08-20-2006, 04:34 PM
One problem with some of the 3/4 helmets is noise. My first one had the removable cold weather ear/neck extender. With it off, the wind noise through the straps at speed (I did take mine on the freeway) was unbelievable. Louder than anything else around, including emergency vehicles.
And I'll have to agree with BGnR, the only time I went down on my Vespa was on a quick jaunt to 7-11 for smokes. Screwing around riding wheelies, came down crossed up. Helmets were not required in CA then. As a result I made at least one dentist plenty of money, and have pretty much had a goatee for the past 20 years to cover the scars.
Why I did not wear a helmet on the street when I always wore one in the dirt is beyond me. I guess I always planned on going down in the dirt, and never on the street. Proved myself half wrong.
And I'll have to agree with BGnR, the only time I went down on my Vespa was on a quick jaunt to 7-11 for smokes. Screwing around riding wheelies, came down crossed up. Helmets were not required in CA then. As a result I made at least one dentist plenty of money, and have pretty much had a goatee for the past 20 years to cover the scars.
Why I did not wear a helmet on the street when I always wore one in the dirt is beyond me. I guess I always planned on going down in the dirt, and never on the street. Proved myself half wrong.