When I was nineteen I hit a dog while riding a Yamaha enduro. I wasn't going particularly fast but it launched me over the handlebars, lost alot of hide but I was wearing a helmet and later on I noticed a big chunk missing out of the top of the helmet right where my forhead was. I never even felt my head hit the road. Been a big fan of helmets ever since. The human body can recover from traumatic injuries, but not so the brain. Sermon delivered. P.S. I have lost two motorcycle riding friends in my life , both to nothing more than head trauma, another spent two weeks in a coma from head trauma and was otherwise unhurt.
