If you're dumb enough not to wear a helmet then you don't have much to protect anyhow.

 

Whoever doesnt wear a helmet shouldnt be riding atv's, dirtbikes etc.

 

yeah i always wear my proper safety equipment i have a helmet,chest protector, boots, and the right cloths not loss pants ot t-shirts one time i went riding can when i got there w/ all my stuff on my friend said wat u think your gonna fall off a cliff and ironicaly it was the day my carb got messed up and in the higher rpm's it would stall out and i was trying to get up a hill and it stalled out and rolled down the hill over me! i was fine but i hadda get new handlebars and exhaust rear plastics and my controls r all fed up now but i dont have enuff money to fix them so where they cracked i filled them w/ window sealent works fine

 

joined this forum just so i could post here in this thread [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img] so.. hi everyone
but on to my post... i have a 91 yamaha warrior (very first atv) iv owned dirt bikes an even a 3 wheeler once... fliped it an sold it the next day.. iv had my warrior for over a year now an i ride it every weekend on some land my aunt owns.... when i got the bike it came with a mx helmet an chest protector an boots... everythign was to small for me but the helmet.. i wore it 90% of the time.. and when i wasnt wearing it my cousin was... we went on a really long ride about 6-7 months ago... got lost an had to come back on the road(bad idea!) we were screwing around alittle an going way to fast dwn the road.. came around a sharp blind turn an there was a mail truck on the wrong side of the road... we both went off the road an my cousins back right tire hit a pole an fliped him over the handlebares.. he was wearing my mx helmet.. i wasnt wearing anything but boots... that kept me from breaking my leg btw.. but thats another story.. my cousin landed head first on the side of the road.. the helmet may have kept his skull safe.. but the mx visor on my helmet nearly broke his neck... thankfully a few weeks later he was walking around again it only sprained his neck an back pretty bad.... my helmet no longer has the visor an i never ride without boots an my helmet (sorry for the long @$S post)

 

Figured I'd give a quick story since everybody else is. I'm 27 and have always worn my helmet wene riding aggressivly. Use to have a banshee I flipped on a jump, threw me on ground and front bumper hit me hard right in the back of the head.(no injuries) Have a z-400 now flipped on big hill at the badlands (indiana), rear swingarm carrier hit me hard directly in the helmet.(no injuries) I think both of these accidents were severe enough to kill me without a helmet.
Notice I stated "wene riding aggressively" I now will put on helmet AND goggles before moving my quad. My son followed my poor example last weekend wene we went on a slow paced ride for the sole reason of clearing some new trails in our grandpa's 30 acre woods. Niether of of us had helmets. I told him to grab safety glasses before we left since we would be running chainsaws and riding through thick brush, of course he forgot. I should have called it off but it was about a twenty minute ride back home. We got to work and wene he rode over a small hill he caught a thorn in the eye.
We have been to the eye specialist 3 times this week and he's sceduled for eye surgery on tuesday, he will possibly lose vision partially or moderatly in one eye(permanently) I feel absolutly horrible and I should. If his vision is permanently impaired it will be completly my fault for setting a poor example and I will never forgive myself.
Please think of the example you set for your children if you have them and imagine the feeling you would have if they were hurt due to a poor example(like my situation)
If you are already responsible enough to do so then you deserve a pat on the back.

 

if you talking about helmets i dont know any one on a sport bike that doesnt were a full face helmet and i see a lot of possers wearing t shirts (i dont think they have ever been hit by a rock or a bug at 100mph) i was wearing my leathers and it still hurts. i also hope you were not talking about sear belts on bikes that would be suicide. Also when i got my first street bike i was really nervous and stiff with it so of course i dropped it at like 5mph i ws grad i was wearing my helmet because it would have taken my front teeth. any way lesson is wear your helmet period exeptions and excusses wont protect you

 

thanks for the replys

you guys all sounds like you got all your acorns in the right pile.

 

I was just looking around at some photo pages and found one that says it all.
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