Kal wrote:During my first 'off' I remember watching the grave scrape across my visor as I slide forwards. I'm not the worlds prettiest guy but I'd have been a damn sight less pretty if I hadn't been wearing a full face at that moment.
I have also "come off at speed" and am convinced from the deep gouges in my full face helmet that things would have been a lot worse with an open face helmet or nothing at all. To each his/her own but if you opt for anything but a full-face helmet; I sincerely hope you don't live to regret it some day.