Helmets are an essential part of motorcycle road safety since they can prevent major head injuries and drastically lower mortality risk in motorcycle accidents. This is because, when riding a motorbike, our head is the most sensitive area of our body and the one that experiences the greatest damage if we have an accident. It’s not simply a safety precaution, though, because several designs of Cafe racer helmet have grown in popularity and become classics over the years due to the way they look and the design and customization they provide to the rider.
Cafe racer helmets normally don’t deviate too much from the standard, and they usually incorporate or have some bumps and lines for added aesthetic appeal. On the other hand, others wear a shield directly above their brows.
Different styles of cafe racer helmets
- Open Face Helmet
The Bell 500 helmet is one of the finest examples of an open-face helmet. It was one of the first helmets created in the 1950s and was an instant success. It’s now known as the Bell 500 Carbon, and it has several modern safety features, but it was built to appear identically like the one they owned back then as a testament to their achievement.
- Full Face Helmet without Shield
Because the helmet’s design is implemented for improved security, it includes a lightweight ABS outer shell that is injection-molded with 3 EPS, making it fortified and able to dissipate impacts. It also has a sculpted urethane chin bar pad that shields you from frontal hits.
- Bubble Shield and Flat Shield
While people used to wear sunglasses with helmets for added protection against the weather, rain, and sun in the early days, shields were eventually produced, and many people began to use them instead of goggles since they were more functional easier to use. You didn’t need to put on a helmet, goggles, or a scarf over your mouth and nose because the helmet already had a shield on it.