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- From: ericm@microunity.com (Eric Murray)
- Subject: Re: HELMETS
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.002044.28584@microunity.com>
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- Organization: MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
- References: <1992Nov20.203254.2813@rtsg.mot.com> <1992Nov21.020854.18236@microunity.com> <1992Nov23.045252.3636@rtsg.mot.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:20:44 GMT
- Lines: 62
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- In article <1992Nov23.045252.3636@rtsg.mot.com> svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov21.020854.18236@microunity.com> ericm@microunity.com (Eric Murray) writes:
- >|
- >|Helmets are a trade-off. If you understand their drawbacks and
- >|keep them in mind, you can can enjoy the safety and comfort from
- >|their advantages.
- >
- >Now Eric, you must remember that this is rec.motorcycles, and there is no
- >place here for simple, intelligent statements like that. :-)
-
- Sorry. Here:
-
- David, you ignorant scumbag, you've been sniffing too much Yamalube.
- How dare you have the temerity to disagree with me! If you wern't
- too busy in the garage performing unnatural acts with expansion
- chambers you'd instantly realize the superiority of my reasoning
- and crawl under a rock like a wounded beast with nothing but an
- MT50 to keep you company. But since you're still here, I'll give
- you the rec.moto argument to end all arguments: My ZX-17 is faster
- than ALL of your bikes put together! So I'm right! Phhhbbbbt!!
-
-
- >|Advantages:
- >|hear more at high speed, less hearing damage too
- >
- >I actually disagree with this. Now, of course, I have a pretty hefty
- >fairing, but still, I think wind noise is pretty darn significant with
- >a helmet on (and I have an RF200, judged my Squid Monthly to be the
- >quitest helmet on the market).
-
- I didn't say that there wasn't much wind noise, just that I can
- hear a bit better at speed with a helmet on than without it.
- It's still pretty damn loud. It's even worse bareheadded, IMHO.
-
- > After some touring, and noticing my
- >ears ringing when trying to go to sleep in the silence of a campsite,
- >I *always* use ear plugs at speed. In that case I'm pretty much
- >deaf as a post anyway, so helmet vs. bareheaded really is a wash, as
- >far as hearing is concerned.
-
- I didn't realize how much of the traffic I did hear until I rode
- with earplugs. The silence is eerie, and I had a couple cars
- sneak up on me before I realized that I wasn't hearing them
- as well as usual and that I'd been using my hearing to keep track
- of other traffic. Once I figured that out I've been remembering to
- pay more visual attention to the traffic around me.
-
-
- >|face & eyes protected from flying insects/rocks/etc.
- >|warmer in cold weather
- >|and finally, can save your head and your life if you fall.
- >
- >Can. Might. Don't count on it. Don't fall.
-
- I don't expect it every ride, but I plan for it anyhow.
- Just In Case.
-
-
-
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- Eric Murray ericm@microunity.com
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