helmet anyone?

haolehonu · #1 05-16-2008, 01:33 AM

I wanna make sure I get a decent consensus here. I have been around legit motorcycles, quads, snowboarding, skateboarding, wakeboarding, and everything in between. When I bought my bike I had full understanding that I would wear a helmet. While I love jumping and falling, I spent way too much time in braces and way too much time in college to jeopardize it on my bike....my question is how many people wear full face helmets?

Can Harm Hen · #2 05-16-2008, 02:30 AM

I wear a half helmet.
I've been in a bike accident before where a helmet saved my life. I'll never ride anything with two wheels without some form of head protection.

Easy Rider · #3 05-16-2008, 02:44 AM

Pretty much all of us in Nor-Cal wear full face helmets except for 31Wjohn. I've seen what can happen if someone goes down on their face w/o a full face helmet...and it ain't pretty.

**paul** · #4 05-16-2008, 10:56 AM

i wear a bicycle helmet when riding my motorized bicycle or pedal bicycle. probably gonna wish i had a full helmet if i ever get in a crash though

deacon · #5 05-16-2008, 11:11 AM

I went from a dot approved motorcycle pot to a bike helmet. I figure I personally go slower than a bike with a competent rider most of the time. The bike helmet is lighter, cooler feeling, and I can run the chain through the vents to secure it along with the bike.

Probably not the best thing but heck I just throw the dice and take my chances on life in general why act differently here. I wear no helmet with the ebike as it goes barely five miles an hour most of the time. However I am very very careful around traffic and at stop signs.

Pablo · #6 05-16-2008, 11:27 AM

I wear a bike helmet.....but I scare myself a lot at high speeds. Now that testing is essentially done, I'm slowing down.

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....legit motorcycles, quads, snowboarding, skateboarding, wakeboarding, and everything in between.

So are you calling us illegit?

**Dave31** · #7 05-16-2008, 12:52 PM

I normally wear a open face helmet, I do wear a full face on very long trip's and when monsoon season come's..... And alway's eye protection.

haolehonu · #8 05-16-2008, 03:11 PM

dude, when I was 7 i had a 50 cc dirtbike!. cmon? so yeh...in my opinions this is not a legit motorcycle.

however, I have decided to order a bern bike/snowboard helmet.

**Bikeguy Joe** · #9 05-16-2008, 08:17 PM

O.K., yell at me Mom! I don't wear a helmet on my motorized bicycle.

I don't generally wear one on my 50cc scooter either, thought it's squirrely and faster. I usually wear one on my motorcycles.

I know it makes no sense to some, but I'm honest at least.

Now, having said all that, I'll add this- I had two nearly identical crashes at the same speed and the one where I had a helmet (full face) I broke my neck in three places, broke my collarbone and got a concussion.
The one where I didn't have a helmet on, I got a concussion and some stitches in my head.
The doctor at the emergency room said the type of helmet broke my neck and collar bone. The doc at the other emergency said "If you were wearing a helmet, you wouldn't be getting stitches."

**Ilikeabikea** · #10 05-16-2008, 09:08 PM

Thanks Joe, now I can fess up and not feel so lonely. I never wear a helmet with my motorized bicycle. I have never worn a helmet on a bicycle, ever. I always wear a helmet on the Goldwing. Although most of the time is just the little half helmet. There now I feel better just getting that off my chest..................