You know, even Darwin is embarrassed for this guy.

http://news.yahoo.com/ny-motorcyclist-helmet-protest-hits-head-dies-225710487.html

ONONDAGA, N.Y. (AP) — A motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws went over his handlebars, hit his head on the pavement and was killed, police said Sunday.

freedom can be a bitch sometimes

I still wish all states would just dump the helmet laws... and seatbelt laws for that matter... and just make people deal with the consequences themselves (aka law suits need not apply)... but we all know that'll never happen cause ya know... "the children"

...make for over 18, the problem is when they aren't killed and we have to deal with all the unplanted vegetables.

or Gary Busey, here is when he switched his tune as well

Gary Busey now supports helmet laws

FlightService wrote: ...make for over 18, the problem is when they aren't killed and we have to deal with all the unplanted vegetables. or Gary Busey, here is when he switched his tune as well Gary Busey now supports helmet laws

LOL he admitted that he himself is not playing with a full deck.

donalson wrote: I still wish all states would just dump the helmet laws... and seatbelt laws for that matter...

I don't mind seatbelt laws, but I really wish stability control, traction control, and airbags were optional so that we could import kei cars. (I love the honda beat.)

Fishtailed? I guess in his thirty years of riding, he never learned how to use the front brake.

MitchellC wrote: Fishtailed? I guess in his thirty years of riding, he never learned how to use the front brake.

A lot of dumb choppers don't have front brakes. Nearly all of them have an idiot without a helmet perched on the seat.

I don't see very many choppers any more without front brakes, but a LOT of riders are afraid of using them and just stomp on the rear brakes as if they were in a car.

The part that bothers me the most is that it reflects poorly on the entire motorcycle community.

I think that qualifies as ironic

mad_machine wrote: I think that qualifies as ironic

Not really, though most mistakenly think so. It's really just a funny coincidence. :-)

WIN!

That bucket is DOT certified.

mpolans wrote:

mad_machine wrote: I think that qualifies as ironic

Not really, though most mistakenly think so. It's really just a funny coincidence. :-)

Hey Oatmeal, what's irony?

Will wrote:

mpolans wrote:

mad_machine wrote: I think that qualifies as ironic

Not really, though most mistakenly think so. It's really just a funny coincidence. :-)

Hey Oatmeal, what's irony?

Michigan is in process of repealing the helmet law....you can ride without one IF you carry 100,000 in Medical coverage.

thanks, but no... I'll keep my AGATT.

Grtechguy wrote: Michigan is in process of repealing the helmet law....you can ride without one IF you carry 100,000 in Medical coverage. thanks, but no... I'll keep my AGATT.

here's me having LOLs at the idea of enforcing that:

hahahaha LOL haha

and how many skull reconstructions / skin grafts / prosthetic devices / physical therapy sessions does $100k buy these days?

"License and proof of $100k insurance please."

Not being a motorcycle rider, will someone explain why they have seperate brakes.

Some larger modern bikes have linked brakes. On many bikes, the front brake is a hydraulic disc or two, and the rear brake is a cable actuated drum, which pretty much necessitates separate systems. Not to mention that bikes experience far greater weight transfer under braking than a car, and locking up either wheel can be very bad, so having independent control of them can be safer. Bikes with linked brakes tend to be big bikes that are extremely unlikely to lift the rear wheel, and may also incorporate some form of ABS/electronic brake control.

iceracer wrote: Not being a motorcycle rider, will someone explain why they have seperate brakes.

Just makes it funner to operate.

A can-am will do everything for you.

reminds me of this guy on a liter bike... he had a helmet... perched on the back seat/hanging... recall he was so busy holding it keeping it from flying off he almost crashed... was amusing... almost as awesome as watching the rest of the squids run around in a tank and flops with no lid...