RocketDaryl
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"(4) if neither of those options appeal to you, then shut up and get over it because we're tired of hearing all of the whining! "
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HellFire
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The last three friends that died on bikes were all wearing helmets. The last one was broadsided at an intersection when a 79yr old half blind woman ran a stop light. Hit him so hard he was dead before anyone got to him.
The way I understand our laws here in Delaware, Pensylvania and NewJersey is that you have to be over 21 and experienced to not wear a helmet. Sounds good to me, I choose to wear one when I feel like it. Most of the time I choose not to. I have a basic "skid-lid" I wear when I go into Maryland just to satisfy the stupid law.
The law 10yrs ago was that all the states here (except Delaware) had helmet laws, but the pen and NJ ones were appealed a few years ago since they were "unconstitutional". Aren't they all?
I have to admit that since installing the floor boards, I routinely ride with either sandals or house shoes. They are much more comfy that the steel toes I change into once at work.
The way I understand our laws here in Delaware, Pensylvania and NewJersey is that you have to be over 21 and experienced to not wear a helmet. Sounds good to me, I choose to wear one when I feel like it. Most of the time I choose not to. I have a basic "skid-lid" I wear when I go into Maryland just to satisfy the stupid law.
The law 10yrs ago was that all the states here (except Delaware) had helmet laws, but the pen and NJ ones were appealed a few years ago since they were "unconstitutional". Aren't they all?
I have to admit that since installing the floor boards, I routinely ride with either sandals or house shoes. They are much more comfy that the steel toes I change into once at work.
cane corso
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I always thought when you start something you need to finsih it
RocketDaryl
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I always thought when you start something you need to finsih it
I'm your huckleberry.
Ugarte
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I wonder just how effective any of the helmet laws are. Those who would wear a helmet anyway, regardless of the law, tend to wear a good full face helmet, whereas those who wear a helmet just to satisfy the law, nearly always wear bearnies or brain buckets, both of which are almost useless for the intended purpose.
As such, the argument that helmet laws save on health care costs does not hold water. But even if it did, if health care costs were reduced via helmet laws, you could then extend that logic to ban motorcycling altogether since we all know that motorcycles are a lot more dangerous than cars and we don't NEED to ride them.
The best government is the least government, that was the calling of our founding fathers but it looks like today that has pretty much been flushed down the toilet. I think it is time we revisit it this coming November
As such, the argument that helmet laws save on health care costs does not hold water. But even if it did, if health care costs were reduced via helmet laws, you could then extend that logic to ban motorcycling altogether since we all know that motorcycles are a lot more dangerous than cars and we don't NEED to ride them.
The best government is the least government, that was the calling of our founding fathers but it looks like today that has pretty much been flushed down the toilet. I think it is time we revisit it this coming November
RocketDaryl
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Logic and legislation are rarely in concert with one another.
scowherd
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I would wear a helmet but it makes it difficult to read and send my text messages while riding.
Sidecar Flip
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I love helmet debates.
First off, I live in a helmet state, where lids are mandatory. 15 miles south, they aren't. I don't much care for governmental controls like helmet laws or required seat belt/restraint use in cars but I'd wear my seatbelt anyway, just like I always wear a helmet. I prefer to have a choice. In today's society, too many choices are being taken away under the guise protecting yourself from yourself.
The no helmet/tiny helmet is certainly a HD perpetuated thing, like loud exhaust, it's a libido / testosterone thing. You have a small member and you need to impress, so you make noise and let the bugs permeate your forehead. That ain't me, well, maybe the member thing..... but my melon is important to me and oblique contact with asphalt and / or concrete is detrimental to my melon, much more so than other extremities. A broken melon usually can't be repaired and if it can, the results are not usually gratifying, in other words you become a veg.
Now, I'm a member of Michigan ABATE, an organization that actively campaigns against mandatory helmet use here in Michigan and while I support that, I always wear a helmet to any function they have because of the melon thing. I look at all those naked melons at the ABATE rallies and I picture a ripe canalope smashed on blistering hot pavement. Good for the flies, bad for the family, and you.
Look at it this way. If I busted my melon, Flipmeisters would cease to exist because without a functioning melon, I can't do ****.
Having said all that, I always wear a full face bucket and I don't pinch pennies on a lid because that one-in-a-million shot can bust your melon.
Besides, wearing a helmet in a non-helmet state, sets you apart, just like riding a Rocket. It's a good thing to be different. That's why we don't ride potato bikes, because we want to be......different.
Helmet threads are like oil threads. Everyone has an opinionand some opinions don't read well. What's good for me, might not be good for you but I'm me.
First off, I live in a helmet state, where lids are mandatory. 15 miles south, they aren't. I don't much care for governmental controls like helmet laws or required seat belt/restraint use in cars but I'd wear my seatbelt anyway, just like I always wear a helmet. I prefer to have a choice. In today's society, too many choices are being taken away under the guise protecting yourself from yourself.
The no helmet/tiny helmet is certainly a HD perpetuated thing, like loud exhaust, it's a libido / testosterone thing. You have a small member and you need to impress, so you make noise and let the bugs permeate your forehead. That ain't me, well, maybe the member thing.....
but my melon is important to me and oblique contact with asphalt and / or concrete is detrimental to my melon, much more so than other extremities. A broken melon usually can't be repaired and if it can, the results are not usually gratifying, in other words you become a veg.Now, I'm a member of Michigan ABATE, an organization that actively campaigns against mandatory helmet use here in Michigan and while I support that, I always wear a helmet to any function they have because of the melon thing. I look at all those naked melons at the ABATE rallies and I picture a ripe canalope smashed on blistering hot pavement. Good for the flies, bad for the family, and you.
Look at it this way. If I busted my melon, Flipmeisters would cease to exist because without a functioning melon, I can't do ****.
Having said all that, I always wear a full face bucket and I don't pinch pennies on a lid because that one-in-a-million shot can bust your melon.
Besides, wearing a helmet in a non-helmet state, sets you apart, just like riding a Rocket. It's a good thing to be different. That's why we don't ride potato bikes, because we want to be......different.
Helmet threads are like oil threads. Everyone has an opinionand some opinions don't read well. What's good for me, might not be good for you but I'm me.
Sidecar Flip
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Very well put. I expect no less from you.
I don't believe I've ever seen any rider on a KLR without at least a good quality 3/4 lid and most wear full buckets. Must be that ADV image.....
