The Shocking Reason You Should Always Avoid Half Helmets!

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[geneclarke]

From the Harley-Davidson web site: "One of the most important types of motorcycle gear to wear while spending time on the open road is a helmet. Harley-Davidson's motorcycle half helmets are constructed to offer the protection riders need in different types of settings and can contribute to any type of motorcycle look." I guess for Harley the "look" is more important than the riders brains.

[perkmoto]

Great idea! Now show what a full face helmet will do with the other dummy head. Hopefully, it is fully protected and you can use it again.

[CRoc]

As a new rider, I was thinking about adding a half helmet to my collection but after seeing this...I WILL NEVER RIDE WITH A HALF HELMET!! Thanks for this valuable lesson 😬😱🤯

[BattleChemist]

The reason I always wear a full face helmet is I shudder at the thought of landing chin first at speed and having my lower jaw literally torn off my face.

[maxwellstevens]

Scary thing to me is less the potential for fatal injury, more the kind of injuries you might survive with this.

[lumarious]

From what I understand, DOT basically means nothing... It's essentially the honor system. The manufacturer claims that the helmet meets the standards, but there is no enforcement of testing, whereas Snell and ECE helmets actually have to be tested, and pass, to be certified. If anyone knows better, please correct me.

Side note, I had a large bird hit me in the face at 70MPH. Was very glad to have a full face helmet on that ride :P

[pnmarquet]

Moral of the story - Dot half helmet can survive a crash... its just your head that won't

[JuanRodriguez-cnek]

basic physics: p=mv (momentum = mass multiplied by velocity). In a real-life scenario, the thing attached to your head (rest of the body) would be factored in as part of the mass, thereby drastically increasing momentum (and damage). Assuming you hit headfirst, the impact would be way WAY worse IRL... regardless, it’s insane how badly busted it got with just the weight of the head behind it. And could you imaging if it had hit a comparably heavier item (with less give), say idk, a truck bed (or worse)?! If this doesn’t underscore the importance of practising and improving your riding skill & wearing quality gear, I doubt anything else would. Stay safe y’all!

[Wagongirl]

Well, one other thing to highlight is that there was a lot of damage at the lower back, which is where your brain stem is. That's for basic life functions, so if that gets wrecked, it's game over. Doesn't even matter what happens to the front of your face at that point.

[gtsteele]

I had a friend who used one of these goofy lids. Every time he put it on I said “soup for lunch?”

[amandadominguez]

💯 I use to wear 3/4 helmet. Then I took my riding course. My instructor explained what happens to the chin and other parts of your head. He recommended Shoei. That’s what I got. Ride safe.

[clemc]

A couple of decades ago, I came off the bike at 40 MPH. Long story so I’ll skip the details. The nurse told me I wouldn’t have walked out of the hospital if I hadn’t been wearing a full face helmet.

A friend died within hours of doing a face plant into cinder wearing a ½ helmet.

You decide.

[tonycj]

Last year I had a relatively minor fall. I was going maybe 20MPH.

I never felt my heat touch the ground. Yet I had a lot of scrapes on the front visor.

If I had not been wearing a full face helmet, I would have messed up the money maker for sure.

[jrvgwagner]

I was ready to buy an open helmet, then I saw some youtube videos with this type of content and I completely change my mind. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[solidsnake]

5:22 Schwarzenegger makes a guest appearance lol. Great video, gruesome illustration!

[weylins]

When i got back into riding after years without a bike, i was resewrching helmets and ran across very graphic images of a guy who had been wearing a half helmet and went dowm doing 60mph.... his entire jaw was gone. It had been torn off in the crash.

Fulk face and ECE rated for me thanks

[ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

I believe that’s why Thai orthodontists and dentists are so proficient. Even the ones with private practices generally work quotas in the state hospitals. Everyone rides scooters with bare minimum helmets that would fail compliance elsewhere, and their road accident rate per-capita is the second highest in the world.
So they’ve had plenty of experience. Just my theory and I could be wrong.

[lincolndachane]

Old adage - if you have a $10 head, get a $10 dollar helmet.

[SFV]

My brother is a surgeon and he once showed me a picture of a biker who crashed with such a helmet.
The biker was conscious at the time the doctors took the picture.
All the skin below the eyes was gone. His nose looked like your dummy and his lower jaw was hanging only held by lumps of skin and muscles…

[simonyeager]

I always always recommend this channel to new riders. I always tell them that It'll save their lives. I stand corrected.