05-10-2021, 09:44 PM
(05-10-2021, 08:38 PM)decarmine_imp Wrote:(05-10-2021, 12:39 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote:(05-10-2021, 12:20 PM)decarmine_imp Wrote: Ref "ten dollar head...ten dollar helmet"...
Many years ago -- 1974, to be exact -- I had a rear tire blowout and dumped my CB750 on a Florida turnpike. While still in the air, and flying through my handlebars, the thought that actually went through my head was "I wish I had paid more than $10 for this helmet..." I had actually bought three helmets at $10 each during a clearance sale at S&K cycle, a Long Island cycle shop.
I am impressed one wore a motorcycle helmet in a 1974 Florida. From what can be reasoned this evening, it looks like all turned out quite well.
I was actually a 30-year-old (at the time) New York resident on an "adventure" trip to Florida. I was not aware of individual helmet laws in any of the states I had passed through but continued to abide by NY law. I'm now a Florida resident but always wear a helmet as a result of the memory of meeting that pavement at 65 miles an hour in my $10 helmet. At the time I thought my head had not really hit the ground until I later realized the snaps holding the face shield to the helmet had been ground away from sliding along the pavement...
Yikes!
