New helmet

Hi all!

I want to get a new helmet and am down to two that I like. One is a full face and the other is a modular. Both are about the same price. Anyone have a modular, anyone have anything good or bad about either? The full face is a fiberglass composite and the modular is a fiberglass. Both are made by EXL, the full face is model 1107 and is both DOT and SNELL approved. The modular is model 808 is DOT approved but not SNELL approved. Any comments, suggestions, whatever, would be gratefully received. I only want to do this once. I kinda like the modular if its as SAFE as the full face.

Thanks,

Phil

 

I have both. I use the full face during cold or wet weather and the other for warm and dry. Just remember that with a full face it can get hot real fast if your sitting in traffic on a hot day. I could go on forever with the pros and cons so it's up to you what you fill most fomfortable with. By the way both of mine are Fulmer.

 

I also have both. I like the modular. I got the full face for the snell rating I want my head to have the best protection it can when I go down.

I didn't help you much, go try both of them on and which ever one fells best. buy that one.

 

I wear a Scorpion Exo 400 and I love it.. I got the photochromatic visor as well which is great so I dont have to wear sunglasses anymore!

 

I like the modular as it is hot in texas.
The modular allows the ease of puting on glasses too!

The one downside, there are prob more, is the whistling noise.
It only occurs at certin head angles...
I use a Fulmer Jack Knife, others may not have the same problem

 

Thanks for the replies guys. I appreciate them. I think I'm going to get a HJC CL-15 in Candy Red as I'm going to paint the tank and side covers in Candy Apple Red. I can get the helmet for $107.99 shipped which seems like a good deal. I decided on the HJC because I couldn't find anything on a manufacturers web site for the EXL. Found manufacturers web sites for just about all other makers so that kinda raised some doubts.

Cheers,

Phil

 

I had a fulmer for a while... They are junk helmets.. I dont want my head in one if I go down! Heavy, loud, crappy ventilation (or over ventilation) fogged up pretty bad... Scorpion makes a great helmet and they arent expensive at all.

 

i have a scorpion exo-400 and it is a nice helmet but i really want to get a modular. I don't want to spend $200-$300 for one. Any suggestions on some decently low priced good quality modulars?

I have seen a few on Ebay but for $50-$90 but no manufacturers website, i don't feel too confident with those.

 

A GOOD helmet is probably the most important piece of saftey gear you can buy. Take it from someone who has had his life saved by one! When I was a teenager I had an accident where the bike wound up landing on top of me. When the trauma specialist in the ER saw the damage to my helmet, he stated quite bluntly that if I hadn't been wearing it, I would have been in the morgue instead of the ER.

Buy the best helmet you can afford, and insist it is at least Snell M2005 or SA2005 rated. The M2005 is the normal motorcycle rating. The SA2005 rating is more stringent, with additional impact tests and fire retardent materials. I'm currently running a moderately priced G-Force GF 750 SA2000 rated open-faced helmet that I bought a couple of years ago to wear while autocrossing. I will be replacing soon with a G-Force Pro Force 1 SA2005 rated full-face helmet since I'm getting the Seca back on the road and I prefer a bit more facial protection on a bike. You can get a good quality G-Force helmet, either open or full-face, for between $100 and $300 from an online site like Racer Wholesale.

I would stay away from the cheap Bell helmets you can find at Wal-Mart for dirt cheap. They may say Bell but after examining one I have a feeling that they are barely DOT legal, and certainly not Snell rated. They would be better than nothing, but that's about it. The old saying goes "If you've got a cheap head, then buy a cheap helmet."

Sorry to preach but this is a subject near and dear to my heart.

 

I bought a Bell helmet from their website. i think the model is Apex. I think it is a very good helmet. full face, lightweight and has vents on the chin section and forehead. its made of a kevlar composite and the inside is very comfortable and also removable to wash. cost me 200 bucks but i think its money well spent. DOT and Snell approved.

 

Snell helmets are crap for motorcyclists -- they're too stiff/hard and transfer too much energy to the skull -- and it's been proven to be a useless standard for our uses -- the DOT rating is actually better for us.

If you can find a helmet that's got DOT approval, AND carries ECE certification (European standards) that's the best combination out there for motorcycle riders.

 

Honestly, I just love my HJC FG3. For some reason I feel closterphobic in a full face helmet. That, and the fact that it's made of a kevlar composition, I have the piece of mind that it "should" protect my nugget better than those lesser expensive "injected molded plastic" ones.

Besides, with an open face, it give me a reason to get different protective eyewear colors for which ever situation I am riding in. (clear, yellow, or smoke)

 

My helmet is a CL-15. It is comfortable, but it fogs up a lot. You may have to get a foggy mask, but it's a good lid for the money.

 

Hi jdpesz,

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately it will be spring before I get to ride. The CL-15 looks good, fits good, and hopefully will work good. Is it fogging for you in town or on the road? Most of my riding will be the two mile trek to work and two miles home, all in town. Some road riding on weekends hopefully.

Cheers,

Phil