(July 5, 2021 at 4:21 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:(July 5, 2021 at 3:04 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Speaking from experience, helmets are a good idea if you plan on crashing.
On the other hand, helmets that are strong enough to reduce the severity of a head injury are also the ones more likely to contribute to a crash, as they tend to interfere with seeing and hearing what it going on around you. There’s also risk compensation to consider - riders wearing helmets tend to take more risks than riders who don’t.
Boru
Helmets work if you plan on crashing at very low speeds and hit your head.
If you get hit by a vehicle such as a car or anything larger - odds are the body trauma is going to be so severe the helmet is a moot point.
Simple fact - motorcycles are dangerous as fuck in comparison to other vehicles. The ONLY way to make one really safer - is to leave it in the garage.
Anyone who argues that there is a " safer way to ride" hasn' t been hit by a pickup truck......
That’s more or less why I gave up riding. The three crashes I was involved in over 20+ years didn’t do it, it was seeing my mates get killed or injured for life.
One of the hardest things I ever did was selling my Electra Glide.
Boru
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