Steve Moto Morini 3 1/2 R.I.P.
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Steve’s funeral was last week. Sadly he succumbed to injuries received when a Tesla turned in front of him whilst on his much loved Morini 3 1/2 in Essex.
He wore an open face crash helmet & goggles. I won’t go into the details, however if he had been wearing a decent full face helmet he would likely be here today.
You may think you look cool in an open face lid & goggles, but think again…..
He wore an open face crash helmet & goggles. I won’t go into the details, however if he had been wearing a decent full face helmet he would likely be here today.
You may think you look cool in an open face lid & goggles, but think again…..
smifffymoto said:
A very sad end to what sounds like a preventable outcome.
I don t really know why open face helmets haven t been made illegal,there must have been a mountain of research done on their effectiveness versus a full face helmet.
I feel the same, the thought of sliding down the road on my face just has no appealI don t really know why open face helmets haven t been made illegal,there must have been a mountain of research done on their effectiveness versus a full face helmet.
Can't even let the soil start to settle on the poor guys grave before you get in there slagging off how he chose to live his life and enjoy his motorcycling.
What on earth makes you think that this is the time or the place for such comment
RIP Steve, I hope none of your friends or family are unfortunate enough to read this thread.
What on earth makes you think that this is the time or the place for such comment
RIP Steve, I hope none of your friends or family are unfortunate enough to read this thread.
Rushjob said:
Can't even let the soil start to settle on the poor guys grave before you get in there slagging off how he chose to live his life and enjoy his motorcycling.
What on earth makes you think that this is the time or the place for such comment
RIP Steve, I hope none of your friends or family are unfortunate enough to read this thread.
Nobody is slagging off or pointing fingers at anybody.What on earth makes you think that this is the time or the place for such comment
RIP Steve, I hope none of your friends or family are unfortunate enough to read this thread.
If you read that in too it,that's up to.
slopes said:
I used to always wear full face and once i started using a mountian bike to go downhill faster than someone my age has any right to go, i used a full face for that too.
I swapped to a full face on my MTB bike as well. A pro cyclist pal went down on his forehead, wearing a peanut cycle lid, he looked like Frankensteins monster when he came out of hospital,
swanseaboydan said:
That s awful news.
I ve been wearing an open face for 35 years and have had 2 relatively minor accidents. For me city riding with an open face I felt was safer as the visibility and awareness was that much better.
For me it was as much about the riding position.I ve been wearing an open face for 35 years and have had 2 relatively minor accidents. For me city riding with an open face I felt was safer as the visibility and awareness was that much better.
On many older classic type machine, or a lot of cruiser type bikes with high/wide bars, wearing a full face really limits being able to do life saver checks, as your arm position means the lower chin section of the helmet hits your shoulder and limits what you can see behind.
I went from riding a classic British bike in an open face, to a Ducati Monster, and then bought a full face for riding that, which was no problem.
After the Monster was stolen, a few years later I bought a Harley Dyna, and the low ape hanger bars and forward controls put your head shoulder position in such that it was impossible to do traditional shoulder checks in a full face, and the helmet hit your shoulder and I had to go back to using an open face.
While I never considered wearing an open face on the Monster, I felt unsafer wearing a full face on the Harley due to the restricted view.
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