I have a Nolan full face which is good in every respect except noise. At highway speeds it's deafening. I know I can do a bit with it, plus wear ear plugs but a bloke I ride with has a BMW helmet which is whisper quiet. I'm guessing it's made by Schuberth but as far as I can tell they are not available in Australia.

Does anyone know a dealer for Schuberth, or what in your opinion is the quietest full face? I'm not especially interested in a flip helmet, unless one of those best fits the bill for low noise.

Thanks fellas.

Try one from the shoei line of helmets,, in my younger days with riding sports bikes i always wore them & found them very quiet.

Remember it has to fit very snug as they do loosen over time.

A picture without an explanation is meaningless.

Ear plugs are cheaper.

I reckon ACF's pic needs no expanation.

I'd love to look as cool as you blokes in a nice black open face helmet but I'm too chicken. Something about my pretty dial rubbing along the bitumen at 100kph keeps me putting the full face back on. Not that I ever intend coming off of course.

The full face was pressed on me by Brian Connors at his bike shop at Brookvale where he said "The only reason full faces weren't arond years ago was that he technology didn't exist. Now that it does, why would you wear out of date safety equp[ment?" The answer Brian is an open face looks darn cool and if, inpart, I wasn't big on image I'd be riding another brand of bike!

Anyway I'm still happy to be the only one in the pack with a full face - someone has to be the woose.

I'll check out the Shoei. Pity the Schuberns aren't in Oz. They review briliantly overseas. I checked with BMW dealers who said the system 5 are out of stock and the new system 6 have not passed compliance yet. Betcha when they do they will cost about a grand.

STEAMER - you were looking at some fancy one a while back. Did that ever happen?

Hey Taffy I dont think ur a woose, for wearin a full face. Ive been thinkin I might have to grow meself a harley beard cos the rain hittin my face hurts so much. Lucky I wear sunnies otherwise people would see me cryin and thats even more woosy. I dont like Shazza wearin an open face and prefer her pretty face more protected. Ur choice Taffy go for it.

I tend to wear my nolan with a visor  pulls up and down , but a open when around town , whats peoples thoughts on the lids with visors , i know there gonna be better than no visor , but do they protect or likely to fail on impact .

I am tempted to wear the visor helmit more , cos its the bee's that scare me , got stung on the throat few weeks back lucky not much poison in the sting did'nt bother me much, but last summer got stung on the lip , i'm allergic apparantly, and believe me my face looked fucking worse for wear , no one could recognize me

Fancy that!...........a favourite full face discussion on a Harley site...............bit like a favourite chainsaw discussion on a Greenies site!

Hey Taffy.......i am wearing a full face more and more these days........a mate of mine had a nasty off with a 3/4.........his brain is fine but  the nose.......well......what more do i need to say......wear it mate.........

In that photo yeah......more like a night on the town gone wrong         LOL

i have the shoei ... pretty good. but if the beemer one is as good as people are saying then perhap a few hundred bucks a spray job is worth it

BTW . there was a recent university study that suggested that full face helmets in most cases did not prevent further injury ie it was "rare" that riders with open face helmets had infuries to their face. Thinking bout my own experiences , and that of others who have had accidents with open face , i dont know anyone that has had a serious injury to teh face .

Ive had a head on collision with a car, flew over it like superman.   Funny thing was(if theres anything funny about a collision) i only got a small scratch on the BACK of the helmet after i somehow pulled off a perfect ninja type landing!!

The bike & car, well they didnt do as well as the helmet.

Shark have made a new one called Evolution 11 You get the best of both worlds there.......it can be worn as a full face with a sun visor built in, plus you can wear it as a genuine 3/4, not just a flip either.......the front piece folds right back not to be seen.......can wear it as a 3/4 round the city then when on the highway you just pull it down in a flash........not cheap though...around $600..even comes in matt black.......am tempted..................

I say you wear what makes you feel safe and comfortable. There is no right and wrong. Two weeks ago I rode to Coffs Harbour from Sydney with a mate. I wore 4 layers including thermals top and bottom, (including last months edition of Cycle Torque folded up in the front), 2 layers under my gloves, neck warmer and scarf, AND a full face with ear plugs....Bloody brilliant!! Did 1050 k's, no dramas at all. On the other hand, my mate wore, well, not much more than a snotty hanky to cover his open face, would'nt admit it, but nearly had hypthermia.
I don't care if it's not cool..I wear what I need to wear. That includes a leather jacket in summer..

Shoei multitec full face with flip front quiet and the best you can get.love mine,sorry but being in accident emergency for a long time have seen faces like that with open face you can be lucky or not me i like my shoei,and my old fave as it takes to long to mend.

sorry face.

I'm glad this thread has taken off

Around about 1970 Bell introduced the full face helmet. Back then cafe racers were the go for me and nose down and arse up with a bread box and clip ons I first started wearing the full face. NB the riding position.  Before the Bell I had a pudding bowl cork and shellac helmet, so the question of which was safest was without doubt.

I continued wearing a full face through years of sports type bikes both British and Jap.

In the nose down arse up position, looking from side to side and behind all that's needed is a cock of the head from side to side. The full face helmet offers no impedence to ones peripheral view when in that position. (try it)

By the 1980's I was riding more upright bikes such as the Honda fours, still wearing a full face. I had not however, taken any notice of the riding position and the now present impedence of my peripheral vision through the full face helmet.

One hot summer and now riding a more leisurely bike (CB750/4) I picked up a open face helmet and sunnies. The difference was imediate and noticible. I was riding upright and I had this great peripheral view through the mirrors and with a much lesser turn of the head. I have worn an open face ever since, because I believe that seeing a danger offers a chance to avoid the danger, rather than "Oh save my pretty face"

Full face are great for the track no doubt, but on the road I find an open face gives me a much better view of what's around me and what's coming up behind me. I do make the concession of having a clip on cut down visor for the really foul weather days. (I am getting old).

My advice is, take as much time selecting boots and gloves as you do a helmet, facial injuries are many times out numbered by limb injuries. Depending on what and how you ride you may find that vision is more practically safe than wrapping your head in carbon and perspex.

Hey Robo how much was the magic mirror mateBet youve got the one that makes ya look thin as well

I only wear a helmet so I won't get booked. The only time I was really glad I had a helmet on was when a club we were blewing with shot at me while I was trying to get away on a kwaka 900 in sand, (Ha! Hence the invention of the sand drags!!) and a bullet richocheted off the side of me helmet. Which made me ear ring for a few days. They come in handy for a good game of rugby to. Or to grow "plants" in. Or headbutting comps that we used to have in the pub. I also accidently poured a coffee in me helmet when I bent down to pick it up, and the angle of the dangle of the coffee cup emptied in me lid,a full hot coffee.Witnessed by a bunch of party animals,at the same shop,about 3am, laughing their guts out. Poured the mess out,put it on me head and abruptly rode off. It was a cold night but I still had a red face.