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[stevedyer]

Group, Coming off mainly road bikes for the last 25 yrs and about to start down the dual sport trail, I'm wondering what you folks' preferences are for helmets to be used in mixed riding - full face street styles vs off-road + goggles. Might not take a rocket scientist to predict that those who spend more time on the road prefer streetbike helmets and those who mess around offroad may prefer the MX-styles, but are there significant limiting factors for choosing one type of helmet to use for what I would guess will be 60% around town urban commando riding and 40% dirt roads & amateur offroading? Thanks, Steve Dyer Norman, OK Shoei RF-900, no KLR yet but it's coming....

[Mark Sampson]

Arai XD---does it all. So a search and you'll see it just does it all. It's real expensive. Mark Sampson

[Blake Sobiloff]

On Dec 18, 2005, at 6:35 PM, stevedyer wrote:

> I'm wondering what you folks' preferences are for > helmets to be used in mixed riding

Get both with an Arai XD http://www.araiamericas.com/ Product_Tour.html>. -- Blake Sobiloff http://sobiloff.typepad.com/> San Jose, CA (USA)

[Randall Marbach]

I have the RF-900 and I love it for most street riding, but I'll never forget my most strenuous off road session with the KLR on the back roads during last years DVDase. 8 miles into the sandy backroads, I was dripping sweat and the lining of the RF900 was totally drenched. It turns out that the problem with the RF900 is that the linings are not removable... so I had to do the modified bath tub dipping to get it clean. So one lession learned, my next dual sport helmet might be street oriented, but it will have removable liners for cleaning. HTH Randy from Burbank --- stevedyer wrote:

> > Group, > > Coming off mainly road bikes for the last 25 yrs > and about to start down > the dual sport trail, I'm wondering what you folks' > preferences are for > helmets to be used in mixed riding - full face > street styles vs off-road + > goggles. Might not take a rocket scientist to > predict that those who spend > more time on the road prefer streetbike helmets and > those who mess around > offroad may prefer the MX-styles, but are there > significant limiting factors > for choosing one type of helmet to use for what I > would guess will be 60% > around town urban commando riding and 40% dirt roads > & amateur offroading? > > Thanks, > > Steve Dyer > Norman, OK > Shoei RF-900, no KLR yet but it's coming.... > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: >

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[ron criswell]

I wear a full face. The off road helmets are great for off road but are not good on the road. Yah...... the visor will pull your head off (if you don't take it off) and lean your head back too far. Plus I have heard stories of a bee or wasp getting caught between some peoples cheek and goggles. Or a grasshopper hitting me in the nose. Not something I want to deal with at 80 mph. When I ride offroad, I take the visor off and have some dirt goggles I can use with the full face. A good comprimise is the flip up face guard that some helmets have such as the Nolen. I don't really trust them though in a good hard smash. I like my teeth and jaw too much. A friend rides with an Open face so he can smoke and drink his Mooca as he rides. There again, I like my teeth and jaws too much. Criswell

On Sunday, December 18, 2005, at 06:35 PM, stevedyer wrote: > > Group, > > Coming off mainly road bikes for the last 25 yrs and about to start > down > the dual sport trail, I'm wondering what you folks' preferences are for > helmets to be used in mixed riding - full face street styles vs > off-road + > goggles. Might not take a rocket scientist to predict that those who > spend > more time on the road prefer streetbike helmets and those who mess > around > offroad may prefer the MX-styles, but are there significant limiting > factors > for choosing one type of helmet to use for what I would guess will be > 60% > around town urban commando riding and 40% dirt roads & amateur > offroading? > > Thanks, > > Steve Dyer > Norman, OK > Shoei RF-900, no KLR yet but it's coming.... > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >

[John Mann]

What Bigdog said...Arai XD all the way __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[stevedyer@cox.net]

That XD looks great. Does surprise me a bit with it's dual-purpose nature that there aren't buttons on the visor mounting points where you can just push them in and swivel the visor all the way to the back of the helmet for longer distance, high-speed running without the uplift or having to remove it. Or something like that. Steve ------------- What Bigdog said...Arai XD all the way

[E.L. Green]

stevedyer@... wrote:

>That XD looks great. Does surprise me a bit with it's dual-purpose nature that there aren't buttons on the visor mounting points where you can just push them in and swivel the visor all the way to the back of the helmet for longer distance, high-speed running without the uplift or having to remove it. Or something like that. > >

One thing I would suggest is that you *try it on*. Helmets must fit like gloves, else they don't protect your head. And a helmet which causes pain by, e.g., pressing down on your forehead, is a helmet that will make a trip misery instead of pleasure. Whatever you do, don't buy a helmet just because someone out here on the Internets told you that it's a good helmet. It might indeed be a good helmet -- for them. But if it doesn't fit *your* head, then it's the worst helmet in the world. -E

[Bogdan Swider]

> > Arai XD---does it all. > > So a search and you'll see it just does it all. It's real expensive. >

I'll say it again: The Electro 4 in 1 from J C Whitney also does it all for only $99.95. Works for me and - heh, heh - according to MCN and Motorcyclist is a safer lid than the Arai because it only adapts to the DOT standard not the Snell. Bogdan

[ron criswell]

There you go Bogdan. Next thing you will say is shaft drive bikes can wheelie, Jennifer is alive and doing well in Kazakhstan and pop corn oil is good for bikes but lousy for your heart. Criswell

On Monday, December 19, 2005, at 09:26 AM, Bogdan Swider wrote: > > > > >> >> Arai XD---does it all. >> >> So a search and you'll see it just does it all. It's real expensive. >> > I'll say it again: The Electro 4 in 1 from J C Whitney also does it > all for > only $99.95. Works for me and - heh, heh - according to MCN and > Motorcyclist > is a safer lid than the Arai because it only adapts to the DOT > standard not > the Snell. > > Bogdan > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >