Originally Posted by IdahoHacker

Yup.

Went on a HOG chapter ride Saturday, up US 12 toward Lolo Pass. Had lunch at the Lochsa Lodge. Awesome, gourmet-worthy food, btw, if you're ever up that way. Oh, and they're open all year, and there's a one-pump gas station there. Good to know!

So, it was basically a steady 102 degrees all the way back to Lowell, where it went a few degrees higher until we stopped in Kamiah. (If you ain't from these parts, that's pronounced "kam-eee-eye".)

As I'm fond of saying, I may be riding a Harley, but I'm not a "Harley rider". Jesus dirtbiking Christ, you should have seen the rest of the group when we stopped. They're pulling off their cheap, black, helmets, that flow no air, their hair is soaked with sweat, their faces are beet red, and sweat is rolling down their faces. They're wearing black leather jackets, ("But I have the vents unzipped!"), and the standard black leather chaps. They're buying bottles of water and pouring water over their heads and down into their jeans. Woooooo!!

I'm wearing a cooling vest under my (light colored, hi-viz) full mesh jacket, (light colored, hi-viz), mesh-backed gloves, and a (light colored, hi-viz), not-black helmet that flows a lot of air. I've been drinking my cool water, not pouring it on my head and my (not) steaming crotch.

I'm as comfortable as I can be, I'm not even sweating. I'm ready to go ride, they're all ready for heat stroke.

And, no, they didn't look "badass".

Originally Posted by rjg883c

To let anyone that is undecided understand that death is not a sure thing. And considering odds, it is not even the most likely result of an accident.

Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker

2 of my best friends have died in bike accidents, one I was there and the other was massive head trauma while wearing a helmet, He lasted 3 minutes once they shut down the life support systems that he'd been on for 4 days ,more have had severe injuries lasting years afterward.

I've been to more bike related funerals than I care to remember the last 47 years riding and the only overnight I've ever done in the hospital was a long one as the 19 yr old kid across the hall cried all night, he was going to be a quadriplegic for the rest of his life from a bike wreck. Pretty sure the hospital staff did that on purpose to drive a point home to me.

Yes I'm more than aware of the what if's related to what we do and after some years in this forum I'm damned sure I understand them more than most in here.

Originally Posted by rjg883c

I guarantee you that there were many, many more accidents in which the rider didn't die, especially instantly. And your point is....

Originally Posted by Raider Bill

It's a HJC with mirrored face shield.
Wonder if the mirror is doing it.
Paid $10 for the helmet at a swap meet last year without the face shield which I got online for $20. First FF.

Originally Posted by Redoilokie

The point is, YOU in particular seem hell bent on turning this into some sort of come to Jesus/wear a helmet or perish in eternal fire and brimstone type of thread. There always has to be one. GFY.

Originally Posted by Dillbilly Bone

My money is on visual distortion which changes as you move your head or (more accurately) your eyes.