Helmets

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darsek · #11 Unread post by **darsek** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:53 am

I wear one but to each his own. It's a very personal desicion as is whether to ride or not, wear gear or not, etc. I don't ride anywear without full gear.

ceemes · #12 Unread post by **ceemes** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:55 am

Like Kal, I'm too damned ugly as it is to be kissing pavement in the advent of a spill....full face all the way, plus it has the added advantage of hiding my ugly mug so I don't scare the kiddies in the back seat of a cagermobile.

JC Viper · #13 Unread post by **JC Viper** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:05 am

I'm interested in this helmet. Good for short hops or when the temps really climb. Seems like it protects better than those German helmets. Sure not DOT but if it's good against fragmentation and shrapnel then it should be all good. Plus it looks cool, goes well with the black cargo pants I always wear.

http://www.galaxyarmynavy.com/item-1990blk.asp

ericeverson · Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:17 pm

Full face for me. If you are going to wear protection you might as well go all the way. I know many say to each their own, but I just don’t understand why riders go without helmets. In Maine there is no helmet law and I’d guess that about one out of every ten bikers here wear. I personally don’t care if it’s the law or not… If I’m on a bike I strap on my head gear. There are a million ways to be a bad @ss biker, wearing a helmet doesn’t change that.

Nibblet99 · Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:40 am

JC Viper wrote:I'm interested in this helmet. Good for short hops or when the temps really climb. Seems like it protects better than those German helmets. Sure not DOT but if it's good against fragmentation and shrapnel then it should be all good. Plus it looks cool, goes well with the black cargo pants I always wear.

http://www.galaxyarmynavy.com/item-1990blk.asp

Err you may want to be a bit careful there, ballistics protection is designed to take low kinetic energy impacts at a point and redistribute the energy over a larger area. With a bike accident, where your head is hitting the tarmac, you have a large amount of Kinetic energy already spread over a large area, you now need protection that absorbs the energy

Just because its bulletproof, doesn't mean it'll save your "O Ring" in all uses

JC Viper · #16 Unread post by **JC Viper** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:31 pm

Nibblet99 wrote:
JC Viper wrote:I'm interested in this helmet. Good for short hops or when the temps really climb. Seems like it protects better than those German helmets. Sure not DOT but if it's good against fragmentation and shrapnel then it should be all good. Plus it looks cool, goes well with the black cargo pants I always wear.

http://www.galaxyarmynavy.com/item-1990blk.asp

Err you may want to be a bit careful there, ballistics protection is designed to take low kinetic energy impacts at a point and redistribute the energy over a larger area. With a bike accident, where your head is hitting the tarmac, you have a large amount of Kinetic energy already spread over a large area, you now need protection that absorbs the energy

Just because its bulletproof, doesn't mean it'll save your "O Ring" in all uses

That is true but it seems better compared to the beanie helmets that some riders wear. I'm trying to find a DOT approved helmet that looks like that but it's not likely. I really hate those German style helmets.

wiggumon · #17 Unread post by **wiggumon** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:21 am

That is true but it seems better compared to the beanie helmets that some riders wear. I'm trying to find a DOT approved helmet that looks like that but it's not likely. I really hate those German style helmets.

Do you mean one of these German helmets?

A guy at work wears something like this for cranium protection, but without the big spike.

DieMonkeys · Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:30 am

wiggumon wrote:
Do you mean one of these German helmets? A guy at work wears something like this for cranium protection, but without the big spike.

The big spike would be great for impaling the drunk driver as you fly through his windshield.

That would be the only justification for buying this helmet because it doesn't do "poo poo" to save your life, may as well end someone elses.

JC Viper · #19 Unread post by **JC Viper** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:35 am

Today I saw someone riding wearing a Viking helmet while also sporting a long and heavy beard with sunglasses.

Must've been a Grateful Dead fan.

#20 Unread post by **t_bonee** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:33 pm

Not all us Grateful Dead fans have long beards. Some of us just have handle bar mustaches.