Lids and HDs

In NSW my car ctp $400 and something, my bike $500 or $600
small pantech min $550 up to $800 depending on ins. co

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:07:24 +1000

YOu need to separate out the MCIS levy which is a govt impost and
nothing at all to do with 3rd party risks. Or it appears any risks,
as the only difference in charges seems to be city v country.

Zebee

 

I'm a methodical sort of a guy so I looked up the stats.

* facial injuries were uncommon and not significantly more common among those
wearing open face helmets than full face helmets (8% versus 4%)

This point came from "Case-control study of motorcycle crashes",
Federal Office of Road Safety - Contract Report CR174, Authors: N. Haworth, R.
Smith, I. Brumen & N. Pronk
The full report is at: http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/reports/atsb174.html
Hard data is one thing, but personal perception is another. In my case the
thought of scraping my chin along the bitumen was more off-putting than the
"look" was attractive. Call it an emotional rather than a rational decision,
just like the one I made when I bought my cruiser.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:45:12 +0000 (UTC)

I dunno if everyone does it for the look, I don't. I do it for the
vision

some do it for the look, some do it because fullfaces make 'em feel
claustrophobic.

I think it's wise to allow everyone to be at least as sensible as you
are in how they make their decisions. Rather than say "they didn't
choose like me, so it must have been for a foolish reason"

But as you say, in the end most of it is emotional not rational.

If it was rational we wouldn't be riding donorcycles.

Zebee

 

"Zebee Johnstone" wrote

I'm going to have to get a new open-face this summer. I left the old
one in the shed and some mice have nested in it. Not pretty!

Theo

 

For me, mould getting into the padding (when stored in the garage) is
the problem. Hence, the new helmet lives in the house.


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Onya bike

Gerry

 

I had a yellow XB foulcan wagon that happened to , I oparked in a
Brisbane street with the rear window down and this huge rat jumped out
and ran down the footpath with people screaming and jumping leaving
some unpleasant stuff behind , the joys of living on acerage

 

Woose.

I wear my open face Nolan right through winter for commuting (It does
have a full face shield.)

I prefer the better vision from the open face around town, and mainly
use the full-face out on the road, a decision vindicated on the way to
the Unaugural this year when a magpie decided to bounce off my face.

Moike

 

"...sit on my face and tell me that you love me..."

that anecdotal tale would have sounded better if it was a cat that ran
out in front of you.

 

In the early seventies I had a big accident at Dalgety. Broke lots of
bones as well as other injuries.
I ended up in Canberra hospital, and recovered quite well.
But something that has always stuck with me, was a moment outside the
x-ray department.
I was waiting to be x-rayed, it was nearly 3 weeks after the accident.
As i was waiting, another patient was wheeled up, also in a
wheelchair. We started speaking, he was also a motorcyclist.
And had come off at about 70 mph (110 kph). He had one leg in plaster,
And his face had been ground away. And he had virtually no facial
features. I always considered myself to be extremely lucky, whilst I
had many nasty injuries. This poor bloke was horribly disfigured.
Left a real impact on me, and I have always worn full face lids since.

 

"Moike" wrote

In my defence sir, I don't commute, and the 100 km/h zone starts 2
klicks from home.

Theo