Skull Helmet
While I think anybody who rides a motorcycle without a full-faced helmet has a wish to have their jaw sheared off and wrapped around their trachea like a bone choker, I have a feeling the chopper-and-hog set have few such concerns. And as such, this Skull Helmet from Santiago Chopper meets their primary criterion: open-throttle badassery.
It's $150. Update: Kurt L. adds: "The skull helmet is out of stock and not DOT or Snell approved." Who cares? I'll see you in Snell!
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Probably not legal in most helmet states. Even where it is, I can not imagine the wind drag this thing must create. Cool as it looks, it is probably unwearable except at parade speeds.
If you put some lexan shades in there I think it would pass helmet laws, but it's most probably not DOT or Snell approved.
all manner of stupid.
Restricts your vision= not smart.
half-shell, offeres minimal protection= not smart
Black/Bad for visibility= not smart.
The kind of person who would ride while wearing this is the kind of person that rides in shorts and t-shirts.
also i find it funny that a helmet shaped like a skull would do such a poor job protecting your actual skull.
classy gear for classy folks.
Look at me I'm a tough-guy....accountant.
schmucks.
As a sort of sculpture, it's cool. As a helmet, it's kinda lame and somehow desperate (useability issues aside).
(Yeah, I'd never consider riding without a full-face helmet and ballistics: even when your riding is perfect, drivers tend to be, well, idiots )
The purpose of an open-face helmet or skullcap is that you can easily put on sunglasses, smoke, drink and eat while riding your chopper. This helmet does not allow any of those things.
All jokes aside I have problems with the eye section, unless there are some lenses over the eye sockets of this helmet it doesn't look like you could actually wear sunglasses while wearing it, leaving your eyes completely unprotected for all the gunk and flies shooting into your eyes like projectiles at 110 MPH.
Oh great, more commercialized tough guy nonsense. This thing is about as gay as those clowns who glue mowhawks on their helmets.
#4 and #6, I'm with you.
"The purpose of an open-face helmet or skullcap is that you can easily put on sunglasses, smoke, drink and eat while riding your chopper."
you could have shortened that to:
"The purpose of an open faced helmet is so you can be stupid on a motorcycle."
Theres absolutely no reason a rider would need to do any of those things. i don't even listen to music.
I'd still rather use the Riot Helmet/Faceshield Joel Blogged about earlier:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAnti-Riot-Tactical-Helmet%2Fdp%2FB000K2OKXG%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dsporting-goods%26qid%3D1196991579%26sr%3D1-2&tag=dethroner-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
sparkle fingers, svenski!
why on earth would someone glue a mohawk onto their helmet? the top is supposed to be smooth so it doesn't catch on anything.
people (well, me) have enough trouble keeping eyes and mouth free of bugs and gunk at bicycle speeds, let alone motorcycle. i'm scared.
i could care less about what sort of personal protective gear people wear on the road. anything that limits the senses and the ability to navigate and share the road safely is particularly frightening.
now, if the lower part of the skull was painted/built onto an optical panel, then i'd begin to see the virtues of this helmet.
You might as well wear this thing backwards for all the good it'll do you.
You guys are no fun! I'm considering this for a friend in the local Roller Derby League. Sure, she couldn't see, but she'd be so badass looking it wouldn't even matter!
I'd like to see a photo of someone wearing this. I suspect they won't look as badass as you might imagine.
It looks cool. Period. You are some really party pooping folks.
you can safely wear a half-hat, or even No-hat if you drive one of these, as i do every day
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As long as it comes with an organ donor card, I don't see the problem.
Oh, I get it... these are for Jerry's Kids, right?
I think it would be a fun helmet to wear on a bike, rather than a motorbike.
The peripheral vision looks a bit limited, which might make looking behind you bit tricky, and it'd probably be sweaty as hell but it still looks fun to me!
I wish I had one of these. I live in Thailand, and Thais are very superstitious. Imagine how many people would freak out to see a skull driving around town! Yeah, it's unsafe, but I can live with that. Or die with it; whatever. Maybe not for the daily commute, but for an occasional "freak out the munchkins" trip. Drive it around the park once and hear how many girls scream.
Of course, the real reason this is unsafe isn't because it offers poor head protection or restricts vision. It's because 40% of the people who buy them will do so with the intention of setting them on fire and then riding around attacking evildoers with a 60-foot chain.
I believe you have a point there, Shig.
The way every one is complaining, you'd think you'd be seeing every sportbike rider out there wearing one!