JonnyApeHanger wrote:
I don't dress for the crash, I want maximum enjoyment from each ride as any one could be my last! I love the wind in my face-no windscreen and usually no helmet. KICKIN-IT OLD SKOOL!! Wearing a helmet to move your bike across a parking lot? I wanna party with you Cowboy! KICKIN-IT OLD SKOOL? I'll pass on the head trauma thank you. Six weeks in a coma once is enough for me, and that was with a helmet. To each his own. What is the creed of the wild ones? Live fast die young and leave a good corpse? Well this one is way past the good corpse bit. And you have never had a near incident in a parking lot? You must really be blessed, or just lucky as hell. I hope your good luck never runs out.

I'm lucky to be alive on my bike with the wind in my face! And everytime I ride I welcome the end. What better way to go than doing what you love? Dying in a bed,in pain, with no control of my bodily functions-NOPE, Not for me!

JonnyApeHanger wrote:
I'm lucky to be alive on my bike with the wind in my face! And everytime I ride I welcome the end. What better way to go than doing what you love? Dying in a bed,in pain, with no control of my bodily functions-NOPE, Not for me!
Geez you sound like a Klingon! Today is a good day to die! What ever you want to do is fine by me. I'll never get on your case for not wearing a helmet, your head, your trip. For six weeks while I was in a coma I felt no pain. The morphine and phenobarnitol saw to that. I survived and recovered mostly and I thank the Big Boss for every day I get. When my time comes I will face it with no fear or regrets. I have a living will made out that no heroic procedures are to be performed.

Man, this turned morbid

Jona wrote:
Man, this turned morbidYes sir that's what your cousin said too.

Yeah......I waived at a HD rider this morning as I sat at a left turn signal and he sat behind me slightly to my right side waiting to make a right turn, and did this " bad ass looking vato " on a RK with stretched bags , custom fender and paint even acknowledge I existed, hell no ! And again, when he pulled up to me before the turn I looked over at him and it was as if I wasn't there ! I got butt hurt ( ya right ) ! Figured the " bad ass " was better than me cause I wore my helmet and naturally he wasn't ( bet he doesn't own one ) or mine was a more reliable machine than his and cost less, or he just looked more " biker " than I did Either way, " I " looked at at him as a fellow rider and apparently he didn't see it that way. I always wave at any rider I cross with and most do acknowledge, even HD riders ! Just the way I was raised, am, and always will be

maybe you should get rid of the bike,it sounds a bit to dangerous.

Think if I was on a Hyosung ( recycled beer cans ) he would have waved Maybe he sucked my metal

I wave at everyone-helmet,no helmet,Metric Cruiser,Harley,Sportbike and I ride with a diverse group of individuals and bikes.When I'm on my R*,you can ride a $50K decked out custom,a $30K Screaming Eagle HD,an Italian Thoroughbread Sportbike-it doesn't matter,I'm completely content!I wore a helmet through 30 years of great miles,now I choose not to. I guess I get defensive because the constant lectures are tiring-I'm just trying to live the best quality I can. Had a woman on the back of a Harley bagger ask me if I had a death-wish by not wearing a helmet. I had to bite my tongue from mentioning the extra 75 lbs she was carrying or the fact that cholesterol will most likely get her before my lack of helmet I'

JonnyApeHanger wrote:
I wave at everyone-helmet,no helmet,Metric Cruiser,Harley,Sportbike and I ride with a diverse group of individuals and bikes.When I'm on my R*,you can ride a $50K decked out custom,a $30K Screaming Eagle HD,an Italian Thoroughbread Sportbike-it doesn't matter,I'm completely content!I wore a helmet through 30 years of great miles,now I choose not to. I guess I get defensive because the constant lectures are tiring-I'm just trying to live the best quality I can. Had a woman on the back of a Harley bagger ask me if I had a death-wish by not wearing a helmet. I had to bite my tongue from mentioning the extra 75 lbs she was carrying or the fact that cholesterol will most likely get her before my lack of helmet I'
+1! I wave at everyone on 2 wheels...whether or not they wave back is on their shoulders