Newbie don't like helmet

[u4ea]

Just like tatoos cause motorcycle accidents

ooooo now ya tell me...

welcome to kb......

[oldrider]

But having been shown the light would you now NOT wear one?

I thought the inference was obvious in the post, it's bad enough having to admit that I was wrong, without you twisting the knife. (lol)

"It is not logical to ride a motorcycle without a helmet" but you should still be free to make the choice to act logically or illogically yourself.

Learn from the mistakes of others, you haven't got time to make them all yourself and sometimes you don't get a second chance.

Can I make it any clearer sAsLEX, I was foolish not to wear a helmet when riding my bike!

Actually I knew a guy who was killed when he stopped his bike at the garage door and misplaced his footing (as you do) and when he fell over he hit his head on a little piece of pipe he had put in the concrete to hold his garage door bolt shut! Dead as a dodo, instantly!

You just never know, do you. John.

[sunhuntin]

Just like tatoos cause motorcycle accidents

mine saved me from serious injury!! they are on my shoulders, and i came off wearing a singlet....my upper body sustained no injury, and i think it was the butterfly tattoos....they each represent someone i love who has died, so yeh.

as far as helmets...id never ride without one [ok, i did once, but only up the road as a pillion] but id really like to be legally able to wear a "pudding bowl" like in canada...much prefer those over the ones im restricted to.

[Roj]

Was scientificly proven (on news today) that cages dont bump you if no helmet. They steer clear. Long hair even better protection. The theory say that drivers assess women as erratic, so give more space to hair bears.

A helmet, it should be a choice. My head after all isn't it. Don't knock it.

While free choice is one thing, I for one would not like to have to clean up if you were to be involved in an accident, a helmet will save a lot of problems when you have an accident, I say when because unfortunate as it is riding a bike it is likely that somewhere along the way you will be invloved in an accident, usually due to a car driver with the famous line of "I didn't see you"

[padre]

Haven't had one yet but point taken.

Report was about cyclists not bikes but not to say same logic doesn't apply. Whats the deal with canadian "pudding bowl" helmets. Are they less retarding?

[Hitcher]

Whats the deal with canadian "pudding bowl" helmets. Are they less retarding?

Where's Waylander when you need him?

[Ixion]

Are puddn basins no longer legal? I used to wear one (mainly cos Mum insisted)

[SARGE]

i rode for over 30 years back home and the only time i wore a helmet was my first 12 months on my license and in cold or wet weather or if i knew i was going to be riding hard.. yes i have come off several times with and without a helmet and i was never seriously hurt ( knock wood)

that was in the US however where the cages tend to actually watch for us moreso than they do here.


in 30 years of riding in the US .. i have never ONCE been taken out by a cage ..

here in NZ .. 3 times in 5 years ( once wrote the FJ off..thanks for fixing it Protecta.. the last 2 we both came out scuffed but ok)

i had an 85 Vmax that i overcooked a corner on ( easy to do on those Waylander..) and slid down the tarmac on my left side and back..i was wearing leather pants and an HD jacket .. neither had armor in them.. i remember thinking as i slid.. HEAD UP HEAD UP and kept my dome off the asphalt..

road rash and a fucked bike but i lived to tell the tale .


down here ..no way in HELL i would ride without one ..

[BarBender]

Thanks Sarge.
More confirmation of what I have always thought - We cant drive for fark in this country.

[SARGE]

Thanks Sarge.
More confirmation of what I have always thought - We cant drive for fark in this country.

you actually needed confirmation???????

[padre]

Renegade master made a similiar post in pontless drivel, he supports me because as he says we are free men. Magna carta. RM is my sort and rep to him. Interesting to hear of Sarges view. If Kiwis can't drive they should be off the road imo.

[Marmoot]

...
The theory say that drivers assess women as erratic...

Surely this is a spelling mistake and I believe the correct term would be Erotic

Please supply some pictures of Erotic women. I NEED ILLUSTRATION

[davereid]

If helmets were really any good you'd have to wear one in your car. After all, head injuries are the biggest killer of car accident victims.

Helmet laws suck, so do safety nazis with the blah blah wear your helmet/condom/etc etc bleating.

If you want to wear a helmet good on ya, but f.off telling me I have to.

[sunhuntin]

If helmets were really any good you'd have to wear one in your car. After all, head injuries are the biggest killer of car accident victims.

Helmet laws suck, so do safety nazis with the blah blah wear your helmet/condom/etc etc bleating.

If you want to wear a helmet good on ya, but f.off telling me I have to.

i wear a helmet only cos i cant afford the fines for not...i dont however like condoms, and prefer not to use them at all. they suck, and take away all the feeling from both parties.

[Loose Nut]

i wear a helmet only cos i cant afford the fines for not...i dont however like condoms, and prefer not to use them at all. they suck, and take away all the feeling from both parties.

If ya wear a helmet, it makes it easier for the ambo staff to clean up the mess.
Just like a condom really.