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Title: Helmet Style Post by MrBrownTX on 07/01/11 at 19:22:37 What style helmet do you wear and why? I used to ride a sport bike so my gear is that style. I have a full faced helmet. I have been considering getting a half helmet or 3/4 to have4 more of a cruiser style helmet. Tonight I went for a nice hour long ride and I left my face shield up to experience the wind in my face more. What I mainly experienced though was bugs in my face. lots of little ones in my cheeks and one giant grass hopper hit my glasses dead in my right eye. That thing exploded and filled my face with bug guts. I will probably stick with a full face helmet after that, lol, but was wondering what you guys prefer and why. I got my S40 about 3 weeks ago and that was the first long ride I have been on, I LOVED it btw!! |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Serowbot on 07/01/11 at 19:27:57 FF... Asphalt is just as hard on a cruiser as a sport bike... Got hit by a truck 3 years ago,.. they're hard too... :-?... |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by MrBrownTX on 07/01/11 at 19:47:22 3F293E233B2E23384C0 wrote:
Too true, that was my first thought on the situation. Infact my dad wore a half helmet and I watched him die on an ER table with a crushed face dealt out by a left hand turner in a truck. I can't fathom people who don't even wear a helmet at all. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by mscepu101 on 07/01/11 at 19:50:09 Always FF with earplugs. I put my shield up one notch to get a nice breeze and it prevents fogging. The earplugs have reduced the stress of wind noise and makes for nicer ride. A co-worker went down last friday wearing a FF and he lost his shield while sliding (face down) but his face was fully protected. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Scott2.0 on 07/01/11 at 20:19:26 Half around town and FF for longer hauls. FF at night always because of the bugs though. Some people rag on me for wearing a FF on a "cruiser" but I couldn't care less. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by RC on 07/01/11 at 21:14:11 fullface Snell/Dot because I'm worth it |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by verslagen1 on 07/01/11 at 21:20:53 7A4A465D5D1B0719290 wrote:
Hey that's the right attitude. you're now a full fledged savage. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Arizuno on 07/01/11 at 23:28:32 FF, DOT, ECE, Sharp 5 star; ear plugs. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Grand Strand on 07/02/11 at 03:58:00 67575B4040061A04340 wrote:
FF Dot & Love the Attitude! Cruse on [smiley=thumbsup.gif] |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by KristenAnn on 07/02/11 at 05:15:10 I wear a half helmet cause i love the fresh air and dont mind the bugs. I also have a FF that i havent worn yet but i am sure when it cools down and i trek further than around town i will wear it. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Z on 07/02/11 at 06:23:26 I have a couple of helmets. I have a full face motocross helmet. I have a full face modular (that I am still working on getting to be more comfortable) and I have a half helmet that I wear most of the time. Yes the bugs in your face suck but I feel like I have better periphery vision in my half helmet. They are all DOT. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by SoE on 07/02/11 at 07:27:51 I recently got a pilot style with mirrored visor. It covers most my face, but the goggle shape of the visor means no fog and no trouble with my specs (very nearsighted). I love the look of them, totally smarta$$. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/02/11 at 07:45:57 I wish the diagram of "This is what part of your head hits the ground" was in the tech section,, Such a high %age of crashes involve the chin & cheeks,, makes full coverage seem like the only answer. I know if I hadnt been wearing one I woulda either been dead or needing a complete new face, cuz I dented the cab corner of a pickup slamming my face into it. The chin bar flexed in & split my lip, good for 2 stitches,, Imagine the damage had it not been there ,,, my face woulda been busted to pieces.. Ohh,, the strap pressed into my throat so hard I was still "feelin it" when I swallowed 3 weeks later.. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Classic650 on 07/02/11 at 08:39:04 I landed face first while I was wearing my full face helmet. I would have either been dead or suffered a broken nose if it wasn't for the protection. After that, I only very rarely wear my half shell around the town. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by papi_ocho on 07/02/11 at 13:09:57 I'm all about looks! I think my half helmet looks goofy on me. But I do own one. So fullface it is! I used to have a nolan modular LOVED THAT HELMET. I donated it to a mobile motorcycle trainer that has just been put into service at my base. surprise surprise the looks I get when I park my tiny bike next to the big boys, take my helmet off and I'm Black! See all about looks that are given to me |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by ohio thumper on 07/02/11 at 14:29:53 FF. dont have to bother with sunglasses flying off my face when i look over my shoulder to change lanes. oh and the protection is priceless |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Paladin. on 07/02/11 at 14:45:32 47584858455D445E522A0 wrote:
I have been riding since 1964. I have never hit my head. I have never crashed. I do not *want* to crash. Which means I want to watch. Everything. Constantly. Which means I cannot move my head/eyes while wearing a heavy helmet. Some people claim that I cannot avoid crashes. I know that it is capable to avoid others. I have been doing just that for 47 years. That is not "luck." I live in a Nanny State, thus I wear the lightest, smallest helmet I could find. I shuck it on the State Line into Arizona. I do not need a helmet. I can wear goggles to protect my eyes from wind. Bugs taste good, do not hurt. You need to choose yourself. Do you trust yourself? Do you have decades on the road so you can trust yourself? Or do you want to wear a motorcycle helmet? |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Howitzer on 07/02/11 at 21:04:57 50616C6164696E000 wrote:
I have been riding since 1964. I have never hit my head. I have never crashed. I do not *want* to crash. Which means I want to watch. Everything. Constantly. Which means I cannot move my head/eyes while wearing a heavy helmet. Some people claim that I cannot avoid crashes. I know that it is capable to avoid others. I have been doing just that for 47 years. That is not "luck." I live in a Nanny State, thus I wear the lightest, smallest helmet I could find. I shuck it on the State Line into Arizona. I do not need a helmet. I can wear goggles to protect my eyes from wind. Bugs taste good, do not hurt. You need to choose yourself. Do you trust yourself? Do you have decades on the road so you can trust yourself? Or do you want to wear a motorcycle helmet?[/quote] Perhaps you're an extremely excellent driver. 47 years of riding experience without one accident is very impressive. However, I don't trust myself to achieve that, so I also wear a full face helmet. Plus, it reduces the wind noise. I also wear earplugs. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by SoE on 07/02/11 at 21:24:12 47 yrs w/o a hitch is amazing. Being vigilant helps, but sometimes its beyond our control. I had a few close ones when I was a kid n riding. A ff will help keep your chin on your face for sure - came up on a guy and his bike a few yrs ago who hit a guard rail with his face and had one side of his jaw hanging off - but I still prefer my open helmet with glasses. I have more visual range too. Plus there's the ever present smarta$$ factor. Its key. http://sonofelvis.com/suzuki/Niceday.png |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by WD on 07/03/11 at 04:07:35 1/2 shell in the heat, 3/4 shell when it is cooler or raining. I wouldn't wear one at all but TN requires it. The day a clutch lever got punched through my chin I was wearing a full face. I'f I'd had a smaller helmet or no helmet it would have just left a bruise instead of breaking off and being forced into me. Wife before Lisa got killed when her full face helmet broke her neck. She was t-boned by a drunk driver. Not another scratch on her, low speed impact into a muddy ditch. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Routy on 07/03/11 at 05:07:51 I'm just wondering where some riders draw the line on saftey. How much money are you willing to spend, and how much comfort are you willing to give up just to be a little safer ? A person could keep going and going on it,.... untill you stay off a motorcycle completely,......because that is for sure the safest way ! I draw the line at riding defensively, always expecting the unexpected, always thinking of a "plan B" to avoid a crash, if plan A should fail. If it were not law, I wouldn't wear a helment 1/2 the time.......up town....slower speeds etc. If I'm more comfortable w/ my 1/2 helmet at hiway speeds, then I would wear it anyway. If it were not law, I wouldn't wear a seat belt in my truck either. I spend more time in my boat than in a car or on a motorcycle, and I never wear a life preserver either. And I don't like being forced to do what I'm not comfortable doing. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by runwyrlph on 07/03/11 at 07:00:57 7A657565786079636F170 wrote:
FF - 60% 3/4 - 39.9% none - 0.1% almost never go without helmet - like most here i think i'm a better rider than average :), but i know it's possible to make a mistake. And you never know what someone else is going to do ... a helmet won't save you in a head on- but it can be the difference between a minor road rash and severe brain damage or death in a low speed crash. a 17 yr old pulled into a rider about a mile from my house last thursday - just straight into the side of him both going about 10 mph (according to someone i know who knows someone who knows a local fireman) , pushed him over - he had on most of the gear - wasn't hurt - just TICKED! If a bare head had hit the pavement, though .... i wear FF more partly because i ride to work a lot - in march, april, some of may, september and october it's too cold for open face in the A.M. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by MrBrownTX on 07/03/11 at 07:03:41 Lots of different answers, good discussion. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/03/11 at 08:03:27 FWIW, If I was Paladin, I wouldnt wear a helmet either. Ive always "Pushed it" if not a lot, then at least a little. Ive hit 3 cars with bicycles (One wasnt my fault, an angry woman turned across my path on purpose). & Ive totaled 3 motorcycles. The last one I crashed, I had NO business even being on the road, in fact, I was so messed up( No, not drunk,, Ive been sick for years, sometimes Im okay to do things,, sometimes, Im not,, I havent accomplished ANYTHING for 2 weeks, cuz Ive been feeling pretty bad. No way wopuld I ride a bike right now) , I was on the Wrong road.. I was supposed to be going to Tyler, but was on the road to Lindale,, it was another of those day I shouldnt have even been out of the house,, but I had promised a friend Id come over,, stupid me.. Anyway, the point is, who you are, how youve lived your life. Those things play into whether or not you SHOULD be wearing a helmet. How many trips to the ER have you made in your life? How many times have you cut yourself working on things? Ever break any bones? How many times have you been knocked out? Me,, 13 or 14. I have a picture of me standing on the VERY Top Rail of a drilling rig derrick,, I walked the rail on an overpass over a busy highway out about 1/4 the way to the other side once,, I WEAR a helmet,, Paladin, OTOH,, ha lived more reasonable life, a life more likely to be a long one,, his whole approach to life is one of carefully & painlessly doing what he wants to do, & I respect that & I am working to adopt. FWIW, if I had been wearing a helmet on the first bike I totaled, Id be dead. I cracked 3 vertebrae in my neck when I landed on my head & shoulder, If a helmet had been in between head & shoulder, it would have worked as a fulcrum, & separated those fractures into serious breaks.. When it comes to this decision, its like Popeye said, Ya pays yer money & ya takes yer chances. I hope you make the right choice for YOU. Oh,, I wasnt wearin a helmet on the 2nd crash, either,, my head never touched the ground or anything else,, I did get 4 days in hospital from the hematoma at the thigh/torso junction where I broke the handlebars. But I walked away, went to ER about 4 hours later. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Arizuno on 07/03/11 at 10:05:33 Google "Onondaga, NY motorcycle" |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/03/11 at 10:15:45 Worst crash results I ever saw was a man on his knees in the road, missing his face from an inch or so in front of his ears to just below his nose... that aint gonna fix.. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Serowbot on 07/03/11 at 10:30:10 794A51424D5657380 wrote:
Is this it?... Ironic.. Quote:
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Paladin. on 07/03/11 at 11:38:11 7F58405E434D5245370 wrote:
HA!! I don't need earplugs! All I have to do is turn off the hearing aid! My hearing problem is from working in the Telephone Company. Actually, I have found that I need earplugs when I wear the helmet on the Freeway -- the wind noise in the straps. When I crossed the State Line and into Arizona I found I could remove the earplugs. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by MrBrownTX on 07/03/11 at 11:47:28 http://dontai.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/helmetcrashdiagram.gif http://dontai.com/wp/2010/05/20/motorcycle-helmet-impact-zones/ Very interesting diagram. Looks like a pretty high% chance of hitting your face in a crash. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Serowbot on 07/03/11 at 12:50:26 6D7262726F776E7478000 wrote:
We lead with our chins ... 45% of the time, anything less than FF is ineffective... Not good odds... I wouldn't risk my face on a coin toss... :-?... |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Arizuno on 07/03/11 at 16:19:51 3C2A3D20382D203B4F0 wrote:
Is this it?... Ironic.. Quote:
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Arizuno on 07/03/11 at 16:22:29 Yup, this is it. The article doesn't say, but you get the sense this was a low-speed event. As you mentioned earlier, pavement remains hard exclusive of bike type. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by MrBrownTX on 07/03/11 at 16:25:30 That's sad but the irony is almost amusing. So what do the rest of the bikers in that protest do? Do they all of a sudden switch it up and join an ATGATT organization? LOL unfortunately probably not. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/03/11 at 16:37:02 No,,, Its simple,, in a Libertarian society, people do as they please & accept the consequences of their choices.. sadly, OUR society has been messed with to the point that YOUR bad choices can Cost Me Money,, so I have some say in what Choices YOu Have.. & thats wrong.. YOur choices,.good o bad, shouldnt cost me, just YOU & your family.. in the past, thats how it was.. & thats what we need to get back,, Vote Ron Paul. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Smokestack on 07/03/11 at 19:11:13 I wear a 3/4 right now, which I dig, but I'll roll a full face with no complaints the minute I find one like this: http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j452/Smokestack75/grantredhelmetsmedsmnew.jpg Oh yeah..... I'm not too big on modern FF styling, but the vintage stuff is killer IMO. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by rustysavage on 07/03/11 at 20:05:45 Full face for me, carried over from my snowmobile days. Any kind of helmet is better than none, but it doesn't matter what protection (leather, nylon, etc ) you use if your # comes up....... |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Wolfman on 07/03/11 at 23:38:31 Have always worn a 3/4 helmet, wont wear a half or ride without. Just bought a modular with flip down sun visor to get rid of the sun glasses. Bad thing about sun glasses is even IF your helmet survives you can lose an eye to the sun glasses. Like my chin and face as well as liveing so ill keep wearing a 3/4 or ful/modular. And ALWAYS a visor. Motocross days had a spill i wouldnt of survived landing on the TOP of my head on a rock if id been without a helmet. Almost lost an eye when running the woods without a visor as well. Ive also had massive truama to the head when thrown off a hay wagon into a dry creek bed. NOT Fun! Ill wear a helmet while rideing. Ive had road rash at 70 mph as well when a truck door popped open on me. Ill wear a jacket(denim at least) even if its a 100 degrees out. Road rash hurts, sweat dries. Ive even worn a helmet when running the lakes at night or in rain/fog. Above about 20 mph hitting the water is like hitting concrete. Running 50 or 20 in a tournament will make it hurt even worse if you flip out. I may look dorky but ill live to ride another day by wearing one. If it was just me i had to worry about id go goggles only. But you can never tell what that idiot is going to do next to you when their on the phone and dont check their mirrors. I like rideing and i like liveing. Ill wear the helmet even though it annoys me sometimes. Better odds to ride many more years then going wihtout. I also hate them lil squishy brown bugs in the eyes. They kinda burn. Ill take chances sometimes when the odds favor me. Odds of survival on a bike without a helmet are'nt good enough to suit me. And ive only crashed a couple of times on the enduro back when i was younger and starting out. Ride and YOU WILL eventualy crash. Not if but when. And i intend to stay around long enough to crash a couple of times, not just once...lol It SEEMED like i had less periphial vison in the modular. When you set the helmet next to my 3/4 the main part of the opening is the same. The chin bar makes it SEEM like you have less periphial vison but its the same. And ANY passanger i carry WILL wear a helmet of some type or their not rideing. Period. Helmets DO save lives. Seen it to many times to doubt it. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by WD on 07/04/11 at 16:18:23 I'd wear one of my CANVAS ones if I could get away with it. Helmet liners for aviators or firefighters. I've had my face saved by a face shield once. In 08 the steering head bearings on my 2005 800 Vulcan Classic stuck going into a turn and I had a lay over. Broken shoulder, gouged face shield. Crash unstuck the bearings... go figure, my friend rode it the rest of the way home while I was enroute to the hospital. JOG, Ron Paul is a step in the right direction, but not the whole answer. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/04/11 at 16:28:07 JOG, Ron Paul is a step in the right direction, but not the whole answer. [/quote] Yea,, I know,, but everyone else is another step in the worng direction,, so, vote R, Paul. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by MrBrownTX on 07/04/11 at 16:59:39 Isn't Ron Paul a 911 truther though? |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Wolfman on 07/04/11 at 17:02:16 They had a bit on the news last night about the death in the helmet protest. Cops said he 'most likely' would of survived the crash. Been a couple around here where folks had been wearing their helmets they would of walked away from a crash instead of dieing. Even though im a firm believer in helmets i think it ought to be a personal choice. BUT, there needs to be some kind of wavior on insurance or something so everyone else dont end up picking up the medical tab if someone takes a crash sans helmet. Should be mandatory organ donors as well. But then i think seatbelts should be a personal choice i a cage as well. Your endangering yourself, no one else. Should be your choice, not some govt flunkies. Instead of carpng about us and helmets they need to be worrying more about unskilled drivers and them D@mn cell phones. Every car needs some kind of jammer to jam a cell phone signal over about 10 mph. THAT would help US as much or more then wearing a helmet! Myself, i kinda like my looks(ladies do to...lol) my lower jaw and teeth so ill keep wearing at least a 3/4....when i can ride again...^$%#!*^$%!!!. ::) |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Susan on 07/04/11 at 17:07:36 Full face and ear protection. And jacket, gloves, pants, boots. Hubby hit the pavement about 4 years ago in full gear. Ended up with a titanium plate in his shoulder but all else was okay. I was on the Savage riding behind him (he was on his Triumph) and saw the whole thing happen. He hit and slid. Would have been horribly messy without helmet and other gear (fortunately we had just bought riding pants about a week earlier). Was on a twisty hill and I couldn't safely stop -- had to find a safe place to turn around. Longest two minutes of my life. I also had to evaluate someone a few years ago who had been kicked in the head by a deer while riding. Not pretty. Anyhoo I am a believer in FF helmets. Mine's comfy and I like the extra safety. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Paladin. on 07/05/11 at 07:15:17 625A595358545B350 wrote:
Insurance Companies have rates for your age, years of experience, how many miles a year you ride, if you ride for commuting or play, even if you park in a garage. They already CAN and DO adjust rates for anything that could cost them money. They do *NOT* change the rates for people use helmets and ATGATT versus those who do not. THINK people! Don't you think the Insurance industry would bump up the rates if "protection" matters? Statistically the helmets do not change the rates of injury/deaths / accidents. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by SuperSavage on 07/05/11 at 09:38:08 FFATT, I just don't understand how people can ride without the safest option. Once I put the Helmet on, it triggers a switch in my noggin that it's GO TIME. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Arizuno on 07/05/11 at 09:58:34 Motorcycle insurance covers you for injury/damage to OTHERS and, if you opt for it, damage to your motorcycle. It does not cover you for damage to yourself, so your insurer couldn't care less if you ride naked. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Wolfman on 07/05/11 at 12:58:24 Every statistic ive seen says otherwise. That helmets DO increase your chance of surviveing an accident AND prevent more severe injuries. Thinking? Stands to reason you have your head in a helmet when you go down it decreases the chance of you ripping your lower jaw off, loseing your teeth, cavenig in your skull or grinding your face off against the pavement. Just like your less likely to receive a major head injury by wearing a helmet when playing football, baseball or even rideing a bicycle or quad. Ive known to many people who wouldnt be here now if they hadnt been wearing a helmet when they crashed on a bike or quad. And known those that would still be here if they had been wearing one. ANY pretective gear is better then none anytime your in an accident. Thats easy to prove. Put your helmet on and just fall over backwards and see how bad it hurts. Then do it without your helmet and see how bad you get hurt. I cant believe you said that paladin. "Statisticly the helmets do *NOT* change the rates of injury/deaths/ accidents." No they wont change the rates of the accidents. But funny thing is one of the reasons you hear from most non helmet wearers is not wearing a helmet lets them hear and see better to more easily avoid accidents??? And i do believe theres a couple of states already that you have to have a large insurance policy if you ride helmetless. So some are changenig their rates as to if you wear a helmet or not. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by CalisOsin on 07/05/11 at 13:43:30 0F3E333E3B36315F0 wrote:
Insurance Companies have rates for your age, years of experience, how many miles a year you ride, if you ride for commuting or play, even if you park in a garage. They already CAN and DO adjust rates for anything that could cost them money. They do *NOT* change the rates for people use helmets and ATGATT versus those who do not. THINK people! Don't you think the Insurance industry would bump up the rates if "protection" matters? Statistically the helmets do not change the rates of injury/deaths / accidents.[/quote] is it worth betting your life on? |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by ocdave on 07/05/11 at 17:40:53 Interesting discussion. As mentioned earlier, there is something to be said about the visibility and comfort gained by wearing a 1/2 helmet. I have over 25+ years of riding in one of the busiest metropolitan areas without a scratch. I have dodged more bullets or should I say car missiles to count. I'm also knocking on wood as I type. Regardless, Ride like your invisible! |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by kimchris1 on 07/06/11 at 07:30:05 I now wear a ff modular. I had a ff before. No matter the laws, I would wear one. I have been down, smashed the side of my face against the pavement. My jaw hit so hard, in fact my face bounced a little. No damage to my face, jaw, teeth, neck. Made a believer out of me that ff helmets do their jobs. I know had I NOT been wearing a helmet, I would have suffered severe if not deadly injuries. Paramedics, deputy, praised me for being in full gear as well. Again, I ride my bike, my way, my style, my type of gear. My choice and no one will convince me that it is not safe to wear a ff helmet.. :) kim |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by arteacher on 07/06/11 at 14:09:52 After reading the opinions in this thread I bought a Shoei RF-1100 full face helmet today. It figures that I would have to spend a lot of money to get one that fit. I must have tried on every flip up and full face helmet in the city of London. I wore it home from the store at speeds up to 70 mph, and am very impressed with the comfort, noise level, and aero dynamics. I doesn't lift at all. It feels kind of claustrophobic though, which I imagine I'll get used to, and it's pretty warm in there when you stop at lights, as it is 28 deg C today. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by built2last66 on 07/06/11 at 17:21:59 Fulmer D5, shiny black to match my bike. Yeah, I'm on a cruiser in a tank top with a FF.. and no windshield on the freeway :) http://www.mrbike.gr/website/images/stories/products/helmets/2010-10-12_fulmer_d5/FUlmer_D5_9.jpg |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by surtees on 07/07/11 at 22:58:39 my gear in the mid 70's (on my 52 AJS single bopper) http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n506/bruce_nali/bnonajspch1.jpg and my gear now, ff, armored jacket, boots, everything but airbags... http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n506/bruce_nali/bns40muled3.jpg older, wiser, or just more afraid of becoming scrambled eggs... In any case I still love to ride the twisties in the santa monica mountains and that has not changed a bit. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by Scott2.0 on 07/08/11 at 05:08:37 FWIW, I just bought the Bell Arrow and for $100 I couldn't be happier. If anyone is on the fence about a FF and doesn't want to drop a lot of cash, I highly recommend it. In matte black it looks badass too! 8-) http://leatherup.com/p/Bell-Full-Face-Helmets/Bell-Arrow-Matte-Black-Full-Face-Helmet/94558.html |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by built2last66 on 07/08/11 at 05:17:33 4A7A766D6D2B3729190 wrote:
My Fulmer D5 is basically the same thing, paid $85 for it :) |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/08/11 at 05:52:30 The HJC modular is pricier, but the flip front is really handy for wearinf glasses & at a light, wanting fresh air, or if ya need to talk to someone,, |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by built2last66 on 07/08/11 at 05:55:32 The modular don't fit as nice on my weird shaped head for some reason, but being able to flip it up and talk would be great. |
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Title: Re: Helmet Style Post by jdeluca on 07/08/11 at 14:07:56 All I've ever known was the half helmet I have now. Still a relatively new rider, got my first motorcycle last year....the '96 savage I still ride as much as I can, but had a dirtbike when I was a kid. Not quite the same, I know. My outlook on life is that I have almost as much a chance of being killed at work on a daily basis as I do on the bike. I work with medium voltage equipment with the occasional low voltage stuff thrown in - 480 VAC up to 25.2 KVAC. Been doing this almost 10 years, and ride with the same attitude that I maintain at work - Pay attention to what you're doing and what everyone around you is doing. I feel that whether you wear the protective equipment or not, it should be up to you. I hate the fact that lawmakers feel the need to make us do what they feel is the right thing, doesn't matter whether it's seatbelts in cages, helmets on bikers, same sex marriages, or the right to have an abortion. It should be up to the people to make decisions for themselves, not be told what to do and how to do it. Just my $.02...and it's your right to agree or disagree with me. |
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