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From: MJWCU@CUNYVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: re Re Helmet Law Survey Results
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Date: Thu, 14-Aug-86 10:33:32 EDT
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   Ok, time for my two cents....
     
   If riding a bike >10K miles a year qualifies one as a touring rider,
then I guess I qualify.  (Although I would never refer to myself as
such).  I ride a custom '81 Harley Lowrider, no fairing please.  My
wife rides a custom '42 Harley Flathead, no fairing please.  We both
wear (non-DOT/SNELL/whatever approved) Jockey helmets.  That's right,
Jockey, as in horse riding, helmets.  They are smaller than the police
type half helmets, and weigh less than 1 pound!  They even look halfway
decent!  They probably won't provide the protection of a sanctioned
helmet, but then again, they don't impair peripheral vision, are soooo
light they don't fatigue us, and are so thin their effect on temperature
is non-existant!  The only real reason either of us wear them at all is
because New York troopers and sheriffs are really nasty to bikers that
don't have some type of lid on!
   I have a question for Pria.  How do you carry on a conversation at
any speed if you are wearing a full-face???!!!???  Also, if I see a
large grass hopper coming at me, I try to position my mouth in
their path and have them for a snack!
     
Marty Walsh
VM systems
City University of New York
     
(I eat my road kill!)