Half Dots

What is the smallest DOT motorcycle half helmet?

I love those fake german helmets because they’re so small but I think it’s time I get something with actual protection. So what are some small options?

Gotta agree with the other answer- buying a half-helmet is just a way to get “legal”

I’ve worked in the bike industry for 20 years as a mechanic, I’ve raced, I’ve ridden for 30 years and owned 61 bikes. I have NEVER in my life seen anyone who wrecked that hit the parts of his head that a 1/2 helmet covers. I’d say 90% pop the stink out of the chin bar, which is exactly what opponents of full-face helmets don’t have. We used to display wrecked helmets on the wall at our dealership, and what a surprise: none of them had any damage on the top half, other than a few very minor scratches. But where your jaw is, your mouth, your nose? BUSTED the FRAK UP. And I mean bad, too. I have four busted helmets myself, and dude I’m telling you if they were halfsies I wouldn’t be able to freakin chew.

As long as something in you woke up to the fact that you’re vulnerable (and not immune to an accident) please God step up and get a full-face. I’ve heard “I’m claustrophobic” for 25 years, dude- you’ll get over it in, like… a week. “I can’t see” is another lame excuse- the eyeports in full-face helmets go almost back to your ears, where you can’t see anyway.

IF you have to get a 1/2, they only make about a billion of em. Get to a bike shop and look at a Tucker-Rocky catalog. I don’t know if they have online shopping, but legitimate manufacturers are Shoei, Arai, HJC, Icon, Shark, KBC, Kiwi (hard to find), Nolan… they almost all make 1/2s because people are gonna buy em.

But I won’t.

One wreck is all it would take, and I know how suddenly crap can go wrong. I totalled a PC800 Honda while STOPPED at an intersection! Total idiot was driving north while looking south and rammed me. I faceplanted and I wasn’t even dadgum MOVING, so it’s not how safe you are, or how skilled. If crap’s gonna happen, you might as well be as armored-up as you can get. Not to mention you can hear better wearing a full-face.

Oh well. Do what you’re gonna do, but man try a full-face. Either way, remember you get what you pay for- a crap helmet will hurt your head. That’s the bad thing about Arai helmets- they’re so dang luxurious they spoil you. Shoei too. And it’s true what they say: you either have a Shoei head or an Arai head. If an Arai is comfortable to you, a Shoei will give you a headache, and vice-versa. They have different ideas about human heads, and it show in their helmets.

Get to a dealer, put the helmet of your choice on, and keep it on as long as you can manage. 20 minutes with the wrong helmet will kill your head, and you can definitely feel it. A new helmet will be “too tight” feeling. If it slips right on with no pulling or pressure, it’s too big. It will compress as you wear it, and a new, smooth-fitting helmet will become broken in and it will be like wearing a big bell on your head in a few weeks. Don’t ever let anyone wear your helmet- their skull will ruin the fit by overcompressing the EPS liner in places that YOUR head doesn’t. REALLY. And don’t hang the thing on your mirror either- that will also compress the EPS liner in the helmet and ruin it.

Good luck, man. Grats on getting safer.

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