Personally I wave to everyone with two wheels and a engine. Unless its a dude on a Vespa.

 

^ Same! Although I did wave to a guy on a scooter a few days ago hard to tell with a headlight and a full face helmet on haha whoops.

I got to try on the Bell Rogue a few days ago and it was gigantic. I was sure I wanted one before, but it was almost twice the size of my Custom 500. So I bought a new 500 instead! I'd love a full face helmet, but it would have to have great visibility.

 

A Canadian professor of actuarial science stated that costs due to motorcycle injuries rose in Canada after universal helmet laws were passed in the 1960s. Why? Burials are cheaper than lifelong care for paraplegia and the like.

On-topic, I wear a modular full-face: not only does it protect better, but it shields damaging noise much better than the three-quarter-face I was naïve enough to buy with my first bike. It also doubles as a windshield substitute, since I have yet to get one of those.

 

Hey! Don't hate on the Vespa's. those sings are classics.

 

Try a Nolan N-43 if you want more protection and great visibility. It's a 3/4 style helmet but with a larger windshield. You can get one with a snap in chin bar that fits under the windshield and offers even more protection. To me this is one of the best thought out helmets ever. I absolutely love mine.

 

There is a much more important consideration then cost to society. That is 'living' with a head injury. Unfortunately, a motorcycle accident in which a head hits the ground or something else solid, does not mean sure death. It is not even sure death for the riders that receive a head injury. Sometimes their 'lives' go on and on and on...

There are a LOT of factors to consider, the aforementioned Canadian professor could not possibly have included them all in his research.

Ron

 

Funny you say that, that's the one helmet thats been stuck in my mind. Love the looks and the features!

 

Her point was that many would-be fatalities survive, but in a debilitated state that requires expensive lifetime care. She wasn't lobbying for an end to universal helmet laws, just making a simple statement of fact.

 

Yeah, I am definitely big on the Nolan N-43. Best helmet I have ever owned by far especially for the price. I wore a half helmet or 3/4 for about twenty years but no more. I can also play music in the headset installed in my helmet and wind noise is dramatically reduced.

 

Which is totally skewed by the advancements in helmet technology, advancements and higher costs in medical care and doesn't take into account severity of the injury and how well the person recovers.