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From: pag00@amdahl.UUCP (Pria Graves)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: re Re Helmet Law Survey Results
Message-ID: <3538@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 12-Aug-86 15:31:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: amdahl.3538
Posted: Tue Aug 12 15:31:11 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 15-Aug-86 03:06:59 EDT
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Reply-To: pag00@amdahl.UUCP (Pria Graves)
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In article <15153@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> mazlack@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Lawrence J. Mazlack) writes:

> 
> I am a touring rider ( > 15K miles/year), 80% of it at high speed,
> half of it in Europe at 90-100 mph (I ship the bike back and forth
> every year).  I currently run a bike with a cafe fairing (BMW100CS)
> which does not protect the face.  I rarely have had a larger fairing - mostly
> because they slow you down and dangerously affect high-speed handling.
> AND, I never have used a full face helmet on the bike (I have one for sports car
> racing). (All of my helmets are Snell 85 rated).  I have also ridden for
> over 20 years - I like to be able to talk, to feel the wind, to be able
> to see, and to control my temperature.
> 
> ...Larry   mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu

I too am a touring rider (10 - 12K miles/year) also with a cafe fairing.
(BMW R100S).  I agree about fairings although I usually keep my speed in
the 70 - 85 mph range in the U.S. and a bit faster in Canada.
My question is how you carry on a conversation at 90 - 100?
Also, don't you find that a large grass hopper in the face at 80+
dangerously affects high-speed handling?  I've occasionally been hit
by things big enough to try to knock me off my bike... and then I thank
my lucky stars I am wearing a full face helmet!
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(Disclaimer:  even I don't necessarily agree!)