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My research to date tells me that the flippers are considered highly unsafe if used with the front up. My reaction though when I tried a flipper in the shop was three times worse than the discomfort I experience with a simple full face.
Flippers may enter into the equation later if I can adjust to full faces, but for now there are no used ones to be found at a reasonable price to experiment with.
I managed a short ride yeserday in the cold, ~-8. I did like the wind blockage, but need to fashion myself a breath deflector to keep the visor clear, when it fogged that helmet came off very fast.
Wingdawg, I am conducting this experiment for the sake of safety. The full face is to be preferred, but if I cannot stay in it, then it has done me no good. The nervous reaction, the phobia, does impair my driving to the point where I would be safer with a beanie or a rag than a helmet.
The Bell I refelted is clearly the most comfortable I have tried, (Which makes me wonder if I would have to refelt a new one as well?), and all extraneous obstacles will be controlled once I deal with the fogging. So now we just see if I can conquer the fullface phobia. And if not, then I know I can handle a 3/4 or open face. Originally, with a visor they would give me trouble as well, but I finally managed to adjust to them so.................. we'll see.