Open face helmets legal ?

[hornetmike]

What do I have to do to wear with a openface helmet to make it legal has it got to be gay goggles or can i get away with glasses ? Sick of my glasses steaming up.
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[Itchy]

just put one on that fits and confirms to the safety standards , thats IT!,
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[hornetmike]

don't i need goggles ? i see ped boys with them on
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[Ichy]

Nothing at all. Why would you think they are not legal?
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[Bike_craze1]

Pretty sure they are.
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[Ichy]

[hornetmike]

Sounds good I'll Ride to work with my open face helmet and glasses tomorrow
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[Doovy]

i may get one one day with the old style goggles..

face would get cold though
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[Paivi]

[hornetmike]

Found this if anyone cares

Helmet Law
If you ride a motorbike or a moped in the UK you must wear a safety helmet. Really?.... you ask. But did you know there are also other requirements that tie in with this. Below is a few things you might not have known.

Legally:

1) The strap must be done up.
2) It must fit properly.
3) It must be an approved safety helmet. It'll either display a BS6658 sticker on the outside, or an EC approval mark somewhere inside. Only BS 6658 types A & B or EC Regulation 22 type 05 series are legal in the UK.

Visor Law
Unlike helmets wearing a visor or goggles isn't a legal requirment but as soon as you use one a whole new bunch of rules apply to you.

Legally

1) It must be an approved visor / goggle It'll either have a BS4110 mark or the new EC Regulation 22 type 05 mark.

2) A 50% tint is the darkest you're allowed by law and even then it will be marked "for daylight use only". Dark, mirrored etc. visors are illegal, wear sunglasses instead.


Documentation
Click here to go the the Department for Transport page on helmet and visor regulations.
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[Doovy]

in this country?
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[J D]

I got pulled a couple of years ago riding my dt125, police reckoned if you wear a moto x helmet it's illegal if you dont have goggles with you as well......

Did'nt believe them but didnt argue because at the time they where trying to say they had me on cctv doing wheelies.

[strag]

I used to ride a GT 250 when I was 17, open face helmets were the norm then. They are a bloody nightmare at any decent speed. Flies, bees, greenfly etc. either smacking you in the chops or going in your eye. God help you if you got hit by a flying stone!

They had peaks on as well, felt like your head was being ripped off backwards above 70.

Either stick with full face or wear goggles is my top tip of the day
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[Ichy]

[hellkat]

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[hellkat]

hehe ...
I hate openface helmets anyway.
But only cos I think I look like a dork.

First one I ever wore belonged to my Italian mother in law (when she used to ride a ped to work) ... it was bright red, and made me look like a was wearing a cherry on my head
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[.Chris.]

It's not a legal requirement to wear goggles but at anything above 50mph the wind blasting into your eyes becomes quite uncomfortable.

I got caught in a hailstorm in an open faced lid on a dual carridgeway in the recent bad weather. Not overly pleasant! Rain is the same - feels like being pricked with needles repeatedly all over your face. The trick I use is to wrap a scarf around your face, but in reality a full face lid is a much better bet for bad weather.
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[hellkat]

Those german-army ones that Americans have taken to wearing look like a load of shyte, evolved from stupid Harley riding accountants in the US trying to look like original Brits wearing pisspots.

The only time I ever saw a proper amusing "german army" style bike helmet was when I saw someone wearing an ACTUAL one, with a spike on.

Or you wanna get yourself one of these...
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

Right turn, Clyde.


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[Polo]

"right turn, Clyde"

Quality.
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[Polo]

Damn you, Shaggy.
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[Kal]

Mmm chin mmm...
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[Toukakoukan]

Personally I'd never go for an open face helmet 'cos I'm too much of a wuss.

Then again having your jaw broken in two places and having to hold it in place while you drink so you don't swallow it... will do that ya...
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