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View Poll Results: Helmets please...What type of helmet do you sport???
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Half shell
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3/4 shell
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Full Face
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Modular
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Helmet??? what helmet???
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5th May 2023
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: North cental Ohio
Posts: 2,688 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2009 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL1200L Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2009
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I've been using a G-MAX model OF77 for a couple years. It's a 3/4 with an internal, flip down sun shield & an outer, clear, flip up full face shield. It also has an optional chin bar that makes it into a full face. Very light weight, comfortable for me, but noisy. Got to use good ear plugs. Which I do anyway, whether I'm wearing a helmet or not. $120.
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I didn't buy a Sportster 'cause I wanted a Harley... I got a Harley 'cause I wanted a SPORTSTER!!!
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5th May 2023
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Biker
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Join Date: Mar 2023
Posts: 47 Sportster/Buell Model: xl1200c Sportster/Buell Year: 2003
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I wear a Shoei RF-SR with a spectra blue visor. Full face. It's comfortable as all get-out.
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13th May 2023
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Youngstown Ohio
Posts: 72 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH 1200 Sportster/Buell Year: 1993 Other Motorcycle Model: BMW R 1150 Roadster Other Motorcycle Year: 2003
Reputation: 111
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buy the best that u can afford
shoei/arai top line
arai dos not offer flip front but their helmets exceed all standards
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13th May 2023
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XL FORUM LIFE MEMBER
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: In a swamp/Michigan
Posts: 16,997 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1460C Sportster/Buell Year: 2000 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL1200R Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2006 Other Motorcycle Model: XL1200R Other Motorcycle Year: 2004
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Like “wardie” said, get the very best you can afford, you’re worth it. I went to my first full face, a Shoei 900, about 18 years ago. It had been 3/4 helmets before that. Currently I’m in a RF1200 with a “Transitions” shield. The very best that I’ve ever worn. Expensive, yes, but damn it I’m worth it!
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22nd May 2023
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Biker
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Join Date: May 2023
Posts: 33 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200V Seventy Two Sportster/Buell Year: 2014 Other Motorcycle Model: n/a
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If it's cold or I have to ride on the interstate for any distance I wear a Bell open face helmet with a face shield. (Those cheap flat snap-ons.) I have to admit that I ride without one in the heat of the year, back road putting, easy cruising. I gave up full time helmet wearing when the state legalized rider's choice.
The hat does make fast freeway riding a lot more comfortable. If I was going out to strafe corners I would wear it.
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30th May 2023
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 108 Sportster/Buell Model: Cyclone M2 Sportster/Buell Year: 1999 Other Motorcycle Model: Suzuki SV650 Other Motorcycle Year: 01
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Shoei on the road and a Simpson on the track
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