Quote "I do too, I just consider it polite and frankly taking it off and putiting it back on adds less than a minute to the time you spend there which, as you say, isn't really a big deal."
At the end of the day, we are the first ones to complain about other people who are short of manners & particularly about the foreigners who have the burka, which is another issue, or even hoodies around the town.
It’s all to do with Respect.
If we as Bikers Respect others, even if it means removing the helmet, this act is noticed by the people that matter. We have nothing to hide, do we?
Plus it gives us the moral high ground in our own eyes, In other words, Self Respect.
Sadly lacking today as some have commented.
I have a flip up helmet, and I flip it up at every time. Not once have I been asked to remove this, anywhere.
That may well be cos of the bike I'm riding.
It demands respect...