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I've ridden without a helmet on the roads in Malaysia a couple of times in the past... wearing shorts and flip flops... the feeling of freedom does not outweigh the reality that if anything goes wrong you are basically fuckd. Will never forget seeing an accident when I was younger where the guys helmet had come off and, to be blunt, his brains were all over the floor.
After having come off over the winter at relatively low speeds (wearing a full face) and the first thing that hit the ground was my face, I think full faces are a pretty good idea. Would've been a broken jaw, broken face if I'd been wearing an open helmet.