Why Do We Wear Peaked Helmets?

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I by default bought a peaked lid when I got my 990, everyone else uses them and I used them when riding offroad bikes. I have been battling with buffeting for years, I've changed screens and added defectors to no avail, it's so bad that I have constant neck pain due to my 'headshake'.
I washed my lid's sponges last night so used my laaitie's closed faced helmet this morning, what an absolute revelation, my head was like a hot knife cutting through butter, not an inkling of buffeting and also no wind noise, absolute pure bliss!
So why peaked helmets, surely sunnies can substitute the sun visor/peak, anything I'm missing here? If not, I'm off to Trac-Mac this week for a closed face helmet.
 
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