When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
We are going on a trip & was wondering what everyone uses to secure their helmet to the bike? I usually never were a helmet but on long trips i am going to were one. I see some people use a cable gun lock. I probably will only use this a couple times a year. Harley's are like $28.
I have a Lixlox ( https://lidlox.com/bolt-mount/harley-davidson/ ). Some may say it's a bit $pendy, but so is my $450 FF helmet that protects my head while driving with all these distracted drivers.
We are going on a trip & was wondering what everyone uses to secure their helmet to the bike? I usually never were a helmet but on long trips i am going to were one. I see some people use a cable gun lock. I probably will only use this a couple times a year. Harley's are like $28.
Years ago, when I rode Wings, I used the bike's helmet lock. Since moving to Harley in 2004, I don't think i have ever tried to lock my helmet on the bike.
We just put them on the seat. Lucky, I guess. But then again, I have a plain and simply helmet.
Cable and a combination lock. Can also thread it through your jacket or other stuff. Will not stop a dedicated thief but will keep honest folks honest.
Times change. Used helmets are not worth much. Back in the day, before an era of cheap and plentiful helmets, they got stolen to be used. Today, even a used Shoei has little value to a teen or druggie. I hang my on a hwy peg or over the right mirror. If I’m in a sketchy area for a lunch break, I might bring it in.
Overnight at a motel, I throw my gloves and sunglasses inside and carry it into my room, goes on the shelf above the hangers or on the bureau.
I do have a light weight, bicycle helmet combination wire and lock. It might stop an honest thief, but cutting it free would mean it needs to be repaired. That cost would be than more than what they could get for it. It’s on the bike, but it’s been 3 decades since I used it.
Im not saying be stupid about it. We tour, I solo a lot and it’s been decades since anyone has looked twice at my helmet. Oh, one caveat, I don’t do cities. There, in many places, nothing is safe. On the road, solo or two up or with my buddies, I don’t sweat the helmet, even in helmet mandatory states.
if you lock it, it will stop a grab and run, as if the strap is cut, the helmet is worthless, so, in that sense, the cheapest cable lock is all you need. Don’t overthink it with anchor chain and a 5/16” security padlock unless nothing is safe where you ride.
When traveling we try to keep the tour pack open for our helmets. Saddle bags full, dry bag on luggage rack.
The tour pack just barely holds our two modular helmets with Cardo communications.
If for some reason we cannot get them inside we carry them. We both have over $900 bucks in each helmet and headset. The helmets do not have d-rings so they are about impossible to lock up.
Harley-Davidson Fat Boy Becomes a Dark, Decepticon-Inspired Custom
Slideshow: Killer Custom's latest build relies on styling changes rather than performance upgrades, giving the cruiser an entirely different personality.
7 Surprising Harley-Davidson Products that Are Not Motorcycles
Slideshow: The bar-and-shield logo shows up on far more than motorcycles, some of the company's most unexpected products have nothing to do with riding.
Slideshow: From the troubled AMF years to modern misfires, these bikes earned reputations for reliability issues, questionable engineering, or disappointing performance.
Crazy Bunderbike Build Looks Amazing, But Is It Impossible to Ride?
Slideshow: The Swiss custom shop has taken a Harley Softail and stretched it into something so long and low that it looks closer to a rolling sculpture than a conventional motorcycle.
Engraved Rebellion: Inside Bundnerbike's Glam Rock II
Slideshow: A standard cruiser becomes an intricate metal canvas in the hands of a Swiss custom house known for pushing Harley-Davidson platforms far beyond their factory brief.
helmet lock
