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Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:35 pm**

Do you wear a helmet when riding? I personally I dont I was wondering what others policies were.

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:41 pm**

there are many posts already like this, search for them and youll get you answers...

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:52 pm**

way to not be a *.. just trying to spark conversation this place is dead.

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:13 pm**

yeah, there was a huge topic on helmets before, but its long since dead, so this new one will do.

Yes, i do wear a helmet whenever i ride. Partly because the state requires me too, but i also do it because i have seen the aftermath of no helmet crashes.
I have a dirt bike helmet with goggles, gets hot at times, but all around not bad. For a while i didnt have goggles. but after 5000 bugs in eyes and dust kicked up by passing cars i had to go out and get some, they really make all the difference.

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:34 pm**

Im pretty sure MI requires a helmet. IDK why, let the idiots kill themselves.

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:05 pm**

most of the time i do, it all depends on how long my ride is and the time of day.

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:13 pm**

Usually but if I'm just taking a quick ride to somewhere I usually don't..that also depends on traffic level though

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:34 pm**

I guess i'm an idiot! I don't wear one. I trust my reflexes. But anyways, Michigan does not require a helmet unless you go over 35 mph, and then you get a ticket for no helmet and speeding!

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:38 pm**

I'm sorry...I was wrong. Anything over 30 mph is speeding and anyone under the age of 19 must wear helmet.

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:31 pm**

shortcal wrote:Do you wear a helmet when riding?

Yup. Started riding dirt bikes when I was about 10, and if I didn't wear a helmet I don't want to guess what kind of shape my head would be in, since I seemed to spend a lot of time with the bike laying sideways and me sprawled out on the ground. That old '73 Yamaha Enduro 80 took quite a beating.

Any doubts I had about helmets vaporized when I totaled my '84 CX650E in university. As is typical of motorcycle accidents, I went into the ditch at almost 50 mph because of two morons racing pickup trucks. Long story short, I walked away from that accident despite the force of impact that almost completely sheared the jaw guard off my helmet. That Shoei literally saved my life.

North Carolina hits 100+ degrees in the summer, but you'll never catch me riding with anything other than a full-face helmet on. I cherish (what's left of) my noggin' too much.

Cheers,
-- Mike

'86 Honda Spree
'05 Ducati S2R Monster

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:56 pm**

i only wear helment when i think i going to have to run from police

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:39 pm**

I have to wear a helmet here in Georgia due to state law. However if there was any way that I could get away with not wearing one then thats the way I would prefer to ride!!

Posted: **Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:44 pm**

Elite1998 wrote:Usually but if I'm just taking a quick ride to somewhere I usually don't..that also depends on traffic level though

s*** always happens on that "short trip around the block".

Posted: **Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:00 pm**

i dont ussually, sad to say it, but i dont.

Posted: **Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:22 pm**

i do manly because my parents make me and also it is law in Michigan if you are under 19 you have to but once i am over 19 i will still wear a helmet because i would rather live a long time.

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