Motorcycle Helmets for all types of Motorcycle Adventures Motorcycle enthusiasts love their machines as they love their accessories and gears so much so that there are all types of motorcycle helmets for all types of motorcycles and motorcycle adventures. From choppers to cruisers, to off-road enduros and motocross, these mean machines come with riders sporting different motorcycle helmets from shorty helmets to novelty helmets to full-face or modular racing helmets. Street bikes that are ridden more for show than any other reason are usually the long-raked front-forked choppers and the smaller, more relaxed, but often-heavily customized cruisers. Their riders are more laid back and use motorcycle helmets like German shorty helmets, novelty helmets or beanies, and other half-helmets. For mini-bikes or mopeds, riders also use lighter and more comfortable motorcycle helmets. For sport bikes that are for street custom rides alone, riders go for open face motorcycle helmets for both protection and ease. When they go racing, motorcycle helmets then go full-face or modular; the flip-up types for easy access to the mouth, nose, and chin. Touring motorcycles are more for the comfort of the biker and his passenger, together with all the luggage they carry while cruising leisurely on cross-country tours. As such, their choice of motorcycle helmets can either be full-face helmets if they are the safety-conscious tourists or the shorty half-helmets if they’d rather flaunt it than protect it. Motocross bikes and super motto are the stars of the off-road closed circuit tracks, replete with their high jumps, gravel, sand, and mud. Here riders will be sporting full face motorcycle helmets designed for motocross racing with their elongated chin bars and sun visors. These motorcycle helmets have face portions partially opened for better sighting of track obstacles and the riders just wear goggles for eye protection. Other racers go for modular, flip-up motorcycle helmets that open and close easily yet are secure and fully protective when shut. Dual purpose motorcycles are just that – for both roadworthiness and racing and off-road performance. Dual-sports bikes, enduros, and road-legal motocross bikes allow for both the performance and speed in dirt road or highway rides while maintaining the clearance, suspension requirements, and the maneuverability for off-road performance. On these bikes, motorcyclists go for both full-face and open-face motorcycle helmets that are complemented by other helmet protective accessories. For adventure touring, there are lighter motorcycles compared to the average touring bike, but which are heavier than sports bikes. This flexibility in the bikes translates to flexibility in the riders’ choice of motorcycle helmets for adventure touring. For whatever type of motorcycles and whichever motorcycle adventure the bikers opt for, there are tens if not hundreds of helmets to choose from. The protective features, flexibility as to the adventure or riding condition, the kind of motorcycles, all these must be considered in the choice of the right helmet to go with the motorbike. The motorcyclist must be equally comfortable in his helmet and other protective gear as he is comfortable with his motorcycle. The right mix of precaution, comfort, and style complements the protective aspect helmets are supposed to address.