AZ, maybe you should start wearing a full face, preferably with a tinted shield, to hide that face that's been beat to hell... I'm just kidding... You couldn't possibly scare little children like I do.

 

Yeah, I've had the "bug up the nose and out through the throat" experience. And, I've been hit by UFO's.

But, I can make everyone happy. I'm leaving for work now with no helmet. I'll be on and off the bike constantly in local neighborhoods. With four helmets in the house, I ride 99% of the time with a helmet. Of that, the majority is with a ff--anything over a few miles.

See, that wasn't so bad.

 

Because most of us don't get hit while standing at a crosswalk of a busy intersection. And most of us that have been involved in car crashes or walking downtown and crossing in traffic haven't hit our head or face. 4000 pedestrians die every year? Out of how many pedestrians that are out there facing danger? 100,000? 1,000,000? How many people climb a ladder vs. the number of people that climb a ladder and fall on their head/face?

It comes down to the relative odds of something bad happening in each of this scenarios. That is where personal choice should come in and there shouldn't be an attempt to make someone that chooses to wear a helmet feel a need to justify their choice.

Ron

 

ouch!

 

I wear a half only when very hot, full face modular the rest of the time. Habit and safety. Makes it easier when I ride the Busa.