# Helmet Attitudes **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [July 27, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823 "2006-07-27T07:24:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823/21 "2006-07-28T06:38:11Z")
I would like to know how you shift in FLIP FLOPS?! I can just FEEL my foot crunching between the thin rubber/plastic and gear shift thinking about it! ---
**Author:** ![imported\_showtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@imported\_showtime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_showtime)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823/22 "2006-07-28T08:16:41Z")
> [@Vapor Trail](#): > > no, its the slang term for people that have non harly bikes but put the loud pipes on them and take the stickers off so people think its a harley. when in turn its a cheaper,faster more reliably bike. LOL…so true. as far as wearing gear…if i had a bike i’d always wear a helmet & cloths. people who chose not to don’t have much common sense IMO…but theres is nothing wrong with thinning the heard. like i always say…CONCRETE/BLACKTOP IS UNDEFEATED! ---
**Author:** ![RebelW26GT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@RebelW26GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RebelW26GT)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823/23 "2006-07-28T08:40:44Z")
> [@jim](#): > > X2 > > Loud pipes are for attention whores trying to get any woman to ride the little dick that they’re compensating for by riding a V-twin for in the first place. I ride a lil 250, you cann’t hear me for shit on the highway, and of course, most drivers don’t see me, louder pipes would MAKE them notice me a bit better. ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823/24 "2006-07-28T12:34:51Z")
> [@jim](#): > > X2 > > Loud pipes are for attention whores trying to get any woman to ride the little dick that they’re compensating for by riding a V-twin for in the first place. My pipe is loud and its on a ZX12-R :dunno: I thought it was loud because its a strait through full race exhaust. ---
**Author:** ![MadHaqr9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MadHaqr9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MadHaqr9)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823/25 "2006-08-10T11:37:02Z")
> [@NYS Snowmobile speed limit WTF](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nys-snowmobile-speed-limit-wtf/23271/6): > > I agree if hit I fell off the bike that helmet will protect my skull from crushing off the ground, but if I am going 35-45-55 in i get hit and flop twist turn head plant into something I would think your good as dead. In an incident like that, if you don’t have a helmet on you can pretty much guarantee being screwed. If you javelin yourself into something like that, you’d probably have some kind of neck injury either way, helmet or not, but with one on you would help prevent leaving your brains all over the side of the car or other object you hit. Having one on also protects you from the other randoms that could happen. If you hit a slick spot on the road in a curve and lowside you have a pretty damn good chance of at least bouncing your head off the pavement when your body hits the road - if you have a helmet on what’s the chances of splitting you noggin open? What are the chances if you don’t? Don’t beleive me - try this. Put a helmet on, go out into your street, get on your knees and just slam your forehead into the road as hard as you can. Now take the helmet off - repeat. Tell me which hurt more. (Go the the ER first and get some stiches - wouldn’t want you bleeding all over the keyboard). Guess what, that was a 0 mph lowside - want to try it again at 35 mph? You want to know how well other gear works, take a running dive in the same street. Tell us how well your jeans and T-shirt held up in a 7 mph slide. Hell, I even have some old gear here someone can use if they are serious about trying it. Quite simply, if you like your brain being intact, wear a helmet. If you like your skin, wear the gear. If you just want to look cool and don’t give a shit, do what you want, but expect criticism not much sympathy when something happens, and chances (and statistics prove) that it will eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823/26 "2006-08-10T22:28:01Z")
> [@MadHaqr9"](#): > > Don’t beleive me - try this. Put a helmet on, go out into your street, get on your knees and just slam your forehead into the road as hard as you can. Now take the helmet off - repeat. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823/27 "2006-08-10T22:41:07Z")
> [@crank shaft bolt stuck.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crank-shaft-bolt-stuck/23298/19): > > I would like to know how you shift in FLIP FLOPS?! I can just FEEL my foot crunching between the thin rubber/plastic and gear shift thinking about it! if u know how to ride then it is easy,i have ridin barefooted b4,LMAO! ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823/28 "2006-09-04T21:09:54Z")
![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Razor2515/mynewracehelmet.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Razor2515/mynewracehelmet.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![95V8TBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/a8b319/32.png) [@95V8TBird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95V8TBird)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823/29 "2006-09-06T12:17:47Z")
> [@All ATHF Episodes](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/all-athf-episodes/23175/8): > > sealtbelts should be optional for any driver over 18, passengers should be required to wear them by that persons inssurance. I agree 15292934320323% ---
**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823/30 "2006-09-06T12:25:27Z")
> [@Holy Supra!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-supra/23274/14): > > I’m so sick of everyone trying to be an expert and say how “dumb” it is to ride without one. I see 10x more morons riding with just a full-face helmet, and no other gear, than guys with proper gear minus the helmet. > > Just this morning I saw some fag on a scooter, with flip-flips, shorts, a tank-top and a full-face helmet. > > I know people feel like they are safer with a helmet, but if that kid goes down he’ll have very little skin left, likely a broken foot at best, and some mangled arms, but at least his head will be ok. > > I hear so many people preaching about helmets, but it’s only people that actually ride themselves that seem know anything about all the other riding gear. > > …end rant scooter ownership requires that you include your testicles with the down payment. :mullet: ---
**Author:** ![2001r6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47c2d/32.png) [@2001r6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2001r6)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823/31 "2006-09-08T16:01:04Z")
anyone that has laid a bike downhard and smacked thjere head off the ground will tell you helmets are a plus yes other riding gear should be worn as well. personally i never rode in flip flops however i do ussually wear shorts t shirt shoes and helmet and sometimes gloves [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helmet-attitudes/183823.md?page=1)