Paladin. wrote on 06/11/08 at 15:32:44:

In case you missed this, he wears one.

Yeah....   I just would hate to give anyone the impression that the half helmet has anywhere near the protection of a FF or even a 3/4.    IF you are wearing a helmet for skid/impact protection you'll be wanting at least a 3/4, or what was a full helmet back in the early '80's.  If you are wearing a helmet to please others, the half helmet is the lightest least bothersome.

The dorkiest look is the guy wearing a full face helmet, t-shirt, shorts, and sockless tennis shoes.  Anything that means the helmet actually saved his life will have him wishing he was dead.

I am not anti-helmet.  I did wear a helmet pre-mandatory -- when and where I so choosed.  City streets, where the ability to see and hear everything that is happening around me is top priority, I do not need the obstruction of a helmet.  Collision avoidance take precedence over collision survival.   Dirt riding, where falling is normal, always a helmet.  Highway, especially where the bugs fly, a 3/4 with face bubble (the flat shield bumped my nose.)  Also wore a day-glow orange denim jumpsuit that I had for hunting.

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.

i always considered the bug hits and stains in your teeth, a rite of passage for mc riders.

I ride without one in Houston i't really doesnt matter what you wear you probably will not survive and if you did the car jamed up your a$$ will finish you off. The way i see it I could have been shot in the head everyday I was in Iraq and if its my time its my time.

when I do wear one its a Skull cap So i'm more aware of my surroundings

Starlifter wrote on 06/14/08 at 08:41:52:


I'm trying to figure out what ATGATT is. Hint?