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There are advantages and disadvantages in the many types of motorcycle helmets offered on the market these days. These are design for safety while try to feel comfy on your head. Examine which feature if not both are for you in a motorcycle helmet. Lets go over what some of the helmets have to offer.

The full-face helmet is very generally used as protection when riding motorcycles. This helmet envelopes the full face and head. Did you know that above 1/3 of the motorcycle accident the riders have mostly facial injuries? It helps to know that this helmet prevents some of these from happening in the first place. Comfort is not at the top of the list of features for this helmet though. The big beef with this helmet is how weighty and not very comfortable to wear it is. A few riders have said that they believe they have helped their necks be hurt because of then weight. No clinical proof available for backing this up though.

A helmet called a half helmet is available bit is the least safe of the helmets okayed in the USA. A bit like the open face helmet design the half helmet is round and protects more the top of the head. Offers poor protection to the lower head area and neck. Virtually no facial protection at all which is not very safe conscious. The other negative to this helmet is that it moves on the head due to its shape.

As with the full-face motorcycle helmets the open face helmets truly do protect the head but unlike the full-face ones the open face ones do not protect the face and chin. The rider who may prefer to have this wider range of vision will find this helmet fits the bill but they do sacrifices greatly on safety for their face. Some models do have the mounts for an individual to add a visor. Motorcyclists do seem to enjoy using this particular style of helmet.

Another variety of helmet is the flip up helmet. This is the flip up helmet. This one includes the safety of the full-face helmet which both go over the head, chin, and face. You can though lift up the guard for the chin and face. This frees up the facial area when need be without taking the helmet off the head.

Now we come to the helmets for motocross, which are very similar to the full-face helmets. The motocross helmet has a wider chin area and the visor is wider. Also the visor is designed in a special way so that the rider can wear goggle replacing a regular visor. The reason that the chin guard is wider is to better protect the chin area because motorcross rides really whack their faces in all the falls they take.

Now for the illegal use of motorcycle helmets there is the beanie helmet, which is mainly for show. They are lightweight and only cover the top of the head. They in no way meet the standards of the DOT or Snell for safety. The riders that want to fool the law into thinking that they are conforming to the laws so they are not ticketed usually wear these helmets. No one should be living so dangerously as to not protect themselves like this. These are not sanctioned for use as a safety device.

With such a large assortment of choices one should be able to purchase the perfect helmet for them. If you are having trouble deciding on which of the many motorcycle helmets to get think about where and how you do your motorcycling. Remember that you only have one head and brain so you definitely need to protect it. Ride on through life with safety.

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