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Title: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: koganti on June 16, 2006, 07:09:54 AM
Still debating over using a helmet.

Then watch this.

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/us/2006/06/15/roberts.motorcyle.cnn&wm=10

Sarat
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: TragicImage on June 16, 2006, 08:42:50 AM
That girl that is in the first crash frequents another board that I go to.


http://www.socalsportbikes.info

it was one of her first days with that helmet mounted.


Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: Egaeus on June 16, 2006, 11:14:02 AM
There's a debate? 
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: roguegeek on June 16, 2006, 01:43:41 PM
Quote from: Egaeus on June 16, 2006, 11:14:02 AM
There's a debate? 
+1
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: afplayboy18 on June 16, 2006, 01:50:16 PM
the old guy with grey hair and speech impediment at the NOVA MSF course was my teacher...pretty cool.

no debate IMO
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: TadMC on June 16, 2006, 04:58:16 PM
I dont like full face helmets, I wear this one for style.

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/TadMC/classic-chrome.jpg)





Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: annguyen1981 on June 16, 2006, 07:48:21 PM
Quote from: roguegeek on June 16, 2006, 01:43:41 PM
Quote from: Egaeus on June 16, 2006, 11:14:02 AM
There's a debate? 
+1


Ditto
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 16, 2006, 09:44:21 PM
Quote from: TadMC on June 16, 2006, 04:58:16 PM
I dont like full face helmets, I wear this one for style.

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/TadMC/classic-chrome.jpg)








heh ive got one similar i get so much crap from using it, things like "why ride a full motorcycle with only half a helmet?"
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: TadMC on June 17, 2006, 08:16:14 AM
damn i was just joking, your crazy for wearing a brain bucket like that
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: GeeP on June 17, 2006, 08:38:28 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on June 16, 2006, 09:44:21 PM
"why ride a full motorcycle with only half a helmet?"

:laugh:  I need to remember that.
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: scratch on June 17, 2006, 04:17:50 PM
Skid lid.
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: ILoveNakedTwins on June 17, 2006, 05:26:16 PM
That first clip is Vyshtia for SCS.
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: NiceGuysFinishLast on June 17, 2006, 06:03:56 PM
Quote from: scratch on June 17, 2006, 04:17:50 PM
Skid lid.

brain bucket
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: CirclesCenter on June 17, 2006, 09:27:29 PM
We call 'em screw tops, cause when you take 'em off the brain all spills out.
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: TadMC on June 17, 2006, 09:29:07 PM
you know in some countries, brains spewing out your head is fashionable
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 17, 2006, 09:31:09 PM
Quote from: GeeP on June 17, 2006, 08:38:28 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on June 16, 2006, 09:44:21 PM
"why ride a full motorcycle with only half a helmet?"

:laugh:  I need to remember that.
baah mines shot to hell anyway, damned birds built a nest in it  :laugh:
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: average on June 18, 2006, 12:26:14 AM
It all depends on how you feel. Im from Illinois and never owned a bike there before, but a few years ago I moved back home and realized there was no helmet law. I had ridden in the Carolinas for 3 years and it just felt weird to not wear one.  O0
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: pnaberhaus on June 19, 2006, 08:18:32 AM
Over the weekend, another mc accident claimed the life of a biker. No helmet. The bike was a Harley. Why am I not surprised? The Harley boys will wear half-ton boots with soles as thick as a phone book, but not wear a helmet :cookoo: I guess they value their feet more than their face and brains. Come to think of it, based on their bike preference, riding style and cost of bike ownership, I shouldn't think that they're mental giants! :laugh:
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: sharkfin25 on June 19, 2006, 04:40:41 PM
Ok, does anyone else think it's a little weird that the guy in the video with brain damage, Bradley, looks a lot like Ben Rothlisberger?
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: Queso on June 19, 2006, 08:08:26 PM
Helmet laws or not, I'll never ride without. For one, a bug would freakin hurt hittin you in the face on the freeway. That news guy said riding without a helmet "looks good," I think it looks stupid. Full face helmets look sweet.
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: Alphamazing on June 19, 2006, 08:10:34 PM
(http://www.1000ps.at/images/p_G14104.jpg)

How does that NOT look cool?
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: makenzie71 on June 19, 2006, 08:15:35 PM
holy shaZam!...1:40 is hard to watch...as well as that last scene...that guy wasn't moving and the other rider didn't even check him out?!
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 19, 2006, 08:29:10 PM
Quote from: pnaberhaus on June 19, 2006, 08:18:32 AM
Over the weekend, another mc accident claimed the life of a biker. No helmet. The bike was a Harley. Why am I not surprised? The Harley boys will wear half-ton boots with soles as thick as a phone book, but not wear a helmet :cookoo: I guess they value their feet more than their face and brains. Come to think of it, based on their bike preference, riding style and cost of bike ownership, I shouldn't think that they're mental giants! :laugh:
heh funny  :flipoff: :laugh:
Title: Re: Debate over using a helmet
Post by: baco99 on July 02, 2006, 04:26:49 PM
i don't think i'd even go down my driveway without a helmet.  i have a soft head.