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Title: Opinions on this helmet... Post by stewmills on 02/07/16 at 07:49:22 I am in need of a new half helmet. I currently have the HCI105 polo that I really like, but in shopping online I came across the Daytona Hawk and wondered if anyone has experience with this brand. The Daytona Hawk looks a little more slimline and stylish and I am thinking I may give it a shot. What I have now: http://www.jafrum.com/shop-by-brand/hci-helmets/105matt What I am looking at: http://www.daytonahelmets.com/page_1508_84/d.o.t.-hawk-dull-black |
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Title: Re: Opinions on this helmet... Post by Paladin. on 02/07/16 at 20:30:24 I have the skull cap helmet: http://www.daytonahelmets.com/page_4297_69/d.o.t.-daytona-skull-cap-wo-visor-hi-gloss-b-p4297 I like it 'cause it is smallest and lightest. |
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Title: Re: Opinions on this helmet... Post by Serowbot on 02/07/16 at 21:28:45 66% of head impact is in the face and jaw... Wearing a half helmet is like, wearing a cup on yer' butt... ;D... That said,... it's your butt... I don't think brand, or model, or ratings, matter with half helmets... Just buy a pretty one... :-? |
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Title: Re: Opinions on this helmet... Post by verslagen1 on 02/07/16 at 21:48:23 visors will catch air. The only way to change that visor is with a saw. |
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Title: Re: Opinions on this helmet... Post by jcstokes on 02/08/16 at 01:28:59 Serowbot is probably right, and badass or cool can be consigned to where the sun don't shine, despite the light weight. |
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Title: Re: Opinions on this helmet... Post by Dave on 02/08/16 at 03:34:22 My limited buying experience with helmets.....tells me never buy one over the internet (unless you know it fits). Try one on at a store before you buy it over the internet. I was convinced the Shoei Air GT was the helmet I wanted - but it was expensive. When the local store was having a sale on helmets, I went to buy the Air GT.....and it just didn't fit my head comfortably. I guess it fits round heads, and my head is more oval. I ended up buying a Scorpion EXO 500 at half the price...the only downside is that the outer shell is pretty large and makes me look like I have a huge head! Maybe it isn't nearly as critical for a half helmet - but head shape and size is a big factor when buying a helmet, and it is impossible to check fit and comfort when buying online. |
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Title: Re: Opinions on this helmet... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 02/08/16 at 03:49:58 4E584F524A5F52493D0 wrote:
I've totalled three bikes. First time, a full size helmet woulda killed me or left me a quardaplegic, because I landed on my right shoulder and my head got layed over on the left shoulder. Cracked three vertebrae that I didn't even know about until the MRI after I smashed the last one. A half helmet might have helped in that spot. The second one was no helmet, and I didn't even hit my head. But the hematoma from breaking the handlebars with the spot where the gut/thigh meet hospitalized me a few days. Doc said that the bruise was bad enough to possibly cut off blood to my leg and I would lose it. So, I did what he said. Third one, HJC flip face,passing a pickup, he decides to turn left. I slid down the side of the bed, shoulder on the side, Gforces had my head on the top of the bedside. Face first into the cab corner. Impact folded the jaw protection in, split my lip two stitches worth. Mita been four, and the strap Throat Punched me so hard that swallowing was still an effort three weeks later. Yes, I walked away from all of them. I walked about a mile to a friends house after I broke the handlebars. The pain, unsubsiding, bruise growing, after a few hours, called my doctor, told him to meet me at the ER. He'd seen me since I was thirteen, so he knew that I was hurt, or would not be calling him at home. Last one I waited about four hours, helped load the bike on a trailer.. but the headache that came later scared me, so, ER, here I come. So, what helmet? Even though I know an Ear covering length helmet woulda killed me, it's still all im comfortable wearing, and it's Gotta be a flip face. I wear glasses. I use the wrap around plastic ones that they give to those who have had their eyes dilated. Drop in behind the glasses. Looks dorky, works great. Some protection is better than none, but, as Rowboat points out, statistics sho the majority of the time, it's the face. A plastic bug deflector snapped to the brow is better than nothing , I guess. I started off with goggles. A few June bugs later, I got a helmet and the plastic shield. The guy in Houston, where I got the Guzzi wised me up. The HJC saved me from, at minimum, complete, emergency reconstructive surgery and dental work that would have bankrupted us. Helmets CAN be deadly. Helmets CAN be the difference between a walk away and a funeral. My windshield has been cracked on my car. Imagine going down the road and getting a 1/4 ounce pebble tossed up and maybe going twenty, and you're going seventy. Like Popeye says Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer chances. |
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Title: Re: Opinions on this helmet... Post by Art Webb on 02/08/16 at 07:20:41 4F5C4B4A55585E5C5708390 wrote:
A helmet catches air, period I've ridden in helmets with snap on peaks, with and without faceshields, and took the peak off one to see how much difference it made Not a noticeable one, at least not at legal speeds I haven't ridden in one with a non removeable peak, but I'd be surprised if there's much diference |
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Title: Re: Opinions on this helmet... Post by Serowbot on 02/08/16 at 07:22:12 If I had Dave's cool bike,.. I'd be tempted to wear one like this... http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTMxWDcxMw==/z/HxQAAOSwLVZVmCJO/$_1.JPG ... but, like I said... ratings or quality don't matter with a half helmet... http://gilbeck.net/crash/gear03.jpg |
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Title: Re: Opinions on this helmet... Post by Dave on 02/08/16 at 07:37:33 3325322F37222F34400 wrote:
I am working on it.....I just don't have the right jacket, or a white scarf for my face. http://i67.tinypic.com/2dab03a.jpg I would still use a full face helmet for daily riding - and proper Cafe' garb only for special events that don't involve much actual riding. |
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Title: Re: Opinions on this helmet... Post by Art Webb on 02/08/16 at 08:27:55 I for sure prefer a full face I do miss the peak though, nothing works as well fro riding into the sunset |
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