do I look douchey riding around with a full face helmet and gloves and nothing else

sound like you ride naked with gloves and helmet
douchey is not a strong enough word

 

No its just a simple reality check. Saying you really have no control over what's going to do you in. I could of as easily been killed that day as I survived. People worried about dying while riding shouldn't ride a motorcycle at all imo. Something much more important than wearing a helmet while riding is visibility but how many riders do you see wearing hi-vis colors when putting down the road with FF helmets, shorts and tennis shoes?

Why aren't all helmets white or florescent green which are highly visible at a great distance? Ultimately its all about what riders choose as acceptable risk. Like I said I wear but I could care less if the person riding next to me does. It's their decision. Ride safe!

 

It tells me you either made an incorrect interpretation or you stated the obvious that in a FATAL accident, a helmet has no advantage. Duh, of course not.

BTW, try a Shoei RF-1100, a fairing/windshield and ear plugs.

Another incorrect interpretation that doesn't reflect the number of helmeted riders and the number that survived ANY type of accident where the head or helmet touched the pavement.

Also the advantage of a FF is obvious based on the percentage of impacts in the facial area. Let's ASSUME it makes no difference in whether or not the wreck is fatal (which is incorrect) but how about the difference in injury prevention/reduction?

By the way, all the snowboarders had avalanche survival gear and it saved one of them.

Oh really? Do you wear a seatbelt? Dos that mean you are worried about dying while driving?

 

Here are some actual facts, not incorrect interpretations

http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/150870.pdf

 

Sorry, that's a self-serving, self-perpetuating organization. Don't believe everything they put out. :-)

 

It's also from 1991, helmets have improved considerably since then.

 

I haven't seen that report in years. If I remember right it is compiled from earlier studies and is more of a compilation of other studies rather than a new one so the data it is based on is even older than 1991.

Plus, when I saw it I thought the data was "soft" in support of helmets as compared to what my real world experience told me would be more accurate.

I don't want to make a big deal of this but in reality if a person thinks it is better for their head to hit a car or a tree full force rather than in a helmet there is nothing I can say.

Reversely if you think you are fully protected just because you have a full-face helmet on you are kidding yourself just as much as the other guy. If you hit your head hard enough even in a helmet you are in trouble. I can attest to that personally.

My wife has a family member who's face hit the center post between the front and rear door of a ladies car after she turned in front of him. The accident happened in Ohio which doesn't have a helmet law or at least it didn't have one then. After $300,000.00 worth of facial reconstruction surgery I asked him if he was going to start wearing a helmet. He looked at me like I had lost my mind and said "Why should I wear a helmet, the accident wasn't my fault?" I just looked at him in total disbelief but unfortunately I really don't think he realized how stupid that comment sounded. I left thinking that in his case maybe it was already to late for any sort of head protection.

 

Im very impressed with the bell custom 500 helmets, just got me one because the price was right and it looks amazing. I believe i will be ordering me another one by the 1st or 15th next month lol. Ill post up some pics later.

 

aaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

 

Real helmet owner's do not ride Harley's and or Davidson's.