Welcome Kymco Owners!
Just curious ...what kind of helmet or lid kymco bikers usually wear?
You'll never find me in anything but a SNELL rated full face, why you ask? Because I enjoy not being a vegetable.
Full face helmets are not always the safest. Matter of fact in some cases a full face can be a hazard.Broad statements are not always accurate.Be Big,AMAC
Example?
Sure.Any kind on injury or say a cervical fusion that restricts full neck motion. The narrow feild of vision on most full face hats creates blind spots. A 3/4 allows far more peripheral vision. Certain eye conditions can cause the same issues. Therefore day to day the lack of view from a full face could create accident seneriosI see this a lot in the blown up kids I work with coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. They still ride but many cant twist the neck as far as they used too. I have the same problem.As far as becoming a vegetable. Full face helmets will provide far more face/chin protection but most injuries that would cause you to become a quad would be a brain stem or rear blow. In those cases full or 3/4 offer the same protections.Theres always two side to the coin.Be Big,AMAC
I hear you, still on the boat of more coverage more protection. I was being dramatic with the vegetable statement. Personally I never have felt like full face helmets hinder peripheral vision, I'm sure there are some out there that do, and this is something I look for in Full face helmets, good visor spread. I also don't like the idea of bashing my face/chin teeth on my headset or a cars hood in the case of a crash.