Yes always wear one ,Had one accident in 91 went head first into the center divider cracked the helmet I was wearing and I'm still here today to many obstacles on the road and off to hit

 

So shoot me. Im 42, still have all my hair, and by god, as long as it still grows, and the wife likes it, Im keeping it. When I start going bald Ill start thinking about buzzing it all off as is the current rage.

YOU try walking around looking like Florence Henderson in the 70s after sweating in a full face helmet all day.

And yes, Its a stupid reason to risk my life/safety. As are MOST of the anti helmet arguments. Which was my point.

 

How about anyone intersted in helmet nonsense just do a search? .... that way we don't have to recycle the same tired crap over and over and over again.

 

Some observations here.

1 - Anyone notice there isn't a single post of somebody that didn't wear a helmet, got into a bad wreck, and is here to say they are glad they didn't wear one? I wonder why.

2 - Anyone that has ridden without a lid and no windshield can attest that you can't hear jack because of the wind noise. Helmets fix that. How can you enjoy the world when you can't hear anything but rushing air?

3 - I disagree with the "personal choice" argument. It is MY personal choice not to have to pay tax dollars to keep somebody alive that is now a vegetable because of no helmet use. I'd only support "personal choice" if there was a disclaimer that if you wreck, you don't receive any insurance or government assistance to keep you alive. Same goes for seatbelts - which can save OTHER people's lives by keeping the driver behind the fricken steering wheel so they can avoid killing somebody after they wreck.

Somebody asked for a recommendation of a FF that gives great view - Try a Scorpion EXO-700 http://www.webbikeworld.com/r2/motor...lmet/scorpion/

 

I keep seeing people talking about they don't want to have to pay higher taxes to pay for someone elses medical care because they didn't wear a helmet. Think about this, the increase in tax is nowhere near as significant as the increase you pay in YOUR motorcycle insurance. When an insured rider goes down and the insurance company pays his medical bills, it is your premium paying for them, and the more that happens, the higher your premium. Of course this is offset somewhat due to the number of FTD's and DRT's that don't wear helmets, so it may actually be cheaper in the long run.

 

Well, that makes sense. BUT, at what point do you start excluding smokers, overweight people, people who dont excersize, etc, because they add risk to the pool?

Signing a disclaimer would be great, except for all the lawyers who would then go to town trying to circumvent them.
Thanx for the tip on the Scorpion helmet.

 

I wear one about half the time, to not wear one is stupid. I have gone down, luckly I had a fullface both times. I readily admit to being stupid half the time.

 

I've ridden for about45 years. Always have wore a helmet, never really thought about not wearin one. Last Jan . 5th an idiot pulled out in front of me. I t-boned him at 60 , never had a chance to hit the brakes. Turned my beautiful Chopper into a paper weight. I sustained major injuries, 4 months rehab , but I'm still here and ridin again. After looking at what was left of my full face helmet I'm lucky to be here. Without it that day , story over. Personally I think it's up to each of us that throw a leg over the saddle to wear one or not. For me , I strapped my full face on this morning.

 

Laughter is good for you. So I would ask those who wear those little beanie helmets to keep wearing them because I always get a good laugh when I see those guys (you know who you are). Particularly those guys with the bigger heads. I'm smiling right now just picturing them in my head. The best of all is the 300lb. guys riding a sportster or maybe a dyna wearing the beanie helmet. I some times have to pull over when I see those to re-compose my self. Anyway, I saw two guys go down this year. Neither hurt seriously, a few broken bones. Both were wearing half helmets. Both helmets had a good amount of scraping that certainly saved there heads. I wear both half and 3/4 helmets and occasionally a full face depending on the weather and other conditions. I see no benefit of riding without a helmet, at all. Those that do aren't cool or anything else, just stupid. Just my opinion.
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