helmets
  • would you let someone ride your bike without a helmet?

    yes
    6
    19%
    no
    25
    81%
     
    Total votes: 31
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    hondafan
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    helmets

    by hondafan » Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:32 pm

    this issue is VERY controversial at TT.
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    by ev » Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:27 am

    puttering around the parking lot to help me find out where a disturbing sound comes from - yes
    anything you could call 'riding' - N O, never
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    wade
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    helmet

    by wade » Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:37 am

    I am with ev here, if their just puttering around in first or second, probably not, but if their wanting to twist the throttle hard then there is no question about a helmet. :twisted:
    Tree....what tree?
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    crfsonly
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    by crfsonly » Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:46 am

    helmets...the great debate...to wear or not to wear, that is the question.

    let me share a story about a good friend who has been riding dirt bikes almost as long as he's been alive. he's now 45.

    he was headed to a friends house not more than a mile away. he was traveling on a very familar dirt road; although he had not been on it for a month or so. it was dusk or perhaps even a bit later but with a head light on his KTM525E/XC that shouldn't have been a problem. he would just slowly roll down this old dirt road in first or second gear. of course there was no need for a helmet if you were just rolling in first or second, right?

    he got within a block or two of his friends house when the earth in front of him disappeared. the once old faithful dirt road had been washed away in the previous weekend rain. the wash created by the flooding and a broken drain pipe was 20 feet wide and 10 feet deep. at the last moment he attempted to loft the front and carry as much speed as possible in hopes he would clear the chas...if not completely at least with his body. unfortunately neither happened. his body slammed head first into the opposite wall of the wash.

    without a helmet there was significant facial damage but surprisingly no neck, back, skull, or brain damage. a helmet with a full face guard would have LIKELY saved him from a shattered jaw, damaged ear drum, rearranged teeth, not to mention numerous lacerations.

    one could argue, as some are, that wearing a helmet would have given him more confidence resulting in more speed...not enough speed to clear the wash however. the increased speed would have increased the impact and would have caused more significant injures that could have left him dead or paralyzed. this thinking results from parallel stories of someone not wearing a seat belt being thrown from a vehicle during a crash were all the belted passengers perished. in this case we'll never know.

    there's lots of lessons to be learned in this story and others like it. as for me, i wear a helmet and try to make the most of what that helmet is protecting. even still there are dangers out there...most are avoidable...some aren't...that is, unless you never throw a leg over.

    ride smart, have fun.

    ken
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    hondafan
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    by hondafan » Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:13 pm

    this is hard to word but i only ride without a helmet on a trail that goes to the lake when i want to swim. of course i would rather die on my bike than anywhere else. why? you may ask, well simply because i have no care nor worry while riding (besides to focus on what to do). while i am on my bike it is like a whole different world. just me and nature!

    but back to the topic.

    however i would NOT let anyone "ride" my bike W/out a helmet. not even in first gear. you could easily hit an unseen rock or a bug hit you in the eye or or or or... EASILY causing head injurys or even paralysis.
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    sold-2001 cr250, 2004 crf150, 2003 cr250, 1991 KX80, 2003 TT-R125
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    Robo
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    by Robo » Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:33 pm

    Nope, not a chance [-X

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