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sapaul wrote:I ran into a swarm of bees doing about 120. Had on my full face and it still felt like I had been shot by a shotgun. Me and the Goose had on mesh jackets and we had to stop to pick the bees out of the mesh and they were still trying to sting. I cannot imagine what that would have been like with no helmet. In saying that how many guy's are riding with big shields?

I actually put a windshield on my Harley at the end of October and although I felt it takes away from the look of the bike, you can really see what comes your way when its cleaned off at the end of a ride. It cuts down on the wind noise too, so for all the ill-feeling I have for it being on, its hard to ignore the practicality of it.

The one time I took it off to make the bike look better was for the recent Toy Run and I had a bee hit me right in the mouth while going about seventy miles an hour on the way home from the event. Only my closed teeth stopping it from going any further

I do agree with Zoo Tech though, part of the joy of riding is the road film and smell of oil, gas and sweat on your clothes and skin at the end of the ride.

As I mentioned earlier, I wear a DoT approved half helmet although I dont have to in Florida.

Well, coming from my sporty background, I used to wear only full face helmets all the time. I've crashed on my sporty and the FF helmet really did help.

But then I got my cruiser. Over the summer I work in NH (Live in MA) where NH doesn't have a helmet law. On a few rides I putted around the lake and down the bullivard (Sp?) without a helmet. Felt so amazingly great. I went out and bought a nice (dot) half helmet. It's all I've used so far since, except on the cold days when I use my FF for warmth. Of course, a windsheild helps immensly. Without a windsheild and using my Half helmet the wind would catch the back of the helmet and pull my head back, giving me a sore neck by the end of the ride.

I (and others) have definetaly noticed a tendency to drive about 10 mph faster with a FF without even noticing...

Someone said it earlier, sporty's love the FF and wouldn't wear anything less, and when I was a sporty I fully agreed and thought anyone with anything less was crazy. But the cruiser world has a completely different feel and mentality. I think a lot of cruisers justify their decision because they don't "push the limits" like the sporty's do.

I don't know why I accept the risk...maybe because it feels so good.

But, then its the same argument for everything.

Why eat chocolate, its not healthy for you?
Why have sex, you could get a lot of diseases?
Because it all feels so good you think its worth the risk.

Chocolate is good for you, it's the sugar that goes into making the commercially availible stuff that is bad.

Sex isn't about pleasure it's about procreation, having it feel good just makes it more likely that it'll happen.

So to make me feel very good, Can I eat chocolate while having sex and not wearing any rubber, oops I mean helmet? sorry can't resist.

JustJames wrote:So to make me feel very good, Can I eat chocolate while having sex and not wearing any rubber, oops I mean helmet? sorry can't resist.

That young man....would depend on the kind of women you're hanging with!

Sevulturus wrote:Would you think a construction worker who worked without safety ropes or lock-offs was "more hardcore?" What about the welder that doesn't wear leathers in case of sparks?

Yup.

Welder with no gloves, jacket or eye protection LOL reminds me of the guy I saw at a muffler shop who lit his oxy-acetylene torch with his cigarette, and he was wearing short sleeves while cutting out an old exhaust system, can we say slag burns.

You usually get slag burns from an arc welder... because oxy-acetalyne doesn't typically create slag.

But last summer one of the torch cutters at the steel mill I worked at lit himself on fire, because he didn't have proper leathers, and decided it wasn't his problem to ask for them. He spent a week complaining about how the foreman was doing a crappy job because he didn't know that he (the welder) didn't have a jacket anymore. But he never thought to ask for one...

ZooTech wrote:

Sevulturus wrote:Would you think a construction worker who worked without safety ropes or lock-offs was "more hardcore?" What about the welder that doesn't wear leathers in case of sparks?

Yup.

I'm a general contractor - If I see one of my guys without ropes I call him 'unemployed'. I'm sure broken necks and backs are sexy somewhere, but not on my jobsites. I have 60 guys with families to feed - being 'hardcore ain't worth risking our license for.

Oxy-acetylene torch + ehaust system = lots of dripping hot metal.

dont know what they call it other than welding slag.

Considering the amount of little scorch marks I have seen on some welding jackets I dont think I would want that to be my arm instead.