are you guys using your bike's helmet holders?

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The Grinch · Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:42 am

motorcyles can park on sidewalks, right?

Prohibited Stopping, Standing, or Parking

22500. No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic control device, in any of the following places:

(f) On any portion of a sidewalk, or with the body of the vehicle extending over any portion of a sidewalk, except electric carts when authorized by local ordinance, as specified in Section 21114.5. Lights, mirrors, or devices that are required to be mounted upon a vehicle under this code may extend from the body of the vehicle over the sidewalk to a distance of not more than 10 inches.

JCS · #22 Unread post by **JCS** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:29 am

I lost a nice full face Shoei by leaving it hanging on the mirror. Out of my sight for less than a minute. I usually don't use the helmet lock on the bike. Some idiot can always cut the strap and then neither one of us has a useful helmet.

If I have to leave the helmet on the bike ( I usually take it with me) I run a cable lock through the chin piece and lock it to the bike.

CNF2002 · #23 Unread post by **CNF2002** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:41 am

If I have to leave the helmet on the bike ( I usually take it with me) I run a cable lock through the chin piece and lock it to the bike.

I thought the 'cable lock' type of helmet lock is what we were talking about. My bike does not have its own helmet lock.

A strap connection doesn't seem like it would be worth anything, why bother?

JCS · #24 Unread post by **JCS** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:45 pm

On most bikes that have helmet locks it is usually a small key operated clip of some sort. Many older bikes (where the seat was on hinges) you opened the seat, slid the d-rings into a small bracket (hook) and closed the seat. I haven't seen any with their own cable lock but there may be some out there.
My cable lock stays in the tank bag. At some events where I didn't want to carry my leather coat all day I have also ran the cable through a sleeve on the jacket to secure it.

canuckerjay · Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:40 pm

I really only use the helmet lock when I'm some place where I'm not worried about the bike -- like at a campout, or at a bud's place; then it's pretty convenient. But for around town -- the helmet comes with me. Just can't trust people to be courteous.