How often do you wear your helmet?
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always ride with my DOT german style skid lid, it may not protect my face much but atleast my head wont pop like a melon. and it doesnt interfere with my hearing or vision.
When my daughter was an ER nurse they called motorcyclist without helmets "Organ Donors". Nuff said.
Terry
Terry
I never ride without a lid unless I am test riding in an alley behind my house. I have a dirtbike helmet, no visor but it still protects my face. Its orange so you cant miss me. My face is too pretty to get skid rash, lol j/k.
I used to be a 'sometimes' helmet user. Just a quick 3 mile jaunt around the neighborhood, a quick run to the library or store and I'd wear a baseball cap. Now, after seeing what some of my favorite and most respected members have said I'll grab a bucket and wear it before I ride. I have a bicycle helmet and two motorcycle lids. There's absolutely no reason to not grab one of them before I roll out of the driveway. Thanks guys.
Tom
Tom
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Yes, thanks guys. Really, since I started this thread and after reading all the posts you guys put up, I've been getting so uncomfortable riding without a helmet on. I'm gonna start hanging my helmet on my handlebars so I can't forget it. Are there any other converts that are with me on this one?
Let me know how your head feels the next time you wreck or get into an accident.
I've got a story about that. In Oregon there is a helmet law and all the anti helmet bikers went on a protesting parade. All was going well, they were riding about 8-10 miles without helmets when one guy fell down on his bike, hit his head on the ground and died on the spot. After the doc did the autopsy on him he said, if he would've worn a helmet he wouldn't even gotten a concussion.
Well, I agree with waist about laws forcing you to wear a helmet 'sucking', if I could get hassled and slapped with a hefty fine for not wearing a helmet for a quick up and down test run on my residential street testing a bike simply because a cop could I'd be pissed, but I don't wear one because I have to ;-}
I know I sound like a Broken Record* about a good front blinking light being the ultimate safety weapon, my normal riding buddy Jason and I just seen it first hand once again on a beautiful bright afternoon last Friday on a ride.
Jason and I tend to ride WOT on the routine neighborhood parts runs we do, and we ride 40+MPH shifters.
Ya, it's a 'whos fastest today' kind of thing.
ANyway... we were hauling WOT ass downhill on a 30MPH road and a big pickup truck starting backing out of his driveway and it was almost magical... As he glanced our way for traffic he slammed on his brakes half way out of his driveway and waited for us to race by even though we were a good 200' away in single file when he looked.
How bright is bright enough for a daylight front flasher?
For me, when I can see the blinking refection on the reflective traffic signs ;-}
*Broken Record:
For those of you too young to have even owned and played vinyl music records, it was not uncommon for the needle or a scratch to mess up a grove in the record and cause it to skip back a track and replay a few seconds of the song playing over and over again.
Hence, it was a broken record relentlessly replaying that same thing.
I know I sound like a Broken Record* about a good front blinking light being the ultimate safety weapon, my normal riding buddy Jason and I just seen it first hand once again on a beautiful bright afternoon last Friday on a ride.
Jason and I tend to ride WOT on the routine neighborhood parts runs we do, and we ride 40+MPH shifters.
Ya, it's a 'whos fastest today' kind of thing.
ANyway... we were hauling WOT ass downhill on a 30MPH road and a big pickup truck starting backing out of his driveway and it was almost magical... As he glanced our way for traffic he slammed on his brakes half way out of his driveway and waited for us to race by even though we were a good 200' away in single file when he looked.
How bright is bright enough for a daylight front flasher?
For me, when I can see the blinking refection on the reflective traffic signs ;-}
*Broken Record:
For those of you too young to have even owned and played vinyl music records, it was not uncommon for the needle or a scratch to mess up a grove in the record and cause it to skip back a track and replay a few seconds of the song playing over and over again.
Hence, it was a broken record relentlessly replaying that same thing.
I always wear a helmut I would be dead now in other wrecks ( motorcycle and bike jumping) if I didnt have one on during those wipe outs. Not wearing a helmut is foolish it does not take much to damage the brain. If you injure your head in a wreck badly you are better of dead most of the time.....
A friend died falling out of a pick up doing 10 mph. Another friend was permenantly disabled wrecking on a skateboard he lost most of his motor funtions and is in a wheel chair fed by a tube.
Wear a helmut people if you think it is uncool...get a cool one
A friend died falling out of a pick up doing 10 mph. Another friend was permenantly disabled wrecking on a skateboard he lost most of his motor funtions and is in a wheel chair fed by a tube.
Wear a helmut people if you think it is uncool...get a cool one
Any "Top Gear" fans? It is a British high end car show. The main host is Jeremy Clarkson. He is constantly making fun of American cars and in the scene linked, is making fun of Americans and promptly crashes. But you can see in the video how lucky he was to be wearing a helmet. After his crash, he is next shown wearing even more safety equipment.
LOL, his co-host (Richard Hammond) is wearing a collender.
http://www.break.com/usercontent/2009/3/top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-scooter-crash-695176
LOL, his co-host (Richard Hammond) is wearing a collender.
http://www.break.com/usercontent/2009/3/top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-scooter-crash-695176
AAAHHHH YES!! Finally someone who knows the real Top Gear! Clarkson the insufferable oaf, Hamster, Captain slow and The STIG! The best group of guys ever in human history! I love it later in the challenge how Jeremy puts like 50 mirrors on his moped and is blinded by his headlight 
These guys are great.
These guys are great.
I still wanna watch the Stig drive a Monster Miata around the course. Or at least just have one on the show.
I can't get the link up but check out on youtube (Motorised bicycles & stretched Lada in Cuba Jeremy Clarkson's motorworld). Some cool builds going on in cuba, I thinks the blue bike at 1:10 is a whizzer and all the others are either chainsaws or fumigation pump motors.
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Har! so cool. I thought I was the only one here who enjoyed Top Gear. Is this it Texun? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAW2OnuxDSQ LOL @ 2K volts threw my leg. I thought he said "lemon" I some times miss British humor.
eDj stopped coming around yrs back but man he was great fun. He posted this on Cuban MBs. Really well worth the read;
http://motorbicycling.com/showthread.php?t=2020
eDj stopped coming around yrs back but man he was great fun. He posted this on Cuban MBs. Really well worth the read;
http://motorbicycling.com/showthread.php?t=2020
This is my new hat I bought for the Grange race......and my head. It's a great helmet for $100 bar none. Wore it today as a matter of fact....
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If you have a $5 head,wear a $5 helmet. If your head is priceless, spend accordingly!
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If you have a $5 head,wear a $5 helmet. If your head is priceless, spend accordingly!