What Kind Of Helmet Do You Wear While On The Fury. The Reason I Asked Is Because Its A Chopper Bike And Not All Helmets Fit The Style Of The Bike. Feel Free To Post Pictures.
This is just my opinion but it's probably smart to ware a dot approved helmet any time you ride whether it's a full, 3/4 or 1/2. I unfortunately don't always do the smart thing, I ware a full helmit when riding on the highway because I like to have a shield to protect me from bugs and wind but when riding on a lot of rural and back roads we have up here in Northern Michigan I enjoy using just a half helmit. I have been known not to wear a helmit at all for those short little rides in the summer. Not a smart idea but feels and looks cool! I could regret it someday
This is the kind i use.. used to ride around with a non-DOT novelty half-helmet then figured i better be safe rather than sorry and got the DOT-approved model:
I use my regular German Half Helmet. For some reason I like the "Whole Chopper/Bad Ass Look" when I'm on the Fury. From Nov-March, I was wearing my sportsbike helmet as it was cold and I needed a full face. My wife said I looked like a total ass with it on a chopper. On a side not, I rode this weekend with my Half Helmet and some ear buds and enjoyed the music. I think I will get the Bell Rouge or Bilt Titan to go with the speakers as this will buffer some of the noise.
I bought the bell rogue and really wanted to like it, but it just wasn't for me. I prefer to have a full face for the freeway, so I got the Shark Evoline 3 and can go back and forth from full face to 3/4 easily while riding.
Here's the one I use mostly on the Fury. It's a NEXX from Portugal. Quite comfortable. Always use earplugs to reduce windnoise.
Full face is a Simpson Bandit.
I made the transition to half face from full face and I am trying to adapt , I have purchased three pair of googles and air seems to creep into my eyes ,which I find annoying, so I am thinking of going back to full face , and \if I do I will go with the shark raw that helmet is sweet,
90% full face for safety reasons, but if real nice and only travelling local 1/2 helmet > how ever on hospital reality tv other night showed a biker who had all his face smashed in, and my first thought was how could he look so bad ? then it showed his bike helmet.
yep it was a 1/2 helmet :3ek:
I wear a full face OGK Aeroblade II in Australia and a full face HJC CL-15 in the USA.
The helmet laws in Oz do not allow a helmet with only DOT certification to be used, the helmet has to have Australian Standard certification and the helmet laws in the USA (at least the states I have been to) do not allow a helmet with only Australian certification (AS1698) to be used. So I have two helmets. The joke is that both helmets meet both AS1698 and DOT standards but they do not have both approvals displayed. Without that sticker you'll never convince a cop that your helmet really is legal.
LOL A lot of us who don't like to wear helmets will wear those novelty helmets when we travel to other states that have helmet laws. Not as uncomfortable as a real helmet. Nothing on those that says DOT, but the cops just see something on our heads and leave us alone. In fact, there is a tag sewn inside the helmet that says NOT DOT APPROVED. I cut that out of mine just in case. LOL
No one's ever accused me of being the sharpest tack in the box :wink: so quite often I don't wear one, mainly on the back roads etc and so forth.
If I get on the highway, city or new, I'll do it.
Here's a pic.
It doesn't "fit" the bike but its comfortable and hi-viz.
Bell Rogue. Just got it a couple of weeks ago. I tested it out without the windshield and ran down the highway at 80mph into the wind with no lifting. Me likes!
Got it for warmer temperature riding. Full face in the Winter.
Can't wait to wear the Rogue while riding my Goldwing. That should get some looks!
That's a wild looking helmet. My son recently bought one that looks like some weird fighter pilot helmet and then he bought some little round blue tooth speakers and stuck on each side which made it look like some kinda' gas mask. Wish I had a picture.
I wear a full face helmet, leather jacket with armor or a mesh armored jacket, depending on the temp. I don't care what people think I should look like riding a fury. I want as much protection as I can have when riding the same streets as the dipshits who can't stay of there damn phone while driving.
I don't care what people think I should look like riding a fury. I want as much protection as I can have when riding the same streets as the dipshits who can't stay of there damn phone while driving.
Don't even get me fucking started......... I'm all for the government staying out of my business and letting me make the choice of seatbelt or helmet, but this cell phone shit pisses me off to no end. I believe all vehicles should be manufactured to either block cell phone signal, or not run if there is an active cell phone in the vehicle. I'm sure either one would be easy enough to do.
When I'm flying down the interstate at 80 MPH or better and I see some fuck nut passing me with his head down while texting......rage ensues and my better judgment leaves me and I really would take pleasure in shooting at the motherfucker with intent to splatter brain matter all over his interior.
Well had a bit of a head-scratcher this week. I dropped my helmet, waist high, and it landed right on the top of it. Can't even see a mark unless you KNOW I dropped it and where to look. But now the inside visor isn't working. I can pull it down by hand, and the lever brings it down about a third. Great. Just bought it not even a month ago.
Called Revzilla, and they asked if it fit alright, I said yes, and they then said I was on my own then. Gave me the number for Scorpion, who was great with me, mailed out a part without even asking what happened (though I'm a little disturbed that they were so quick with wanting to help). Helmet is a T1200.
I'll still shop at Revzilla, but what sayeth the forum?
I wear a half-helmet for local travel -- Akoury Helmets - Home
Check out the AK-88. Inexpensive, no mushroom head, it has a quick-connect chin strap. They run large... I wear a medium and an XL in other brands.
For freeway travel I have a Bilt modular full face helmet.
I couldnt help myself when I got my Fury a few weeks ago. I went out and bought one of the new retro helmets. Kinda a cross between SuperDave Osbourne and Evel Kenevil. Here it is called the Bell Bullitt:
Super safe with ECE and DOT rating on it and very comfortable. Its a preference thing and I wanted a full lid.