I guess this is not a good time to mention that sometimes I don't even wear a helmet.   

(But I'm looking for flame retardant clothing after posting this!)   

Quote from: NorDog on March 25, 2009, 03:15:20 PM
I guess this is not a good time to mention that sometimes....

Whew, I thought at that point in your post you were about to say you wore it backwards.... 

Quote from: NorDog on March 25, 2009, 03:15:20 PM
I guess this is not a good time to mention that sometimes I don't even wear a helmet.   

(But I'm looking for flame retardant clothing after posting this!)   

Dude!  You're gonna need mo' than flame resistant for this group 

Seriously.  You don't wear a helmet sometimes?  I've thought about it on occasion when the weather's been nice but it's usually right about then I get a big honkin' junebug careening off my helmet making me not only glad I've got a helmet on, but that I'm wearing earplugs too! 

Not sure how that would work out sans hat 

Besides, if I didn't wear a helmet, I'm sure I'd get run off the road by irrate motorists.  Anyone else yell at people in traffic? 

Quote from: NorDog on March 25, 2009, 03:15:20 PM
I guess this is not a good time to mention that sometimes I don't even wear a helmet.   

(But I'm looking for flame retardant clothing after posting this!)   

Are you one of the guys that has the helmet strapped to the tail of their bike?  Seriously sometimes I want to run those guys off the road just to teach them a lesson.   

Quote from: Jester on March 25, 2009, 04:00:39 PM
Are you one of the guys that has the helmet strapped to the tail of their bike?  Seriously sometimes I want to run those guys off the road just to teach them a lesson.   

Wowww!!!! Im sure you will teach them a leason this way... 

Quote from: bryant8 on March 24, 2009, 08:37:35 PM
I wouldn't say they sound smug, just their opinion on how they buy helmets.  The thing with buying a helmet sight unseen, is the risk of getting a helmet that is beyond it's "service life" or not as advertised.  I personally wouldn't buy a used helmet unless I knew the person and they were upfront about the (ab)use the helmet received.  Like other, it's just a personal preference.  Gear is a personal thing and everybody has their price points and brand preference. 

To add to the helmet convo, I am in the market for a new helmet seeing that my Shoei is around the 5 year mark and my Arai needs to be retired due to my crash and it being ill-fitting now.  I talked to Peter at MotoLiberty and will be getting sized up for a new lid soon.  And yes both were sent off to get inspected after meeting asphalt.

Dood, check out the HJC CF helmet.  I also have an Arai but always were the HJC.  Not quite as plush but lighter and cooler, feeling and looking!

Quote from: Cher on March 25, 2009, 03:54:04 PM

Anyone else yell at people in traffic? 

Constantly. Whether on the bike or in the car. I agree with Jester in part. I feel like running dumbasses off the road every day. Aggressive and clueless dumbass auto drivers absolutely push my "want to kill" button. Reading the thread about the commute from hell had me grabbing for my Glock. I don't ride or drive that way and never have. Worked too many fatality truck/auto accidents when I worked for a trucking company years ago. I was the company representative and contact person for all vehicular accidents and cargo claims. A huge majority of the accidents were idiotic four wheeler drivers doing stupid s#@t around an 18 wheeler. Of course we were sued every time and the damn insurance companies were all too happy to settle. Can you tell it still pisses me off? Oh well, it firmly entrenched my hatred of a##hole drivers... and being a bike rider makes it even worse.

OK, end of rant.

Quote from: Jester on March 25, 2009, 04:00:39 PM
Are you one of the guys that has the helmet strapped to the tail of their bike?  Seriously sometimes I want to run those guys off the road just to teach them a lesson.   

Er, ah, actually no.  I enjoy riding with my helmet about 99% of the time.  The other 1%?  I want to go without, so I leave without.  So I guess I won't have to worry about you killing me (on purpose anyway).

it's an individual choice and that's it. 

Quote from: rgramjet on March 25, 2009, 04:48:09 PM
Dood, check out the HJC CF helmet.  I also have an Arai but always were the HJC.  Not quite as plush but lighter and cooler, feeling and looking!

Thanks for the advice on the HJC lids.  I'll be sure to check them out 

Competition Accessories has some screaming deals on helmets right now. 

Bully

Quote from: NorDog on March 25, 2009, 05:24:32 PM
Er, ah, actually no.  I enjoy riding with my helmet about 99% of the time.  The other 1%?  I want to go without, so I leave without.  So I guess I won't have to worry about you killing me (on purpose anyway).

I was kidding about the run off the road part!  However I do find it comical to bring a helmet along for a ride and lock it to the side of your tail.  Not sure I understand what the point is.  Maybe it can help save the bike in the event of a lowside.   

The helmet on the back is for picking up ugly women.  Your buddies will not know that she is a butterface when she is wearing a full face lid 

Quote from: NorDog on March 25, 2009, 05:24:32 PM
I enjoy riding with my helmet about 99% of the time.  The other 1%?  I want to go without, so I leave without. 

I would add that my helmet makes riding MORE enjoyable that same 99% of the time.  Flying Texas Bugs (FTB), pebbles, highspeed dump trucks with loads of sand, etc., really irriate my delicate complection when they collide with my face at speed.

Though this doesn't help my standing regarding non-usage, one day running about 80 mph sans helmet I had a bird (a sparrow I think) fly out in front of my face.  I didn't even have time to duck.  At the last nano second the bird's flight path went up a bit, and its wing tagged my forhead.  Hardly felt it, but I was lucky it wasn't a full bird beak first into the frontal lobes.