* Helmet (DOT approved): If you have your own helmet bring it, otherwise we will provide you with one free of charge. A properly fitted full face helmet is more recommended than an open face. With open face helmets must have the addition of eye protection or goggles.

The primary goal of a motorcycle helmet is motorcycle safety – to protect the rider’s head during impact, thus preventing or reducing head injury and saving the rider’s life. Some helmets provide additional conveniences, such as ventilation, face shields, ear protection, intercom etc.

The primary goal of a motorcycle helmet is motorcycle safety – to protect the rider’s head during impact, thus preventing or reducing head injury and saving the rider’s life. Some helmets provide additional conveniences, such as ventilation, face shields, ear protection, intercom etc.

Motorcyclists are at high risk in traffic crashes. A systematic review, examined studies on motorcycle riders who had crashed and looked at helmet use as an intervention. The review concluded that helmets reduce the risk of head injury by around 69% and death by around 42%. Although it was once speculated that wearing a motorcycle helmet increased neck and spinal injuries in a crash, recent evidence has shown the opposite to be the case, that helmets protect against cervical spine injury, and that an often-cited small study dating to the mid-1980s, “used flawed statistical reasoning”.

Types of helmets: Full face, Off-road / motocross, Modular or “flip-up”, Open face or 3/4 helmet, Half helmet, Novelty helmets.