Retro Helmet?

Death is never pleasant no matter the means but it's a part of life.

When someone's gone they're gone. It's the living that matter.

Got no time to reflect on the dead. Gotta live before I get there myself...

Doug Cox.
Work to ride, Ride to work...

 

Break the list in half - safety features, and wank features.
As to the safety features, with the possible exception of the
magic pedals, pretty much everything in it's size class has
all those features.

And no, airbags are *not* safety features. (Insurance
premium hikers, dashboard fuckers, kid killers, mechanic
killers yeah, but not safety features).

G

 

Once you add the structural pop rivets around the inside
of the front right wheel arch as per the 'Airworthiness
Directive', those little 'undies excels are fine moite!

G

 

In aus.motorcycles on 17 Feb 2004 07:40:08 +1100

Seatbelts and bicycle helmets are supposed to give the same amount of
protection with fewer hazards aren't they?

But your chances of requiring all car users to wear helmets are nil.

Zebee

 

I've got a 1.5 tonne truck with seats, wheels and an engine. I'd
rather be sitting in a cinema watching a movie than inside my truck
while it gets run over by a Leopard tank any day!


BTH
(I'm sure we were talking about motorcycles before...?)

 

Trust me. Air Bags are a *major* safety feature.

1. What *isn't* an insurance premium hiker?

2. Your car's fucked and you're worried about the dash?

3. Not when used as per directions. They win/loss ratio is game set and
match to the air bag.

4. Mechanics that dumb need to be culled.

My view is that if you don't want to be trapped in a coffin of jagged steel,
broken glass, scalding coolant and hot oil with a flammable liquid pooling
underneath you and a shorting battery under the bonnet, you'll probably
choose a motorcycle as a safe means of transport...

Doug Cox.
Work to ride, Ride to work...

 

"Mad-Biker.com Mad-Biker.com>" wrote

About as safe as the driver. My old bomb is 37 years old, has
seat-belts, crumple zone, handles reasonably well, has disc brakes.

It amazes me that people measure safety by how well a car protects the
occupants "after" they have an accident. By that criteria, bikes are
pretty unsafe.

Saw a program on Fox about 4WD's (they called them SUV's) and how your
chances of survival in a collision with a car are about four to one in
your favour. Unfortunately, if you drive an 4WD, they also pointed out
that your chances of dying in it are increased six-fold. They showed a
standard (?) evasion manoeuvre in a car, lots of sliding and smoke,
and in a Range Rover. Oops-a-daisy and over she goes.

Theo
Not a great believer in 'secondary' safety.

 

I have a set of "KING DICK" spanners in the shed.

Theo

 

Well yeah OK, fair point !!

In aus.moto ? Surely you jest ?

JL
Obmoto - if you were on a bike you could dodge the 4wd

 

Now THAT'S a keeper !!! Thanks Doug.

JL

 

Surely you'd just power out of trouble?

G

 

Yeah, you can always power your way out of trouble then... ;-)


BTH

 

On 15/2/04 7:14 PM, in article

You'll get anal cancer!

'Course you can wear it!

Hammo

 

Crap!

Hammo

 

Yeah, 30 mph is sooooo fast.....


Hammo

 

Yeah, I hate using my older helmets. I didn't die in Northern America when
I was riding on the wrong side of the road, in a non-Aus helmet (older than
5 y/o) on a bike (with non aus compliance alterations) that was older than
you!!

You were a twat for putting it into a ditch?

Hammo

 

Bloody Volvo Driver!

 

So you took it up the arse

3 days after a rego check we had a car written off!

Hammo

 

Yeah and FAG bearings, yawn...


Hammo

 

So why ride?

Hammo