Boy - hit my head on the garage door while pulling out of the garage. These helmets don't offer much protection, but normal helmets look goofy and don't match the rest of my outfit. Anyone know of a good helmet that will match my leathers and still look Harley cool?
2006-06-23 05:09:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Hmmm... something that would match the chaps and frilly leather and offer more protection than the skull cap you currently wear...hmmm. Have you tried a pirate hat? More specifically, a Butt Pirate hat?
2006-06-23 07:16:37 · answer #1 · answered by Studley Von Longshlong 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Being a rabbi with a bike I'm an expert on Jewish skullcaps and helmets.
Yes, helmets look stupid. My wife says my 3/4 helmet makes me look like one of the soldiers from the movie "Spaceballs".
I wear a full face helmet most of the year and during the Summer a 3/4 helmet.
Forget about looks buddy. Your outfit should be secondary to your safety.
Having fallen twice both times in full face helmets, all I had to do was look at the scratches on the face shield to know that could have been my face.
Don't be an idiot. Your look isn't as important as your life.
2006-06-23 06:12:57 · answer #2 · answered by Jeffrey F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey William. Well, I really can't say much more about your question except, personally, I wear a half-helmet but, a DOT approved, carbon fiber half-helmet. Yes, they are expensive and don't necessarily "match" what I may happen to be wearing but, I'll tell you what I think about that .... The same thing I think about other riders comments when I ride through a "non-helmet law state" with my helmet on, I don't really give a flyin' rat's a$$ what other people think about me, my bike or what I'm wearing. As long as I'M comfortable and safe, that's all I'm concerned about. How "cool" do you THINK people are going to perceive you as if you go down and get twisted up or have your head split open like an egg ? Chill out Bro and ride with your mind on what that idiot in the car next to you is gonna do next, NOT how cool you think the teenage chic in the sports car, talking on the phone and with her friends in the back seat, while fixing her make up and changing CD's, is gonna think you are as you blast by.
2006-06-25 02:53:51 · answer #3 · answered by jcalaz2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jet-Doc needs to relax...There is plenty of room for all types of bikers in this world. Even the 'I wanna be a badass' types. That being said, ONLY ride with a SNELL rated helmet. The mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Personally, I think the Skull Caps look ridiculous...Like a Jewish Biker cap. Fiberglass Yamika...
Get a Full Face Helmet. Look what just happened to Ben Roethlisberg...The Steelers QB? Busted jaw and face? How 'Cool' will that look?
2006-06-23 05:41:00 · answer #4 · answered by FreedomLover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would you rather "look cool" or have a chance of surviving a motorcycle accident without brain damage? Normal helmets may "look goofy" but they will protect your head and your face from disfiguring injury and most important... improve your chances of surviving in the event you crash your bike.
Your little plastic beenie helmet is probably not even legal to use in most states. In fact, you'd probably get just as much protection in an accident by duct taping an empty beer can to your head.
Of course, since your avatar photo makes you look like a total poser, maybe all you really want to do is park your bike in front of the local gay bar all weekend and polish your chrome. In that case, your little beenie helmet is entirely appropriate for you.
2006-06-23 05:28:41 · answer #5 · answered by JetDoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, try a tuperware bowl.
Skull caps ussually arn't even legal in states and provinces that require helmets. They don't meet DOT or Snell and therefor offer as much protection as a tuperware bowl. How much is your brain worth? Do you enjoy your life? Buy a real helmet, forget cool.
2006-06-24 09:23:18 · answer #6 · answered by Jay H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget the helmet, bro. I never ride with one. I like to feel wind in my face and my ponytail flapping around behind me. I like to feel other stuff flapping around behind me, but that's a different story. I crashed without a helmet once at 20mph. I was able to keep my head off the ground. If I can survive that without cracking the noggin, I can survive anything. Just make sure your neck muscles are strong.
2006-06-23 06:18:41 · answer #7 · answered by Clutch 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The coffin they stick you in when you hit your head with a non-DOT helmet won't match your outfit either.
Novelty helmets are for people with novelty brains.
2006-06-23 06:47:33 · answer #8 · answered by JeffyB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-23 08:51:47 · answer #9 · answered by Vulcan 1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rest of your outfit, you going to a fashion show? Since when does a true biker care what they look like. I bet you don't even have a bike. What the hell is Harley cool
2006-06-24 03:59:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude. Go with a full-faced DOT and SNELL approved helmet. It's the only one that isn't going to hurt like h*ll if you crash. Who cares what other people think, really. What will they think if your face is mangled. Is your life/dome piece worth an image?
2006-06-26 09:03:20 · answer #11 · answered by Steelers 6 Penguins 3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋