there's no choice like no choice.

Australian rules, ride one, wear a brain bucket. If not don't ride.

 

I always wear a helmet !! Ya never know when that horsefly is gonna whack Ya on the nose :lol and if Youre smiling at the time You just might qualify for suvivor or some shit :crash :ugh

 

Junebugs hurt like a bitch,always wear a helmet. The pavement is harder than your head

 

Helmets?

To me, it's a personal choice issue, if you are over 18 and of sound mind. Same for seat belts, Alchohol, smoking and the rest. The statistics to prove public costs for these " unsafe " activities are bogus and easily disproved
That being said, I think you are a total Jackass for not wearing a helmet and proper gear. I've ruined 4 helmets in race incidents, one on the street.
In this country we should have the right to be stupid, the right to prove that Darwin may have been on to something with his theory
Sometimes a big bug or a rock will getcha', last summer I hit 3 birds, one of them a direct shot above my visor at about 100mph. My Gixxer buddy said it was really cool looking, the bird literally exploded , and he came behind me thru a parade of feathers That gave me a good headache............ without a helmet?:no

 

To me, it's a personal choice issue, if you are over 18 and of sound mind. Same for seat belts, Alchohol, smoking and the rest. The statistics to prove public costs for these " unsafe " activities are bogus and easily disproved

I'm interested in hearing your case for easily disproving these statistics. Please share.

 

HOnestly how stupid would you have to be to not use a helmet?????

 

I always wear a helmet (and leather and gloves). I plan to do a lot of riding in the future. I don't want to be sidelined because of a head injury (well, no worse than I have now ).

 

Jeeez...not wear a helmet?? Is that a serious question? The day I don't wear a helmet..pigs will fly out of my ass. Hmmm...i've been riding 15 years and I can't remember once that I've never gone out without a helmet. Thats not even an option for me.

I'd rather urinate fire than ride without a helmet. :::not that I've ever urinated fire:::but if I could or knew how to:::

dkm

 

Glad to see everyone wears a helmet. I see so many riders that ride without them that it confuses me......aren't they worrried about their head??\
If you ride without a helmet it's like your asking to get :machinegu

 

helmet and gloves is a must

I only have 1 pair of hands and 1 head .. 1 life:yesnod

 

Most guys I've seen riding without helmets are on Harleys (enough said) or either the 16 year old punk who believes he is bullet proof. I would like to believe rest of the sane motorcyclists (like myself) know better.:crash

 

:hellobye Well I kinda new around here but I've been reading for a while glad to see that every one on here feels the same about helmets as I do. I've stuffed it up a couple of times on my old bike and from my experience the pavement always wins: PAVEMENT 3
DEX 0. Always happy to have my mellon intact.:thumbup

 

I ALWAYS wear a helmet here in Nova Scotia Canada,,,

even tho it is the law around here, I couldnt immagine hopin on the bike for a ride without my helmet...

Just moving my bike from my driveway to the street without a helmet has my stomach in knots,,,
It just doesnt feel right...

Whenever I ride, I have have on gloves helmet, and leather jacket even if its 35 degrees cel. and for the long trips Full leathers and boots.

Dont want to mess up that perdy face of mine :crash

and dont wanna miss out on any :boobies cuza my face is messed up from me not wearing a helmet!

Thyce

 

birds!

I had to laugh when I read Olddog's tale =- I did the same thing once riding my old triumph! I was motoring along on the way to my boat when a seagull swooped down for something and hit me square in the chest - let me tell you, If it weren't for leathers, the fucking bird probably would have impailed my chest! and boy, those suckers are heavY!!! Looking back it must have looked pretty funny, but even with leathers it hurt like a son of a bitch, and that was on a triumph going only 65 or 70...I don't even wanna fathom the ramifications of that happening on my R1 doing a buck sixty on the ocean parkway!

Bottom line - YES, in some states it IS choice - but I think it's pretty much common sense that wearing your gear gives you a much better shot, you just never know!

 

OMG....I went out riding last night to the local gathering spot here in Fort Wayne, IN, and there were about 20 or so sportbikes there and I only saw about 7 or 8 helmets, and 2 of those were for chics on the back!!!!
What is up with that?? We went for a quick lap down some back roads and some of these itiots were doing 100+, and riding standups off of the redlights......

 

YO...

That's one of the worst things - seeing guys stunting without helmets - usually its the young idiiots who think they're invincible...Especially now where open class bikes AND even the 600s have remarkable power and can easily surprise even the best of us, it sucks to see some squidly moron trying shotgun wheelies for the first time without a helmet! Case in point: The 16 year old kid around the block from me trying aforementioned wheelies on his older brothers liter gixxer - this happened last year in Levitown, last I heard the kid had come out of his coma, but the scull fracture was pretty damning and he had to have a shunt built into his brain to drain the fluid out- I forget the name of his condition, but he's lucky to be alive!

 

wear that mushroom cap

Yep,
always wear a helmet. We have to deal with rocks, street concrete, bugs, cherry bombs (cig butts), and teary eyes if no helmet. All those listed hamper my riding confidence. And in this game, Confidence is everything. I feel naked without it. And I hear every little noise my bike makes without a helmet-aggravating!!

Later:thumbup

 

Ouch this guy should know better than to not wear His helmet !!

 

I'm in Ohio and we dont have to wear helmets. I wear mine because I've seen some people get FUC*ED up bad in a crash without it on. Plus, I can't do 170 without it. Ears cant take it.

 

Always wear it and the leather jacket and gloves.
Here in Portugal the weather is realy hot sometimes and even when its hot I always wear it.You know the temperature of the tarmac is always hoter than the air.

Protect yourself!

 

Not Smart :ugh

 

80% of the time i do not wear one, im not saying its a good idea but you got to have a choice.yes i can be seen doing 160+ with no helmet stand ups endo's ect...
i know im still in that stage of teen years (have to learn the hard way) but i do wear a vanson and agv carbotechs oh well live and learn

 

Always have the full gear when I ride. Have a wife and 3 kids to come home to.

 

never will ride without one...

smashed a few(although lightly)in crashes,and i seem to be stuck in a 3 years crashing cycle anyways...
oh,never was my fault btw....honest.

 

I agree whole-heartedly with OldDog on the first page. It should be everyone's choice whether to be stupid or not. Personally, I wear one 100% of the time. I learned to ride in Louisiana where the heat/humidity is always at least 100 degrees in the summer, so I learned to deal with the heat and just accept it. I've seen several guys get permenant brain damage from not wearing them, that's not for me. This issue seems to be more of a Harley rider issue since I see 99% of them around Tulsa not wearing anything except the DOT approved, skull saving dew rags on their head.

I believe in Darwin's rule too, but sometimes we need to throw a little chlorine in the gene pool to help weed out the not so smart folks. This is done with freedom of choice in the bike world.

 

I have to be honest and say that since I have been riding on the street, I have worn my helmet only cause the law enforced it and when I hit the New Hampshire, or the Conn border the helmet was gone. I hated riding with it on. However, ever since joining this forum and talking to all you guys I wear my helmet all the time regardless of where. You guys have to many freak stories and images burned into my head. I think that the other thing that purswaded(sp) me to keep my lid on is that I got a new Arai helmet. That thing compared to my last one is about fifty times lighter and has alot more visibility.