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I always wore a helmet riding dirt bikes. When I got out of the Navy and started ridng street bikes in '79 I didn't bother wearing one and no one I rode with wore one. The worst thing about it was my hair would get tangled so bad no matter what I did until my wife started braiding it for me, in the winter I just wore a watch cap and goggles.
A couple of things happened in the mid 80's that changed my mind, one I got the K 100 RS and sold the Harleys, then one of my close friends got crippled from a low speed head injury, another one got killed flipping a dirt bike and landing on his head and finally, Washington started talking about and then passing a helmet law so that was that. Since that time I've got used to wearing full face Shoei's and find that I'm much more comfortable with then without in most cases to the point that if they ever repealed the law I'd still wear a helmet about 99% of the time.
I suppose if I had to come down one way or the other I'd say I agreed with helmet laws, people that are dead set against them can wear the little DOT beanies and have the same wind in the face feeling as without but for myself, I'd rather have the protection for my chin and face that a full face lid provides.
A couple of things happened in the mid 80's that changed my mind, one I got the K 100 RS and sold the Harleys, then one of my close friends got crippled from a low speed head injury, another one got killed flipping a dirt bike and landing on his head and finally, Washington started talking about and then passing a helmet law so that was that. Since that time I've got used to wearing full face Shoei's and find that I'm much more comfortable with then without in most cases to the point that if they ever repealed the law I'd still wear a helmet about 99% of the time.
I suppose if I had to come down one way or the other I'd say I agreed with helmet laws, people that are dead set against them can wear the little DOT beanies and have the same wind in the face feeling as without but for myself, I'd rather have the protection for my chin and face that a full face lid provides.