04-14-2024, 02:05 AM
Not rare that real pro/s make fun of system helmets, not cool enough, not save enough, or just on "old man's helmet" and made for the police anyway. Who needs to open it anyway and why ?
Anyway my "cool" LS2 system helmet probably saved my life last night, or at least a bad accident and drop. Here is how.
In moderate fast moving traffic, 4 lanes, a few trucks. Helmet drop-door and visor both closed, speed about 65 mph. All of a sudden I hear ... and then feel .... and then see a wasp inside my visor. She is panicked, and I am too. How she got inside ? I have no idea. My imagination went into overdrive for a second.
After another second or two - of shock, not reaction time - I open the "door", and turn my head all the way to the right. The spook gone and I remained unstung.
Imagine the end of the story had I been riding with a full helmet.
Anyway my "cool" LS2 system helmet probably saved my life last night, or at least a bad accident and drop. Here is how.
In moderate fast moving traffic, 4 lanes, a few trucks. Helmet drop-door and visor both closed, speed about 65 mph. All of a sudden I hear ... and then feel .... and then see a wasp inside my visor. She is panicked, and I am too. How she got inside ? I have no idea. My imagination went into overdrive for a second.
After another second or two - of shock, not reaction time - I open the "door", and turn my head all the way to the right. The spook gone and I remained unstung.
Imagine the end of the story had I been riding with a full helmet.