Do you allways wear a helmet when you ride?

[mason79]

its our law and i feel safer, it bothered me in the begining, when they inacted the law, i felt it cut off my sensory, buy it's all good now

[Pat Kelly]

The excuses I've heard to not wear a helmet:
Lack of periphial vision....
-turn your head. I can see fine out my full-face helmet.

Can't hear traffic....
-can you hear any better with the wind roaring in your ears? Is it any different than riding in your car with the windows up, AC going, and Led Zepplin blasting on your 1,000 watt stereo?

Too hot....
-Funny, its cooler inside my helmet with 2 inches of styrofoam (they make coolers out of this stuff) and a shell to reflect sunlight that the sun beating directly on my head. You can also open the faceshield to get a breeze.

It gives me 'helmet hair'....
-And a tangled mess of wind-blown hair dosen't look stupid, to everyone else?

But I like junebugs hitting me in the face at 70 MPH.....
-ok.

I always wear a helmet. I don't think it should be mandatory. If you don't want to wear one then don't. At least if you're wearing a helmet they can identify the body when you've been run-over by an 18 wheeler and 4 Mini Coopers.

[Crazcnuk]

It's like the biker adage

"Loud pipes save lives"

This is true, only if you don't count all the bikers killed by neighbors with shotguns, when the bikes come in or go out in the wee hours of the morning, plus all the loud stereos, rolled up windows and AC blasting away, not to mention the whiny kids in the back and the growly wife in the other seat.

[Pat Kelly]

If loud pipes save lives then my insurance premium sould be less if I ran straight pipes.

Funniest this about 10 months ago, sitting at a red light. A car with a thumping stereo cranked-up had the glass in the right mirror vibrate out and shatter on the ground. I keep waiting to see someones bumper or fender vibrate off, they rattle so bad but actually think people are impressed.

Sorry for wandering off-topic.

[dmac82]

Always, Always, Always, unless it's after maintenance and I'm going around the block listening for weird noises etc.

It drives me crazy to see young kids on the crotch rockets with no helmets and worst yet, to see female passengers with no helmets and very little clothes.

By the way, it's a full-face.

[John]

Yeah, it drives me crazy being behind the scantily clad women on the back of a zip splat also! Nudge, nudge, wink, wink

[MAXIMAN]

Always...fullface.

When I was 16 I was wearing a helemt when I had a bad street wreck. Broke my nose and knocked out teeth...dislocated shoulder.

After that I swore to never ride without a full face. Occasionally I'll go "hatless" after working on the bike to listen. But tother than that I always were a full faced hat

[Pain]

Always. I just replaced my Shoei after a fall with a Nolan n100e, flip face, but always ride with the front down.

I also always wear a jacket with CE armor. I have overpants too, but skip them when it is really hot out. I need to get mesh ones.

[dmac82]

Regarding clothing, SWMBO gets surprised that I never ever ride in shorts or barefoot, not even here in Houston. I'll work on it with nothing on but cutoffs but when the test ride comes up I slip on my overpants and boots. On the road it is always overpants, boots, jacket with or without the liner, helmet and either the warm weather or the cold weather gloves.

Regarding the heat, I also find that the full face helmet and jacket with zipper vents serve as insulating coolers.

I am too old for road rash, too bald for a sunburned head, however, anyone wanting a picture if me in nothing but my cutoffs can PM me!

[80mdnt11]

Always full face, Steel toe boots, gloves, jeans/ upper & lower. Working on upper Leather purchase as the 'ol Bates suit musta shrunk!! lol
I catch myself "preaching" helmets & gear anymore. Some will listen, some you might as well be talking to that big oak tree! Don't get me wrong, I prefer to stay off the soap box. From what I've seen, as most of you................At least wear a BRAIN bucket! Just got back from top-off. Guy I work with pulls in as I was occupied visiting after paying. He just/ 3-weeks ago buys Kaw. kz750, looked it over & may have got me some more work, if I can find the time! Anyway wearing light jacket & shades, as we were about to part, told him he otta get a bucket.........His response was "Yea I know, they'll save your life" Nuff Said
When I was young, guy was leaving local watering hole. Honda Wing, forgot to put side stand up..........(did I say watering hole).....Curbs are made of concrete, No helmet.........draw your own conclusion........

[prometheus578]

"With a head like mine, why bother?"

I always laugh at the people who wear open faced helmets, and then show them mine with the gouges along the chin section.
"Oh, that won't happen to me. I'm too careful a rider"
I walk them over and show 'em one or two of the bike in the shop for "Crash Estimates"...
"Yeah, they were careful, too. Too bad the car's driver wasn't."

[Pat Kelly]

The best driver shares the road with the worst driver.

[Crazcnuk]

"I always laugh at the people who wear open faced helmets, and then show them mine with the gouges along the chin section."


I always laugh at the full facers. If I wanted to be in a cage, I'd take the car.

The whole point of being outside, is the wind in the face.

[jimboreeno]

Life is full of trade offs... full face vs open vs skull cap vs none.

I hope I never have to be happy I switched to a full face flip... but I promiced my SWMBO when I started riding my bike as a daily communte I'd be "Mr. Safety."

I am in full leather as well but have to admit it is getting hotter and a t-shirt feel so damn good.

I think I am going to pick up a mesh jacket. Nashville dirivers are not the best in the world...'cept for me...Mr. Safety ya know!



(empty your mailbox, Jim... it's full again)Prom.

[prometheus578]

The whole point of being outside, is the wind in the face.

Bounce yer face on the pavement a few times and you may whistle a different tune. (provided you can still whistle)