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Re: Saw my First Rider Down!
« Reply #15 on: October 06, 2014, 11:49:25 PM »

No Helmet is my choice here in Florida. Darn glad I still have a choice. It's my risk to take we already have too many Laws.  :cool26:
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Re: Saw my First Rider Down!
« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2014, 06:50:11 AM »

No Helmet is my choice here in Florida. Darn glad I still have a choice. It's my risk to take we already have too many Laws.  :cool26:

Oooooh better watch it the helmet police are gonna getcha!  :coolblue:
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Re: Saw my First Rider Down!
« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2014, 11:27:03 PM »

After hitting my helmet on the asphalt pulling out of my parking spot at work a few years ago, I won't get on a bike without one. My head would have split like a watermelon as hard as I went down.
They had been wetting down the street all day, while trucks with mud on the wheels laid a nice gooey layer on the road. When I pulled out the bike slid and I fell backward off the bike.   

That Shoie Neotech was brand new.  The contractor paid for the damage to my bike and helmet.

I rode the first 25 years without one. Having the need to see my grand daughters grow up gives me enough reason now.
But, that is my choice. Others are free to do as they please.



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Re: Saw my First Rider Down!
« Reply #18 on: October 07, 2014, 11:34:31 PM »

After hitting my helmet on the asphalt pulling out of my parking spot at work a few years ago, I won't get on a bike without one. My head would have split like a watermelon as hard as I went down.
They had been wetting down the street all day, while trucks with mud on the wheels laid a nice gooey layer on the road. When I pulled out the bike slid and I fell backward off the bike.   

That Shoie Neotech was brand new.  The contractor paid for the damage to my bike and helmet.

I rode the first 25 years without one. Having the need to see my grand daughters grow up gives me enough reason now.
But, that is my choice. Others are free to do as they please.



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Re: Saw my First Rider Down!
« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2014, 11:44:41 PM »

I agree, it should be the riders choice not a law.
But, I know if I wasn't wearing mine when i got hit I wouldn't be here right now and the leather jacket saved my skin.
Now I don't ride without them.
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Re: Saw my First Rider Down!
« Reply #20 on: October 09, 2014, 09:28:46 AM »

Time for a chuckle on this post

think I  was 16
an ole lady ran a stop sign and nailed me square in the side with the front of her car

I bent over like a tooth pick and left this perfect impression of my head / helmet dead center of her hood
once I got back to school, there was the car in the teachers parking lot

I passed English that year and got to leave class early everyday for the rest of the year!
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Re: Saw my First Rider Down!
« Reply #21 on: October 09, 2014, 12:59:44 PM »

Choices.... its all about them.

Ask the ER nurse who looked at me, my head injury, looked over at my vest draped over the chair and said: "You know if you were wearing a helmet this wouldn't have happened"

ME: "You know, you're right... but do you think that everyone that walks into a 7-11 store should be required to wear a helmet?"

HER: Of course not, that would be stupid.

ME: Then stupid it is, because this injury happened IN a 7-11 store and NOT on a motorcycle!


You can get hurt or injured at any time. be safe out there always brothers and sisters.
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Re: Saw my First Rider Down!
« Reply #22 on: October 09, 2014, 05:32:50 PM »

This may sound hypocritical or unfair, but young riders should have to wear a helmet. I did way too many dumb things as a young rider and at 17 I was coming home from a party and did not negotiate a turn too well (actually not at all) and went straight into a large tree on someone's front lawn. My front forks got bent in half and I went face first into the tree. Luckily I had on a full face shield one piece and I escaped unharmed. If not for that helmet I would not be here today

But, I do believe we all should be able to make the choice for ourselves. After we have enough experience to make a rational and mature decision

I am in Mass so I have to wear a helmet. But there are days I wish I did not have to. If I am cruising on a back road on a nice day with no traffic then I'd like to have it off. If I am riding to work on the highway with tons of high speed traffic then I would wear one

But in the land of the free we should have the freedom to make our own choice.
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Re: Saw my First Rider Down!
« Reply #23 on: October 21, 2014, 10:08:30 PM »

So I've noticed two things (just speaking about me and mine).  As I get more comfortable with my bike I have been going without on short rides during daylight.  Secondly and I don't know if this is real or perceived but I seem to have better balance without.  I have a full face modular and I (again real or perceived) feel like my equilibrium is affected in the helmet.  is that possible?

Thoughts?
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Re: Saw my First Rider Down!
« Reply #24 on: October 21, 2014, 11:26:17 PM »

i have seen bad falls at only 20 mph,,, can't believe what a helmet looked like at that slow speed..   Could have been someone's head split wide open,,  I won't hardly ride down the block without one anymore... just saying,,,,,,,, :nixweiss:
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Re: Saw my First Rider Down!
« Reply #25 on: October 22, 2014, 07:56:33 AM »

Seen two accidents this past weekend,both looked to be preventable by inexperienced riders. Most riders have never been taught how to lean and push down on those bars...I was always told if you go off the road, tuck and roll with or without a helmet.
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