Big Bear wrote:
Here's the exact one I wear. Small , but DOT approved. I really like it. BBhelmet

Weir, Big Bear and I actually agree on something....lol. I have the exact same helmet, I wear it and the airfoil goggles with em, I have ridden across the country with em. Feel good, don't swelter in them.
Now in the winter I have a full face,
I switch back and forth between a 3/4 with a tinted visor and the full face in winter with a balaclava so I get the full range of weather.
I will not ride in the snow, that's the only time I won't ride.

Howie

IMTopGun1 wrote:
I'm pleading the 5th on this one.

But, being a Union Carpenter, I have a drill you can borrow if it'll help ventilate your helmet.
Can ya do it while I'm wearin' it? I'm in kind of a hurry IMTopGun1.

hotelfox wrote:
......Big Bear and I actually agree on something.....Howie


Well , you knew it was bound to happen sometime........ BB

Because it's the law where I reside to wear a helmet, 90% of the time I wear a Smokey Novelty helmet completely engulfed by stickers (including a blk w/wht lettered DOT sticker) - I actually have about 4 of these (stickered, plain, leather covered and w/actual Eagle wings - the exact same ones worn on the field by my football team). I have the Maltese Cross DOT 1/2 helmet with state required 1 X 3" reflective tape on the sides and back for the other 10% and for state inspection purposes every other year (just like the removable baffles in my exhaust). Then there's the shielded 3/4 with the Eagle wings strictly for dead of winter riding (w/o the snow of course). My better half wears the DOT Rose helmet from LeatherUP.com. (The one w/ the unprintable words on the back.)(none w/visors of course)

Here's some sample pics:


And for BigBear: Thanx for the info on your helmet. There's a club out on Long Island that wears that type of helmet ... just that they wear it backwards!

Dang, didn't know they had MC's out their in the Hamptons.. Guess that explains why they where them backwards..

I used to live in phoenix and rode my bike to and from work daily down the 10. i'd suggest full face DOT helmet to block the heat. i rode in shorts, pants, jacket, short sleeves, helmet, no helmet, and honestly the more you wear the cooler you are UNLESS you are stopped in traffic. my legs paid a price when i wore shorts due to the heat reflection off the asphalt.

buy a cheapo helmet ~100 (KBC, THH) full face and try it out. if you dont like it, sell it on craigslist for close to what you paid. the benefit of a full face helmet is also a great bug deflector.

by the way, i think the DOT helmets are cooler than the novelty helmets due to the added insulation.

I wear a Skid Lid and love it here in Fl. It does get hot down here and there is no helmet law but at least wear some sort of brain bucket....that road is hard!!!!

I've found wearing a doo rag under my helmet keeps me much cooler.
The doo rag also keeps the liner from getting so wet with sweat.

I wear a THH shorty helmet with this http://www.headsweats.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=53&idproduct=95 underneath. The helmet has two small holes in the front but they don't really vent all that well. The liner soaks up the sweat and I think help keep my head a little cooler.

BT