justin_o_guy2
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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First & second bikes I totalled, no helmet. First one, IF I had been wearing one, I woulda died. Landed on Right side of my head, floded it over so hard it cracked 3 vertebrae, I recently discovered. A helmet would have been a fulcrum, badly broken neck, the result. Second one, no head injuries at all, but the hematoma from breaking the Ducati bars on my Kawa 750 in the soft spot of the thigh, torso intersection landed me in the hospital for 4 days. Doc was afraid I might lose my leg, so I was in for observation. I walked a mile or so to a friends house after the crash & hung out a few hours before goin to the ER, I was young,, yea, I remember. The last total I had, was wearing an HJC modular. Slammed my face in the back of a pickup truck cab after hitting the drivers side. He was turning left & was unable to not hit him. The chinstrap pressed in so hard it took 3 weeks to swallow normally. Split my upper lip.but, when I woke up, I called friends & helped load the bike on the trailer. Helped tie it down & waited about 9 hours to go to ER. Any design helmet other than full face protection & I would have been a major medical emergency or worse.
Helmets? They can kill, they be a non issue, or they can save great pain or death. Ive been thru 3 major crashes, 2 no helmet, 1 with. YOU do what YOU believe is best for YOU as soon as you are done gathering information. Me? I wear leather chaps when its 100+ degrees & a long sleeved shirt, heavy cotton & a helmet, full coverage, & gloves.
In the end, Ya pays yer money & ya takes yer chances. I hope the decision you make is the right one. No one really knows what that is.
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