reconstruction was needed. In fact, because Dave was wearing full gear, he was able to ride home!
What would have happened had he been wearing a three-quarter helmet or, worse yet, a “shorty?”
http://home.att.net/~jeff.dean/helmet-impact.jpg
The diagrams above show the impact areas on crash-involved motorcycle helmets. (Source: Dietmar Otte, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Abteilung Verkehrsunfallforschung, Germany.) Note that 35% of all crashes showed major impact on the chin-bar area. This means that if you ride with an open-face helmet, you are accepting only 65% of the protection that could be available to your head.
If you ride with a shorty or half helmet, you are accepting only 39% of the protection you could obtain. You are literally throwing away 61% of the protection you would have had had you chosen a full-face helmet.
And, of course, if you ride wearing a “novelty” helmet or no helmet at all then you have none of the protection you could have chosen.
http://home.att.net/~jeff.dean/wearhelmet.gif
So, I'll continue to wear my shorty with a mix of the full face, but to each his own. All Ride Safe