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Need a demonstration as to why full-face helmets are a good idea? The numerical illustration created by Dietmar Otte, based on a research study he did on motorcycle safety, has always worked pretty damn well. Otte found that only about .4 percent of impacts occurred to the top of the head — the area covered by open-faces — while around 40 percent are face plants. But why paint Otte’s numbers on an Icon helmet?

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