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I took a relatively low-speed dump on my old Kawasaki (young, learning to ride, found that gravel is sneaky and can jump out in front of you). I was wearing an open-face helmet with one of the snap-on 3/4 face shields (it was a while ago). Well, said shield hit first and snapped my head back, causing me to enjoy the feeling of gravel entering my body starting just below the point of my chin.
I am neither lying nor exagerrating when I say that I snapped the left arm off of the chair in the doctor's office while they were scrubbing the grit out of my chin and neck. Steel wool and an extremely caustic soap. I'll never forget that particular pain.
Moral of the story: full-face helmets are _good_
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