09-05-13, 12:50 PM
(08-05-13, 11:18 PM)Razgruff link Wrote: so stuffing your head in a piece of fibre glass doesn't affect your riding experience
and wearing a T-shirt has nothing to do with image, it's about the riding experience and feeling connected.
Experiencing the wind getting a proper sense of the speed you are travelling at and generally being more aware of what you are doing, and not feeling insulated in a false sense of sercurity provided by a few bits of textile leather and plastic.
Read the stuff on risk compensation and maybe you'll get it.
Oh and on the helmet thing ask your helmet manufacturer about increased neck and spinal injurieswhen wearing a helmet. oh and hope those magnificient leathers of yours magically stop the internal organ ruptures so common in motorcycle accidents.
Like I said, it's what's in the skull that keeps you alive, not what's wrapped around it.
You really believe that load of tripe? I doubt it.
Flies, stones and fag butts in the face at 70 MPH really enhance your riding experience don't they. :rolleyes
The risk of additional injury from wearing a helmet is miniscule compared to the risk of not wearing one, ever banged your head on the cupboard door? Of course you have and it must have been a few times judging by the post above :rollin
Try doing it at 30 MPH and see how much more it hurts, then again at 50 and 70 - repeat until sense knocked in or dead.
You want to ride in a t shirt go ahead, enjoy the sense of wind on your arms, I just hope you never fall off and experience skin grafts 'cos they never really heal
Risk compensation - utter nonsense, risk is down to the individual as you are clearly indicating, what is acceptable risk for you is not for me, I do not think I'm invincible because of protective clothing, I'm just being sensible and trying to minimize my personal risk and the impact it has on others.
To intimate that because of a helmet, some gloves and a protective jacket someone is going ride more carelessly is laughable - accidents are not always the fault of the person involved - Risk Compensate that!!
Oh and try reading my posts before commenting, I don't wear leathers and have stated that clearly, too expensive and textiles are as good as or better these days and much cheaper.
Common Sense is your choice, Darwinism will handle the rest.