THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOTORBIKE HELMETS
Your motorbike helmet is one of the most prominent and identifiable objects that tells the world you’re a rider: other than your motorcycle.
And nowadays, how your helmet looks offers much more variance than in days gone by.
The selection of helmet styles, designs and colors have continued to expand year after year.
Better yet, helmet construction and its protective qualities have also improved, while simultaneously getting lighter and more comfortable. This is one of those areas that technology has improved to serve riders better. (However, …

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY FOR MOTORBIKE COMMUNICATIONS
Maybe some riders who speak about blue teeth are referring to certain insects that met their demise smashing into a biker’s pearly whites at 80mph.  But most riders who speak of Bluetooth are likely talking about the wireless technology prevalent in all kinds of applications in our world (I’m even talking about the non-motorcycling world!).
Anyway, Bluetooth utilizes short-range communications for both voice and data transmissions over short distances from fixed and/or mobile devices. What that means is that Bluetooth creates a wireless personal-area network. And, so …

CHEAP HELMETS FOR CHEAP HEADS
So, what the heck is a novelty motorcycle helmet?  Stated concisely, it’s a very cheap helmet.  Typically, it’s styled to look like a “half helmet” which is also called a “shorty.”
By the way, even though “half helmets” provide considerably less protection than an open face or full face helmet, they are legal and certified.  In other words, just because a helmet has a brief profile, does not mean it’s a novelty helmet.  (It’s how the thing is constructed that determines whether it is intended to protect …

OFFBEAT MOHAWK HELMET ACCESSORY
Is a mohawk helmet accessory a “safety feature” for your motorcycle helmet? Or is it a motorbike novelty gift?

Regardless, would you dare buy someone a Mohawk motorcycle helmet as a gift? (In case you’ve not seen one, we really are talking about a hairy strip of colored fringe running back across the top of a helmet that is supposed to look like a mohawk haircut. Click on the “MOHAWK HELMET ACCESSORY” link below to see them).
Well, regardless of whether the recipient appreciates the gift …

OFF-ROAD, MOTOCROSS HELMETS
Dirt-bike riding offers some of the greatest pleasures in motorbike riding I have experienced – even if the majority of the off-road riding I did was as a kid. But even way back then, I wouldn’t ride without my 1970s-era helmet, which did come in very handy at times!
All motorcycle helmets are not created equal.
And off-road helmets, or more specifically dirt-bike and MOTOCROSS HELMETS have some observable differences, in spite of their obvious similarities to FULL-FACE street helmets.
OFF-ROAD HELMET DIFFERENCES
Here are the most visible differences that distinguish …