No helmet question...

[Badger]

When you riding without a helmet, without a jacket or gear....then i don't see any benefit to that. There is only harm.

Well...talk to any of the "lidless" and you'll get their take on the "benefits":

* I can see better...helmets effect my peripheral vision
* My head doesn't get hot if I don't wear a helmet
* The visor fogs up
* Takes to long to hook up
* Glasses/cool shades uncomfortable with a helmet
* I can smoke if I don't wear a helmet (figured I'd throw this one in).

Just for the record...I don't agree that any of these are "good" justifications (I wear a helmet all the time, required or not)...but they sound just like the "justifications" for smoking.  Just because -you- don't think there are any benefits doesn't mean other people don't.  I'm sure many (most?) people don't think that there is any benefit whatsoever to smoking, and many would argue that it harms other people as well (the second-hand smoke coalition...bastards!)

Again...I say let Darwin have at 'em.