New Thunderbird

Beautiful mate, very happy for you - bastid, bastid bastid

 

Nice paintwork!!

 

That's a cool paint job! And already with a sissy bar and cruiser pegs, you are set brother! Very nice and congrats. Are you wearing a full face helmet? That'll be the only way to conceal the grin on your face when you ride.
I'm still trying not to grin when I open the throttle on the highway ;-)

 

To risk sounding like a party pooper, flying med-evac for 7 years left a pretty (negative)strong impression on open face helmets.

 

I've used a variety of open-face helmets for the last 5/6 years and had no negative feedback to give. In hot weather they are much more comfortable due to much better ventilation.Here's my latest one I picked upon a recent visit to UK :

 

Mine was an off the shelf ex-demo and I paid £35 instead of £40.

As with all helmets fit is, imo, the single most important criteria. If it doesn't fit right it can't protect you.

Other features? Well I particularly like the sun visor. I wear glasses when riding (either clear or tinted depending on weather) and I like that they are behind a protective 'shield'. I also wear a bandana/scarf to protect the lower half of my face against flying bastids!

As with all my biking gear I only go for top quality, so I've got kevlar jogging bottoms, carbon fibre flip-flops etc etc

I found the best protection of all is to NOT FALL OFF. After all, you wouldn't want to damage that beautiful paint would you?

 

Look at flip fronts as well, best of both, full face for fast roads and open for town. There has been a thread on these somewhere

 

If you have a j&s accessories near you they usually have a good selection. I have a rpha max which works for me, although sometimes I wish I got one where the front flips all the way over

 

I'd second Steve's vote for the new Roof helmets. I tried one a couple of weeks ago and was impressed. I like how it is a true open face when you flip the chin bar right over the helmet. Not cheap though......