Bonneville America Forums Forums Rider Safety Forums Helmets and Gear Why you don't wear a HELMET!

I won't bother quoting some of the excuses, but it sure sounds like some could stand a stint in a GOOD HELMET. I know some who have heavy helmets. I'm sure some distort what could be heard, and others may impair peripheral vision.

My full-face SHOEI RF-1000 is light weight (feather light), affords great peripheral vision, and I've never once given thought to not being able to tell from where a noise heard came from. It doesn't happen. It breaths. No hotter than the rest of me hear in this Houston heat sauna, and in the rain it defogs itself easily enough, too. An impressive system made up of separate components that each contribute to the whole. Yeah, I spent $300 on it, and I'm sure many would not pony up that kind of money for a GOOD HELMET, but again - it's risk vs. benefits, and alot of those excuses just don't hold water.

Walk that mile in those shoes and see how it is on that side of the issue.

Wear your seatbelts. Wear your helmet when riding. Wear protective gear when riding, too. Wear eye protection when you need to when working with tools (or riding your bike). Don't swim after eating a meal. You do them all, or you don't. But we all know what we ought to be doing.