offoading ???

c3eh · 03-31-2013, 07:56 PM

So I am curious what the advantage of a motorcross style helmet, like one without a face shield that you have to wear goggles with, as apposed to a regular road helmet for offroad use is?

lbever · 03-31-2013, 08:02 PM

Just a few things.

1. Won't fog as easily
2. Goggle lens are much cheaper to replace when scratched.
3. Goggles have foam around edges to let sweat evaporate and keep dust out.
4. Googles can use tear off or roll offs to quickly remove dirt without stopping to wipe it off.

mrt10x · 03-31-2013, 08:06 PM

about a million reasons.. lighter, cheaper, air flow, goggles, fogging, tear offs, peak to block sun, huge field of view.. as far as air flow goes it is not even close, off road riding is a slow hot affair.. a road style helmet will cook your brain quickly.

thorinoakenshield · 03-31-2013, 08:43 PM

you've obviously never been roosted!

*the large peak keeps debris from your friend's rear tire from hitting your face. as well as branches, etc.

koorbloh · 03-31-2013, 09:05 PM

airflow. plain and simple. in your street helmet, your breath has no where to go, and that will SUUUUUCK on a trail. stuff in your eyes, sun in your eyes...goggles and a visor prevent that.

Maxyb · 03-31-2013, 10:08 PM

Also if you're behind one or more of your mates on even moderately dusty trails you'll be blind with a street lid
DAMHIK
that's the main thing that made me get a dirt lid. doesn't have to be expensive, got mine for $100 (best one that fit me surprisingly, even better than $500-700 fox's, shoei's etc).
tinted goggles with tear off posts are good too

Yooper_Bob · 04-01-2013, 06:06 AM

Biggest factor is that the goggles keep the dust out of your eyes!

c3eh · 04-01-2013, 02:58 PM

well i have never offroaded extensively so i did not know. but i noticed the trend that most people offroading wore one well trail riding and the like. so i figured there had to be some major advantages.

03-31-2013, 07:56 PM	#1
c3eh ^OP Adventurer Joined: Apr 2011 Location: The Lou, USA Oddometer: 30	offoading ??? So I am curious what the advantage of a motorcross style helmet, like one without a face shield that you have to wear goggles with, as apposed to a regular road helmet for offroad use is? __________________ The best navigators are not quite sure where they're going until they get there and than they're still not sure but I know one thing indecision may or may not be my problem.....

03-31-2013, 08:02 PM	#2
lbever IAMX454 Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Clive, IA Oddometer: 32	Just a few things. 1. Won't fog as easily 2. Goggle lens are much cheaper to replace when scratched. 3. Goggles have foam around edges to let sweat evaporate and keep dust out. 4. Googles can use tear off or roll offs to quickly remove dirt without stopping to wipe it off. __________________ Yamaha Super Tenere Black 10K great miles 2012 KTM 350 XCF-W 2008 KTM 530 EXC (sold) 2011 KTM 300XC (Awesome race bike) (sold) 2004 GAS GAS 280 Trials

03-31-2013, 08:06 PM	#3
mrt10x Dumba$s Jarhead Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Newport, RI Oddometer: 2,858	about a million reasons.. lighter, cheaper, air flow, goggles, fogging, tear offs, peak to block sun, huge field of view.. as far as air flow goes it is not even close, off road riding is a slow hot affair.. a road style helmet will cook your brain quickly. __________________ We are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of "security." And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine - and before we know it our lives are gone.

03-31-2013, 08:43 PM	#4
thorinoakenshield ya mo be there Joined: Dec 2011 Location: santa rosa Oddometer: 398	you've obviously never been roosted! *the large peak keeps debris from your friend's rear tire from hitting your face. as well as branches, etc. __________________ ktm 450xcw, ktm 690 enduro r, kawasaki versys 650 "In Europe we ride about eight-tenths. If we really have to, we might ride nine-tenths. The crazy ones ride ten-tenths—but not for very long. In America, they seem to ride eleven-tenths all the time."-- Phil Read

03-31-2013, 09:05 PM	#5
koorbloh Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Location: Monroe, WA Oddometer: 103	airflow. plain and simple. in your street helmet, your breath has no where to go, and that will SUUUUUCK on a trail. stuff in your eyes, sun in your eyes...goggles and a visor prevent that. __________________ when I get too far from home, I go and find me a back road

03-31-2013, 10:08 PM	#6
Maxyb a bit loony Joined: Dec 2011 Location: Radelaide Oddometer: 94	Also if you're behind one or more of your mates on even moderately dusty trails you'll be blind with a street lid DAMHIK that's the main thing that made me get a dirt lid. doesn't have to be expensive, got mine for $100 (best one that fit me surprisingly, even better than $500-700 fox's, shoei's etc). tinted goggles with tear off posts are good too

04-01-2013, 06:06 AM	#7
Yooper_Bob Beastly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Da UP, eh! (Michigan) Oddometer: 1,951	Biggest factor is that the goggles keep the dust out of your eyes!

04-01-2013, 02:58 PM	#8
c3eh ^OP Adventurer Joined: Apr 2011 Location: The Lou, USA Oddometer: 30	thanks everyone well i have never offroaded extensively so i did not know. but i noticed the trend that most people offroading wore one well trail riding and the like. so i figured there had to be some major advantages. __________________ The best navigators are not quite sure where they're going until they get there and than they're still not sure but I know one thing indecision may or may not be my problem.....

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