[djdaredevil]

Im not really trying to down the guy because I dont wear my gear all the time either,(always a helmet though)
but it still makes me chuckle full racing leathers and no helmet.

My brain kept thinking about those stories I've heard surrounding stone removal from road rash.
Something about a wire brush and no pain medication?
Perhaps it's just a story used to scare little children into wearing full gear.

Its not a story to scare you into wearing gear. I have had it done
the only difference is it was basically sterilized steel wool not a wire
brush and luckily I think my body was still in shock, because I had
to go back the next day because they missed two cuts on my head
which they cleaned those with no pain meds also

[boomer_95]

hmmm helmet? or have steel wool scrubbing my brain matter to get all the rocks out? that is a good question indeed kinda glad we gotta have them, here

i have went just down the road with no gloves or jacket and plain running shoes. i HATED the feeling of running shoes. but the throttle does seem to feel nicer without gloves.. i wont go any real distance without em tho!

[Nut-Nut]

Maybe he did not want to scratch the helmet if he fell... like a tootsie roll pop, we just will never know....

[Bezerker]

I haven't seen any sportbike riders without helmets yet here in Michigan, but TONS of cruisers out in casualwear and no lids. They're LOVING it! I'm waiting to hear of the first death of a rider around here, and all about how he/she wasn't wearing a helmet.. Sad Sad..

same around here BUT even though sportbike riders are wearing helmets I've seen alot in shorts and believe it or not flipflops... and yeah your girl looks amazingly hot in her short booty shorts and whale tail sticking up but I'd hate to be her if they go down

[badwithcomputer]

I had a bad mtb accident last year. There was no scrubbing of the steel wool, but they did pick rocks out of my semi severed ear with a dental pick. Not going to lie, I cried like a baby.





that's damage from simply loose dirt, imagine an exposed ankle at 60mph on asphalt.

[BIG-KO]

So the other day family is all in the Suburban goin down the interstate. 3 Harleys pass us, all of them had young kids on the back. All the kids had full face helmets,gloves,jacket and either boots or hi-top sneakers. The dads had sleeveless biker vests, no helmets but biker boots. My 13yr old son says to me "gee dad guess the kids are smarter than the adults". You kinda get a warm fuzzy feeling when kids say something so profoundly simple as that.

[djdaredevil]

I remember doing the same thing with my dad as a kid he was an outlaw biker and I have to say it but 98% of them ride wearing just that a helmet boots and a vest. He always made sure that we had some better kind of gear on though.

[Psycho1]

i think there's something in there about tank tops and flip flops being acceptable racing gear

No joke, the last time I went to Shadyside Raceway in NC (1/8 mile drag strip), there were guys running in shorts, tank tops, and tennis shoes.

[Londob5]

that's damage from simply loose dirt, imagine an exposed ankle at 60mph on asphalt.

Looks painful.
You know, women pay big money for microderm abrasion like that.

I hope it healed well

[Cryoblade85]

You're a piece of work, bro. In Ontario helmets are the law....... and besides, a full-face with a dark visor is handy when you dump your bike when you forget to plant your feet because three fine-looking bikinis are walking in front of you as you're leaving a gas station.......don't ask me how I know.

Brother that's awesome. Sadly, I almost did that in Vegas on the Strip. I saved it tho.

[Jman2343]

Guess the new style hasn't caught on yet. I have seen a few riders now wearing a full face helmet, however with it just stuck on the top of the head. So the chin part of the helmet stops around your forehead, maybe they just go a size too small and figure it's good enough

[BIG-KO]

Guess the new style hasn't caught on yet. I have seen a few riders now wearing a full face helmet, however with it just stuck on the top of the head. So the chin part of the helmet stops around your forehead, maybe they just go a size too small and figure it's good enough

Yeah...ha ha ha... seen this stupid "helmet sitting on top of head" thing. Maybe its the answer to the too small pants to pull up to your waist, you know "PANTS ON THE GROUND,,PANTS ON THE GROUND".....