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View Poll Results: What type of helmet do you wear | |
Full face
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3/4 helmet
|    | 9 | 16.07% | |
1/2 shell
|    | 32 | 57.14% | |
None
|    | 6 | 10.71% |
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Jul 14th, 2007, 11:13 AM
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#1 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
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Well, I would like to know what kind of helmets you guys (and Ladies) wear. I have 2, a full face with flip up chin guard, and a cheap half shell. The full face I wear when I ride at night (for bugs and animals) and the half shell I wear when it's really hot and on short runs. I know that doesn't make any sense, safety should always be an issue.
I don't know how to get the poll at the top of the page, oh well
Ahhhhh, I figured it out! | 
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Jul 14th, 2007, 01:41 PM
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#2 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 1,130 Model: 2004 E Glide Standard, Stage 1. Interests: Riding, fishing, hunting, camping, spending time with wife and daughter Occupation: Air Force Nurse
| I marked 1/2 shell as that is what I wear most, however I do actually own and have been known to wear all three....1/2 shell most, 3/4 next...been quite some time since the full face.....tho make my daughter wear a full face. | 
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Jul 14th, 2007, 03:04 PM
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#3 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago
Posts: 429 Model: Harley-Davidson Dyna Superglide Interests: Motorcycling, Duhh...Shooting, camping, going to country music concerts Occupation: Firefighter/Paramedic
| My choice isnt available......I don't wear a helmet. Personal choice....don't care to wear one unless the man makes me...If thats the case...Im goin for as little as possible. | |
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Jul 14th, 2007, 03:45 PM
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#4 | | Rookie 10+ posts
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Korea
Posts: 10 Model: Harley-Davidson, FLSTC Occupation: Army Contractor
| It's the law here in Korea to wear one, but I wouldn't ride without one anyway. You need all the edge you can get over here, the way they drive. I actually had a truck back up onto my front fender while I was behind the idiot at a stop light, and unable to back up due to a cage right on my tail. Pretty scary moment! | |
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Jul 14th, 2007, 03:59 PM
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#5 | | More than 100 posts!
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kentucky
Posts: 150 Model: 77 H-D FX Interests: my new(to me) bike,UK basketball, listening and DL music Occupation: CNA and Army Reserve Instructor
| God bless all soldiers past, present and future they are why we have the freedoms that we do have. The Army has a helmet law that says no matter where we are, lid free states or not, we must wear a helmet and a reflective vest. They will not pay for injuries and possibly will not pay survivor benefits if we go down with out this gear on.  | |
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Jul 14th, 2007, 07:14 PM
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#6 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 709 Model: '01 FXST
| We don't have a helmet law and I prefer not to wear one. However, I teach the MSF course, so I have to wear one to and from class (and while teaching, of course). I also live on the border of a state with a helmet law and like to travel a lot, so I wear one often. I've had a half helmet for a while and bought a 3/4 with a face shield at the beginning of the season. It helps when it's cold.
I hate the way the wind pulls the helmet up and wrenches my neck when I'm riding. If I put my detachable windshield on, it's much better. I'd rather be 100% in the wind though. When I take my trip I'll keep the windshield on to make it easier for the helmet states and when I have those 500 mile interstate days. | |
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Jul 14th, 2007, 07:25 PM
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#7 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 802 Model: 2004 Yamaha FJR1300 Interests: riding... Occupation: RN
| While I believe in the right to choose (I won't tell you to wear a helmet), I've come to actually prefer a full-face for comfort. It's quieter on long rides, which brings less fatigue due to wind noise, etc. I hear my stereo (now listening to Sirius radio) better, and that's with earplugs (cuts the road noise down greatly). No doubt a full-face is safer (I've seen things in ER and ICU I don't want to be part of myself..plus Las Vegas drivers suck). I have a half-shell I wear a couple of times a year for short jaunts in the heat, but not often. With that said..I road without a helmet in Colorado last week to go to the store and back home. What a trip..used to do that all the time 30 years ago. | |
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Jul 14th, 2007, 09:23 PM
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#8 | | Rookie 10+ posts
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southwest Michigan
Posts: 18 Interests: Hunting, fishing, reading, metalworking, anything to stay busy Occupation: Industrial maintenance
| Mine is an old fiberglass 1/2 shell Harley helmet that I bought off a buddy of mine when I was in Germany, and I`ve used it ever since. It gets repainted whenever I repaint the Sportster. | |
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Jul 14th, 2007, 09:34 PM
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#9 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,515
| when i wear a helmet, i wear a 1/2 helmet.....let those that ride decide!! | |
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Jul 15th, 2007, 01:19 AM
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#10 | | Administrator Frequent Posting Club
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,273 Model: Harley FLHX Occupation: Web Developer by day, 25+ years of carb building by day, hey what happened to my day?!
| I wear a 1/2 helmet most of the time but own a 3/4 helmet for colder weather long rides. | |
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Jul 15th, 2007, 12:59 PM
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#11 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
| Thanks to Ken for revising the number of options, adding a spot for "none".  | |
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Jul 16th, 2007, 01:44 PM
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#12 | | Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Iraq by way of Oklahoma
Posts: 9 Model: 2007 Night Train Interests: Drag racing my camaro, riding the bike every day. Occupation: Firefighter
| Furthest I've gone is a backwards baseball cap to keep the sun off.  My wife loves that...  | |
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Jul 16th, 2007, 03:20 PM
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#13 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 1,086 Interests: Anything outdoors (climbing, backpacking, fishing, Mtn biking, riding) Occupation: Chemistry teacher
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It's the law in NC. Therefore I wear what I call the "Brain Bucket." A non DOT approved bucket. My wife wears one and so does my daughter. When we reach a state that is helmet free, it comes off immediately. It's our choice and that is what we've chosen.  | |
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Jul 16th, 2007, 04:03 PM
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#14 | | Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 4 Model: 2007 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic Interests: NASCAR, Motorcycle Riding, Fishing
| My wife and wear 3/4 helmets mostly. We have 1/2 helmets also, but we usually wear the 3/4's. Intercom, which we like, works better with the 3/4. | |
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Jul 16th, 2007, 04:54 PM
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#15 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Shores of Tonto Creek
Posts: 689 Interests: Guns, Hunting, Fishing, 4 wheeling and riding Occupation: Network Administrator
| Most of the time I don't wear one. When I do it's usually very cold and I wear a full face. | |
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Jul 17th, 2007, 10:22 PM
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#16 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alvin TX
Posts: 1,710 Model: 03 E Glide X cop bike Interests: My family Old Dodge truck's Riding My Glide Occupation: Retired truck Driver
| i were a dew a rag just to keep the knot out of all this hair, & three hair ties for the pony tail I have  | |
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Jul 18th, 2007, 12:42 PM
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#17 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Liberty Hill Texas
Posts: 792 Model: 94 FXDS Dyna-Custom Interests: Scootin' & shootin'! Occupation: City Government / Administrator
| I perfer to get scalp-scortch. Occasionally, I'll throw on a dew-rag, but really prefer the wind in the hair. Really love it when I get off at a conveinence store for a drink er' somethin' & the hair is still doing 80!! | |
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Jul 18th, 2007, 01:26 PM
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#18 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 464 Model: 1999 Fatboy Interests: Bikes, Cars, Woodworking, etc. Occupation: Jack of all trades and master of none
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Originally Posted by Hot01  We don't have a helmet law and I prefer not to wear one. I also live on the border of a state with a helmet law and like to travel a lot, so I wear one often. | I live in the "border state" that has the helmet law. Massachusetts for those who haven't guessed. I have a 1/2 DOT helmet that I almost never wear and an illegal brainbucket that I wear 99% of the time. I also believe in letting those who ride decide. When I go north of the border I ride without one.
Hot01. What part of NH are you in? I'm in Billerica, MA, about 15-20 minutes down rte 3 from Nashua. | |
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Jul 19th, 2007, 09:27 PM
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#19 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta
Posts: 667 Model: '07 Harley Davidson ElectraGlide Classic Interests: Riding the bike (and the wife!)
| I have a 1/2 DOT helmet that I got shipped up from the States... one of those matte black, Nazi-looking-type helmets. I love it... wouldn't trade it for the world... unless I didn't have to wear one. Every province in Canada legislates and enforces helmet use... the DOT vs. Soup Bucket gets enforced differently depending on the province and even municipality.
I got the thing coated in decals as well... some of which I had made up. The ones I designed say: Riding bike is like a sore dick... you can't beat it! Size doesn't matter when there's 230lbs of ass coming right behind it! 50% Newfie + 50% Irish = 100% Hungover
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Jul 19th, 2007, 09:52 PM
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#20 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,515
| very cool peyts!!!!  | |
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