Question for those that ride without helmets

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Plenty of riders have been riding without helmets, or with beanie and open-face styles for decades and somehow get through it. There are riders out there who absolutely need to have sensation, and lots of it. They want plenty of wind, plenty of sunlight, and plenty of noise. It is not that they've been lucky, but they are familiar with what to expect and know they can endure it.

If the state one lives in allows helmetless riding, it's their freedom of choice. I respect that. Freedom seems to be on its way to extinction in some places; grab it while you can, I say.

[the Ferret]

Yesterday or day before I was out and ran into what our meteorologists call a cell or pop up shower where its only raining in one little area. You can go from dry to rain to dry in just a few miles. I pulled over when the first drops hit and threw on my rain gear and continued on. Under this cell it was coming down hard, hard , hard..what we call a toad strangler. In about 5 miles I exited the cell and continued on dry roads like nothing had happened for another 2 miles before I passed a guy on a Harley going the other way. We both acknowledged each other and I noticed he was wearing jeans, a sleeveless t and no helmet. Typical for riders around here. I knew what he was riding into and almost turned around to follow him just to see his reaction when it went from sunny clear dry roads to a visibility limited down pour 2 miles further on dressed as he was.

[Cormanus]

Forgive me going off topic, but Ulvetanna's latest signature (Brutality I had experienced, but it was the brutality of the intellect; the cutting sarcasm, the cruel epigrams and occasional harsh witticisms, and the nasty remarks...) reminds me of the Monty Python sketch about the Piranha Brothers ... Everyone was terrified of Doug. I've seen grown men pull their own heads off rather than see Doug ... He used sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and satire.

Returning to the topic ... I can't imagine riding without a helmet. The bugs hurt way to much for this old woos.

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Forgive me going off topic, but Ulvetanna's latest signature (Brutality I had experienced, but it was the brutality of the intellect; the cutting sarcasm, the cruel epigrams and occasional harsh witticisms, and the nasty remarks...) reminds me of the Monty Python sketch about the Piranha Brothers ... Everyone was terrified of Doug. I've seen grown men pull their own heads off rather than see Doug ... He used sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and satire.

Returning to the topic ... I can't imagine riding without a helmet. The bugs hurt way to much for this old woos.

You would appreciate this link: [url=http://www.skepticalaboutskeptics.org/examining-skeptics/daniel-drasin-zen-and-the-art-of-debunkery/]How to Debunk Just About Anything

It's a fun read but just one line culled from it sums up the most effective approach:

If all else fails and your audience is gullible enough, simply waving your arms and shouting “You are wrong!” enough times might pull your bacon out of the fire.
--Daniel Drasin, Zen and the Art of Debunkery

[Cormanus]

Thanks, Ulvetanna.