This is why I wear a face shield

[lilbilly]

I just started wearing a full face helmet. Before I only wore safety work glasses. I don't know why I waited so long - I love it. All the crap that used to pelt me in the face now just tinks right off the windsheild. Not only that, if I get caught in a little rain it doesn't feel like pins and needles poking my face to death.

 

[mistertoadie]

I took a sparrow to the chest once too. Thought someone threw something at me from the woods. Went back and found the poor little fella on the side of the road. Hurt like heck. Took a yellow jacket to the throat two days ago. Going slow enough that it didn't hurt, 'till the bastard stung me. Once I stuck my foot out in a construction zone to kick over an orange cone and it nearly tore me off the bike and felt like I ripped my taint and broke my ankle. Served me right.

Oh, I also wear prescription sunglasses with a clear shield, but I've noticed on some helmets, like the crappy HJC I just bought, the polarization of the sunglasses makes the shield very hard to look through sometimes. Lotsa colorful almost psychedelic kaleidescope (sp?) swirly effects. usually I leave the shield up anyhow. I prefer my old beat up shoei to the new HJC.

 

[Zook1100]

Hail HURTS. Even going ATGATT - you can feel it through your gear, especially if you're doing about 50mph when it starts. I can handle some rain, but when it started hailing one particular ride I got under cover the first place I could find - which, conveniently, was a frozen custard place. I had a tasty dessert while I drowned in my misery. I was soon joined by a few other bikers with the same idea. :lol:

 

[Counter]

Back in the years (when I had my old Honda 750) I was doing about 60 mph or so on a back road near Louisville. I was minding my own business when some big hardshelled bug popped me in the middle of my forehead. Thankfully I was wearing a helmet. It hit so hard that a tiny mark was left on the helmet. I have never ridden without a helmet since.

 

[tkent02]

Hail HURTS. Even going ATGATT - you can feel it through your gear, especially if you're doing about 50mph when it starts.

Why, oh why pray tell do you suppose the first hailstone always lands on a nad?

 

[kerrfunk]

Why, oh why pray tell do you suppose the first hailstone always lands on a nad?

:-& That makes me wonder... do people often get "racked" in motorcycle mishaps, or does the [busted head / knee / bike] take enough priority that that little inconvenience isn't noticed?

 

[tkent02]

:-& That makes me wonder... do people often get "racked" in motorcycle mishaps, or does the [busted head / knee / bike] take enough priority that that little inconvenience isn't noticed?

I've never been racked except for those fvcking hailstones.
And once by a big ass bird, but that's another story.
I think they automatically retract when in danger.

 

[sachsaca]

Mistertoadie, Not a complaint here but I just payed attention to your signature, I am now blind cause I GOUGED MY EYES OUT, that ain't right that just ain't right... I've seen that pic around.

 

[DMorris]

:-& That makes me wonder... do people often get "racked" in motorcycle mishaps, or does the [busted head / knee / bike] take enough priority that that little inconvenience isn't noticed?

I have only crashed hard once and when I came to, I couldn't feel much of anything for a while.

I did slide off the road into a ditch on the backside of Mt. Hamilton in Calif.. I had over cooked it coming up a raise and when I could see over the other side of the raise, the road turned HARD left NOW!!! I grabbed a handfull of brake and as I slid into the ditch, I put my feet out to ward off the dirt wall on the far side of the ditch. the bike didn't go over but I thought I had split myself in two from crotch to gullet. I tottered on home and packed the boys in ice! Didn't walk right for days!

 

[jimfj]

I was riding a nice set of twisties over the weekend, beautiful Sunday morning and the 850 was purring. I threw her into a corner and was just about to bring her back up and take the line into the other when I see the dreaded Guinea Hen sitting in the middle of the ****ing road. Was not going to move at all. So.....

It tasted like chicken.

The bird story was real, I just missed it, but I was glad I had my protection on.

 

[earlfor]

I dodged another deer last night, but I doubt having my full face and gear would have helped a great deal if I had not zigged when the deer zagged

Earl

 

[schspeedster]

Beer

Beer

Riding home after work to have a beer, almost home and get my beer served in a most unbartenderly manner by some punk walking down the sidewalk right at my head while doing the 25 limit with traffic.

With 3 weeks riding experience, front brake pads starting to squeal, and downhill to intersection & metal strip connecting bridge to road, couldnt stop quick enough to confront. Others unknown youth hanging out on the parking lot tactical high ground banked over sidewalk not sure if they were his buddies had to approach with caution. Adrenaline took me & bike round block faster than ever but they gone ;( wanted to make him eat the beer can wrapped round the curb.

HJC CL15 Full helmet with face shield = waste of a 16oz Busch can had to rinse out that nasty cheap beer smell along with Joe Rocket Phoenix mesh. No effect on controlling the bike other than than extreme adrenaline anger. Riding helmetless impact wouldve hurt and beer in eyes make impossible to see.

Things fall (or get deliberately dropped) off bridges like ice chunks these kill cagers through the windshield. What happens when society continues to devolve to someone throwing acid at motorists? Or driving behind a truck with a leaking cargo of unknown chemicals into the wind 4 feet off the ground.

"The ability to avoid an accident, or survive one. Its what makes a Helmet with full face shield... a Helmet with full face shield..."

 

[kudagra]

I was riding a nice set of twisties over the weekend, beautiful Sunday morning and the 850 was purring. I threw her into a corner and was just about to bring her back up and take the line into the other when I see the dreaded Guinea Hen sitting in the middle of the ****ing road. Was not going to move at all. So.....

It tasted like chicken.

The bird story was real, I just missed it, but I was glad I had my protection on.

I aim for those bastards when Im in my work truck.

 

[uudfourty]

Got pooped on following a cattle truck once.

Nothing major.

Just grass and water.

 

[uudfourty]

Riding home after work to have a beer, almost home and get my beer served in a most unbartenderly manner by some punk walking down the sidewalk right at my head while doing the 25 limit with traffic.

Alcohol abuse.

What a cheesedick. Is the golden rule really that hard to understand?

 

[tkent02]

Got pooped on following a cattle truck once.

Nothing major.

Just grass and water.

Riding in a hotel shuttle van once, dipsh:t driving it was tailgating a cattle truck the whole way.
Covered the van completely.
Hilarious.

Don't think I'd want to do that on a bike, but if I did a full face helmet would seem to be a good idea.