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Not, and I do not want to speak for him. In some manner this topic comes up once and a while and with the majority of the people on this board so opinionated against those who don't wear gear, he seems to be one of the only people who are vocal on the other point of view.

I think more people on the forum are into gear because they look into the world of riding more. Some guys get a bike, hop on it and ride. Some take an MSF, some think the MSF is like going to college. The people on the forum are taking a much more proactive approach to learning about motorcycles. Part of that is encountering nasty pictures, statistics and stories about riders from riders (as opposed to the guy that your mother's friend's dog's counsin's owner knew that died while thinking about riding a motorcycle). When confronted with that there are generally two choices
1.) wear gear and feel safer
2.) Don't wear gear and enjoy the unique sensation.

Lets see what he has to say

Zoo doesn't care either what other people wears, AFAIK.

Wow.

Anyone remember Dragon Ball Z? This is like one of the times that the gang was getting their butt kicked and they were all like "Just wait until Goku gets here"

Zoo- I hope you make one hell of an entrance.

I am the only one I know that wears a FF helmet, always a jacket, gloves, boots and 99.9% of the time, chaps. I get cold!

No one ever ribs me about that one thing - that I wear full gear. Lots of other things, but not that.

Most people I know do not wear their jacket when it's warm, could wear their gloves or not, and consider chaps to be for when it's very cold, dark. Ride in Tshirt, jeans, sneakers. We do have a helmet law in NY, and I have seen alot of novelty (non DOT) helmets...

Lots of people I meet have commented I should get a 1/2 or shorty helmet. My feeling is that at least two people I know plus Rothesburg (sp) broke their jaw in their crash. I don't kid myself that just wearing a helmet will protect me 100%, I assume the risk, BUT I figure if I can try to avoid what seems like a somewhat preventable thing, why not try?

And when I see the tank top shorts flipflop wearin' guys, I say, "Now that's GUSTO!" and think, "What do they have that I haven't got? COURAGE!"

I don't care what anybody wears or not. Their choice and like Andrew said, there is no correlation between helmetless riders and increased insurance rates. That's just fear mongering and misinformation by the pro-helmet groups.

That being said, Ohio is a non helmet law state but I choose to wear one. Not always my other gear, but always my helmet.

Candy750 wrote: And when I see the tank top shorts flipflop wearin' guys, I say, "Now that's GUSTO!" and think, "What do they have that I haven't got? COURAGE!"

But what will you have that they won't in the event of a crash?
Your skin and your face.

I personally could care less about everyone tooling around in whatever they feel like wearing. I hate people that ride in flipflops though. Had one of em drop his bike right in front of me because his flipflop came off at a light, and he tried to pick it up without getting off his bike.... To me, that is the type of person who rides flip flops when they ride: Idiots.

I've heard a lot about the helmet vs no helmet debates, it comes down to personal choice. It is all about assumable risk. Some people say "I would rather be comfortable 99.999% of the time and forgo the extra protection in the event of a crash". In some states, that is their choice... in some, it is against the law. People are going to do what they want.

The simple solution is don't crash!

I personally wouldnt ride without a helmet, but i respect other peoples decisio n not to.

Do you have a problem with people who dont wear seatbelts? I dont.

I ride the whole spectrum, from jeans, t-shirt and no helmet to full ATGATT gear. I really don't care what other people wear and I could care less what others think of me.

The only people I pass judgement on are people who demonstrate that they have no business being on bike by their riding, not by what they wear.