What You Didn't Know About Helmet Laws
Road Captain
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From: Chicagoland
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So how does wearing a helmet or not wearing one make one dress like a pirate or like a in a gay pride parade? Just curious. I would really like to know your answer.
I really do not look much different at all when I choose not to wear a helmet, or wear my half helmet or my full face helmet. Everything else I wear is the same.
None of my friends have a Pirate look, most never where HD clothing either.
I really do not look much different at all when I choose not to wear a helmet, or wear my half helmet or my full face helmet. Everything else I wear is the same.
None of my friends have a Pirate look, most never where HD clothing either.
If you're not wearing a helmet it can be hard for some to distinguish the different lifestyle choices one has made.
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So I'm thinking you would rather ride with a stinky helmet than a clean one. Yep, smell ya later! And later and later! That said I'm thinking you probably don't take a bath either since being clean does not fit your lifestyle.
For the topic of this thread:
I have 5 helmets, one of which is a convertible full face. I wear a helmet regardless of the laws of the states I ride through or in. All are real DOT certified helmets, not those ultra thin small dot helmets that couldn't hold up to being dropped let alone a crash. The one thing I don't agree on is the shelf life of the helmet. Who decides this? All of my helmets are better than 10 years old, and all in good to excellent condition as in never have been dropped or in a crash. So no cracks anywhere. I'll be damned if I'm just going to toss them just because someone thinks i should. "Oh no, it's past it's expiration date. it needs to be replaced!" type of BS. If your not going to buy me a new one, shut your pie hole.
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If you look to the rear of the front tire, you will see a helmet attached to the engine guard. The Doo Rag is to help keep the helmet liner clean. A Doo Rag can be tossed in the washer as many times as one needs, and not so much a helmet liner. While it will still need to be cleaned, it is only on occasion, like maybe once or twice a year. Me, I use a Doo Rag for both keeping the helmet liner clean, but also to help keep my hair in place. The benefit to that is I don't have to show off my bad case of helmet hair. The helmet will press your hair down (if you have any) with the exception of the sides, hence the expression "helmet hair." And no, I won't take off the doo rag unless I'm done riding for the day.
So I'm thinking you would rather ride with a stinky helmet than a clean one. Yep, smell ya later! And later and later! That said I'm thinking you probably don't take a bath either since being clean does not fit your lifestyle.
So I'm thinking you would rather ride with a stinky helmet than a clean one. Yep, smell ya later! And later and later! That said I'm thinking you probably don't take a bath either since being clean does not fit your lifestyle.
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From: The mountains of SW Virginia
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Never really pay any attention to helmet laws because I have always worn a full faced helmet since working in the ER as an RN for 26 years . If someone wants to dress in their pirate uniform like their attending a gay pride parade then go ahead . If you do not like your States helmet laws then get politcally active or move to a different State so you can not wear a helmet and can have the pirate look like all your friends .
He was wearing a helmet.
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From: Lost Wages, NV
All kidding aside, wearing a helmet should be a personal choice. I have ridden in States that do not have a helmet law and always chosen to wear one. Sometimes a helmet means the difference between life or death or the Army.
