Posted by David T. Ashley on July 14, 2008, 9:54 pm
> wrote:
>>wrote:
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>>>I think helmets are over-rated, especially on test-rides.
>>
>>Entering the charts at number 3, folks, with a bullet!
>>5 Stupidest Things David Has Posted to Reeky.
> Not even close. With each post he out does the last one. And since he
> is clearly far brighter than he displays in these threads, is it an
> accident? I think not.
If you're proposing that I say dumb things by design ... not at all. I have
better things to do than torment y'all.
Seriously, everyone has got helmet hysteria. Yes, accidents happen. Yes,
helmets save lives. Yes, riding without one is a dumb idea.
But hell, people didn't have seatbelts in cars for decades. Most of them
survived.
The probability of an accident where a helmet would help on a single test
ride ... just ain't that great.
Posted by Calgary on July 14, 2008, 10:11 pm
wrote:
>The probability of an accident where a helmet would help on a single test
>ride ... just ain't that great.
Well I rest my case.
--
See Ya On The Road
2000 Yamaha Venture Millennium
2004 HD Road King
Posted by sleazy on July 15, 2008, 10:01 am
On 2008-07-14 22:11:44 -0400, Calgary
> wrote:
>
>>
>> The probability of an accident where a helmet would help on a single test
>> ride ... just ain't that great.
>
> Well I rest my case.
>
Save your breath and electrons, Don. He'll purge himself from society
soon enough.
Posted by Turby on July 15, 2008, 3:15 am
wrote:
>>>>I think helmets are over-rated, especially on test-rides.
>>>
>The probability of an accident where a helmet would help on a single test
>ride ... just ain't that great.
David - You must have seen and heard all the stories about people
crashing within a block of the dealer on their first ride. Think about
it - You stand a _much_ greater chance of crashing on a bike that
you're not familiar with. You've heard of the traction pie, but there
is also a focus/concentration pie. You can only focus on so many
things at once. When you take a test ride, you are focusing far more
on the bike than after you've put a few miles on it.
Bikes can vary tremendously. Ergonomics, brake response, etc. One
small example is fuel injection vs carburation. FI throttles are much
twitchier. A person getting on an FI bike after being on a carbed bike
is not going to be accustomed to the throttle response. It doesn't
take much to get some bikes out of control.
_You_ may think a test ride is just around the block, but that just
isn't a rational idea. On a test ride, you should exercise the bike
enough to see how it suits you in all your normal behaviors. You
should go as fast as you normally ride. You should test its brakes and
accelleration; low-speed handling; mirrors; vibration; saddle, bar and
peg ergos in different seating positions; all the controls; and
anything else you can think of. Entirely too many people just "go
around the block," then realize later that "Whoa! the brakes on this
thing SUCK!" or that you can't ride it longer than 10 minutes before
you have a hernia.
As for probabilities, the probability that I will ever need a helmet
again is _extremely_ small, but the downside is more than I'm willing
to risk. YMMV.
--
Turby the Turbosurfer
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>>wrote:
>>
>>>I think helmets are over-rated, especially on test-rides.
>>
>>Entering the charts at number 3, folks, with a bullet!
>>5 Stupidest Things David Has Posted to Reeky.
> Not even close. With each post he out does the last one. And since he
> is clearly far brighter than he displays in these threads, is it an
> accident? I think not.