NOT another helmet debate post
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06-29-2008, 10:26 AM
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RE: NOT another helmet debate post
Thanks for the responses. This is pretty much a no-BS board, and I probably need to find a more general cycle forum for this kind of pre-purchase cold-feet stuff. Reason I'm here is because I'm this close to pulling the trigger on a '08 Rocker, so I've been reading posts about soft tails and so forth. Lot's of good, practical experience here.
(By the way, I was really not trying to get into the whole helmet thing. I should not have even mentioned it in the original post even with the NOT in capitals.)
So, anyway, here's where I'm coming from: In my 20s I had a bike as my sole transport for a couple of years (I'm in my 50s now). So I had a good dose of real experience, but that was a long time ago and did not amount to anything like being an expert. Also, the bike was a 250 scrambler, so whole other type of riding. (RR Anonymous meeting: "My name is Marco, and I rode a scrambler." "Hello, Marco.")
The two largest groups of cycle grease marks are kids with no judgement on their first bikes and old fart wannabes who get in over their heads. Both are really experience problems. My best hope comes from that I survived two years as the former and so have a smattering of experience to bring to the "old fart" stage. In the final analysis, there is no substitute for getting out there and doing the miles, but I can also try to pick up the benefit of the wisdom of other riders and maybe spare myself a stupid and costly mistake.
I agree, though, that in the meantime, I should try not to be a total pain in the a@@ to you guys.
(By the way, I was really not trying to get into the whole helmet thing. I should not have even mentioned it in the original post even with the NOT in capitals.)
So, anyway, here's where I'm coming from: In my 20s I had a bike as my sole transport for a couple of years (I'm in my 50s now). So I had a good dose of real experience, but that was a long time ago and did not amount to anything like being an expert. Also, the bike was a 250 scrambler, so whole other type of riding. (RR Anonymous meeting: "My name is Marco, and I rode a scrambler." "Hello, Marco.")
The two largest groups of cycle grease marks are kids with no judgement on their first bikes and old fart wannabes who get in over their heads. Both are really experience problems. My best hope comes from that I survived two years as the former and so have a smattering of experience to bring to the "old fart" stage. In the final analysis, there is no substitute for getting out there and doing the miles, but I can also try to pick up the benefit of the wisdom of other riders and maybe spare myself a stupid and costly mistake.
I agree, though, that in the meantime, I should try not to be a total pain in the a@@ to you guys.
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06-29-2008, 12:31 PM
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RE: NOT another helmet debate post
Hey Marco, two things. \\; First, yes there are stupid questions but I don't think yours was one of them. I just wanted to let you know that you're not likely to come up with an answer to your question by posting on this forum. \\; But hey, you never know. \\; Second, you're not being a pain in the ***...at least not yet 
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06-29-2008, 02:52 PM
RE: NOT another helmet debate post
ORIGINAL: Marco76
Thanks for the responses. This is pretty much a no-BS board, and I probably need to find a more general cycle forum for this kind of pre-purchase cold-feet stuff. Reason I'm here is because I'm this close to pulling the trigger on a '08 Rocker, so I've been reading posts about soft tails and so forth. Lot's of good, practical experience here.
(By the way, I was really not trying to get into the whole helmet thing. I should not have even mentioned it in the original post even with the NOT in capitals.)
So, anyway, here's where I'm coming from: In my 20s I had a bike as my sole transport for a couple of years (I'm in my 50s now). So I had a good dose of real experience, but that was a long time ago and did not amount to anything like being an expert. Also, the bike was a 250 scrambler, so whole other type of riding. (RR Anonymous meeting: "My name is Marco, and I rode a scrambler." "Hello, Marco.")
The two largest groups of cycle grease marks are kids with no judgement on their first bikes and old fart wannabes who get in over their heads. Both are really experience problems. My best hope comes from that I survived two years as the former and so have a smattering of experience to bring to the "old fart" stage. In the final analysis, there is no substitute for getting out there and doing the miles, but I can also try to pick up the benefit of the wisdom of other riders and maybe spare myself a stupid and costly mistake.
I agree, though, that in the meantime, I should try not to be a total pain in the a@@ to you guys.
Thanks for the responses. This is pretty much a no-BS board, and I probably need to find a more general cycle forum for this kind of pre-purchase cold-feet stuff. Reason I'm here is because I'm this close to pulling the trigger on a '08 Rocker, so I've been reading posts about soft tails and so forth. Lot's of good, practical experience here.
(By the way, I was really not trying to get into the whole helmet thing. I should not have even mentioned it in the original post even with the NOT in capitals.)
So, anyway, here's where I'm coming from: In my 20s I had a bike as my sole transport for a couple of years (I'm in my 50s now). So I had a good dose of real experience, but that was a long time ago and did not amount to anything like being an expert. Also, the bike was a 250 scrambler, so whole other type of riding. (RR Anonymous meeting: "My name is Marco, and I rode a scrambler." "Hello, Marco.")
The two largest groups of cycle grease marks are kids with no judgement on their first bikes and old fart wannabes who get in over their heads. Both are really experience problems. My best hope comes from that I survived two years as the former and so have a smattering of experience to bring to the "old fart" stage. In the final analysis, there is no substitute for getting out there and doing the miles, but I can also try to pick up the benefit of the wisdom of other riders and maybe spare myself a stupid and costly mistake.
I agree, though, that in the meantime, I should try not to be a total pain in the a@@ to you guys.
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