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I'm from Colorado and rode there from 1968 til 2004. There was a brief period where helmets were required, but mostly not. And I never wore a helmet if I didn't have to. Then I moved to Missouri where helmets are required. In 2011 I got in a BAD wreck. They almost amputated my right foot. And I am certain that I would have died without the helmet. I hit the pavement HARD. And you know- if I ever move back to Colorado I'll probably ditch the helmet. Go figure... but hey, at least I don't' smoke. And you WON'T be allowed to smoke at my funeral
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Yes but they smoke a new product in Colorado now and that helmet might be good to ward off the affect of their degraded driving.
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(10-05-2016, 05:29 AM)c-breezy_imp Wrote: Younger me never wore a helmet when I would rent scooters in Hawaii. Current me would rock one now no matter what. I'm just happy I didn't die back then!
same here
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(10-21-2016, 02:10 PM)Elipten_imp Wrote: Yes but they smoke a new product in Colorado now and that helmet might be good to ward off the affect of their degraded driving.
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There's actually quite a bit a truth to this statement.
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Back when I was in the Army, one of my squad members asked me to help him bring his bike back to Ft. Bragg from his home in Massachusetts. Another member of our platoon who was heading home to NY drove us. We both rode the 920 Virago back, taking turns riding pillion. There were 2 or 3 states that didn't require helmets, so we didn't wear them. It was the first and last time I rode without one. On I-95 South, just north of Richmond, a semi that we were passing decided to come over onto us. We were probably moving at about 65-70 mph or so. We were able to merge into the emergency lane, which kept the semi from running us over. Unfortunately, we were coming up to an overpass very quickly. We couldn't slow down fast enough. My friend locked up the brakes, and we went down on the left side. I remember pushing away from the bike with my feet on the passenger pegs, and not much more.
I came to, hearing someone yelling my last name. I remember seeing stars in the sky, as I was laying on my back in the grass at the edge of some woods. I don't think I was unconscious for long. I got up and walked out towards the highway looking for Thompson. He was coming up the hill from the overpass(He and the bike both went down the hill) with a cracked helmet, and one lens missing from his sunglasses. We decided that we were mostly alright, and pushed the bike back up the hill. It was pretty banged up, but we got it up the hill, bent a few things back into place, and rode to the next exit-where we were lucky to find a station with some red tape, a brake light bulb... We also became pretty sure that Thompson's leg was broken. We had to make formation the next morning, so we got Thompson on the back and I drove us back to Ft. Bragg. We made formation, and Thompson went to the aid station. His leg was broken and he had a little road rash. Other than going out for a couple minutes, I only had a little road rash on my left side. Thankfully, It was November, and we had multiple layers on. I ruined a field jacket and some jeans.
I am very grateful that we didn't come off the bike in one of the states that didn't require helmets.
Now that I'm older, and hopefully wiser, I don't get on the bike without boots, gloves, armored jacket and armored jeans, and of course, a full face helmet.
