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Guy I work with was in a motorcycle accident this week.

JulesMaximus

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
He's okay, banged up and bruised and has a swollen jaw with some road rash on his face. Car cut him off on the 15 freeway and he took a spill trying to avoid. He rides a Harley and wears an open face helmet. Having the wind in your face sometimes means having an asphalt facial.

This happened Monday or Tuesday... I don't remember which day exactly but I passed by the accident scene on my commute and saw him but I wasn't sure at the time if it was him because I was actually paying attention to the road ahead of me and only took a quick glance.

He's a good dude, I've ridden with him in fact, and today was his first day back to work. He'll be okay thankfully.

That's two guys I work with who ride who have been in accidents while commuting in the past couple years.

Anyway, my point is that if you're going to ride a motorcycle at least wear a full face helmet. I have another friend at work who rides a Harley and I was talking to him today about the accident and he said he knows first hand how effective a full face helmet is as he told me a story about hitting a deer at 50mph on a ride up through one of the national parks in central California and how it kind of clicked as his head was sliding across the pavement protected only by that lightweight piece of plastic and polystyrene. He has told me this story before actually, a couple times in fact. 😀

I didn't lecture him about the helmet though... didn't even bring it up. Just told him I'm glad he's okay.
 
Full face is the way to go. I just picked up a Nolan with a very wide field of view.

Went up to Capitola for lunch a couple weeks back and the wife asked why her leather jacket had to be so heavy, I told her she'd appreciate that thick leather when she was skidding down the highway at 60 mph. She never said another word about it.


Glad your friend is alright.
 
Glad your friend is ok. Sucks to hear about fellow riders going down. I always ride like a newb and try to avoid as much as I can. On my 250 ninja I used to have a hard time around cars because they never heard me coming let alone see me. My sv650 has an aftermarket exhaust so I like that a lot better. I also notice I'm more daring and comfortable to go faster on the sv which can't be good all the time.

Anyway I always wear all my gear, textile pants with pad supports, jacket with armor on the back and shoulders and joints, and a full face helmet; cortech ar boots. It's not the best helmet but I've had no need to change it yet. My buddy always laughs at me when I show up like a power ranger but I know I would rather have all the gear if an accident were to happen than just a helmet and regular clothes like he wears.
 
sze5003 said:
Glad your friend is ok. Sucks to hear about fellow riders going down. I always ride like a newb and try to avoid as much as I can. On my 250 ninja I used to have a hard time around cars because they never heard me coming let alone see me. My sv650 has an aftermarket exhaust so I like that a lot better. I also notice I'm more daring and comfortable to go faster on the sv which can't be good all the time.

Anyway I always wear all my gear, textile pants with pad supports, jacket with armor on the back and shoulders and joints, and a full face helmet; cortech ar boots. It's not the best helmet but I've had no need to change it yet. My buddy always laughs at me when I show up like a power ranger but I know I would rather have all the gear if an accident were to happen than just a helmet and regular clothes like he wears.
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ATGATT . . . ET

I call those people squids who wear nothing other than a helmet. .. riding around at 70+ with a tshirt shorts and sandals. . . good luck guys. Heck, when i ride in texas, a lot of the time they replace the helmet with a pair of sunglasses. . . . . wow.
 
Sucks. Hope he gets back on the ride.

The only piece of gear I can't seem to get into the habit of wearing every time is the pants. The swamp ass is unbearable.
 
monkeydelmagico said:
Sucks. Hope he gets back on the ride.

The only piece of gear I can't seem to get into the habit of wearing every time is the pants. The swamp ass is unbearable.
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Have you tried textile pants? For some reason I sweat more from my boots than the pants, and I've worn the pants over light jeans even in the summer.
 
halik said:
Open faced helmets make people pretty.

<- Wears Arai Corsairs RX7
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With the amount of crap I've had bounce off the faceshield of my full face helmet I can't imagine riding with an open face or no helmet at all.
 
Midwayman said:
With the amount of crap I've had bounce off the faceshield of my full face helmet I can't imagine riding with an open face or no helmet at all.
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Ever ride through a swarm of bees? I have. I can't imagine what that would have been like with an open face helmet shorts and a t-shirt.
 
JulesMaximus said:
Ever ride through a swarm of bees? I have. I can't imagine what that would have been like with an open face helmet shorts and a t-shirt.
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Nope but I've had bugs fly in my mouth and up my nose with the visor up on my full face helmet. Not fun. Especially when it starts getting fogged up because it's colder out and you want to clear it out before the lights change.
 
JulesMaximus said:
Ever ride through a swarm of bees? I have. I can't imagine what that would have been like with an open face helmet shorts and a t-shirt.
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I was riding with the wife once. We came upon a swarm of bees and I instinctively ducked down. She took the brunt of it and wasn't a happy camper. 😳

Update the thread when your friend switches to a full face helmet.
 
I sold my bike last summer cause of accidents
Last spring my coworker slid out on the HW coming up a hill doing the speed limit
Broke both legs collapsed a lung broke his shoulder his back etc.
I've got kids at home, IMO I love bikes but I'm at the stage of life my family needs me more.
 
Had an Yamaha Enduro 125 as a kid. Got hit right by my house going about 25 mph. I remember the scene as though it happened an hour ago. Dude looked right at me ( motorcycle blindness) and casually turned in front of me. I hit off the fender and flew over the hood. The thing I remember the most,to this day, is the ground slowly coming up towards my face. Then smacking the ground face first. God help me if I didnt have a full face helmet, even at that speed. Cracked the visor and helmet at the bottom. Scary shit.



Peace


Lounatik
 
oldsmoboat said:
Is he still wearing an open face helmet?
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Yep, and he got his bike fixed and is back to commuting on it. I parked my bike next to his yesterday and talked to him for a bit in the morning and then again before he left work. His abrasions have healed up... he was never a really a good looking dude to begin with though. 😛
 
Midwayman said:
With the amount of crap I've had bounce off the faceshield of my full face helmet I can't imagine riding with an open face or no helmet at all.
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This. I cannot imagine anything but a full face being comfortable. I slaughtered a small arm of bugs today with my visor, don't need that on my face.

Plus the safety factor
 
I've ridden (fairly stock) Harleys.
Decent bikes. The older ones had annoying tendencies but the new ones pleasant enough. If you are in the cruiser, tourer or standard market, you would be foolish not to cross shop one.

I've known plenty of Harley riders. Many are very capable riders who can embarrass many "bro's" in the twisties and have a general love of motorcycles.

The "Harley crowd" around here is dominated by idiots.
 
Harley riders are all over the map in skill, but so are many riders of sport and other motorcycle styles. I know guys with Harleys that can ride circles around me.. not that it's a very hard thing to do for a skilled rider.

The newer HDs are nice, if a bit heavy and underpowered, but if that's what a rider likes.. no big deal. The nice thing though, is that lately, more cruiser riders are wearing more and better gear, and some even wear full and modular helmets.
 
Four wheels good, two wheels bad. My granddad used to be an avid rider when he lived in England. Had a side car and everything. Gave it up when they moved to Canada due to safety reasons. That was back in the 50s, and things are considerably worse now.

Toronto drivers are just too aggressive and clueless. The yuppies in their big SUVs barely notice if a car is near by them, let alone a bike. Of course not that bikers are entirely fault free. You see them all the time going up the highway nearing 200km/h, lane splitting. That's just asking to be made road pizza. A lot of idiot riders around here to match their idiot four wheeled counterparts.
 
Glad to hear he's alive.

But even from just riding a few dirt bikes in the 70's I'll just never have a bike these days myself personally, especially considering where I live at one of the most unfriendly places for one to begin with and my wife had a snit fit when I even wanted to buy a Convertible awhile back.

Tampa Bay driving is notoriously bad for bikers, I've heard many stories just from friends and the news here.

I suppose is true a lot of places, but still.
 
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desy said:
I've got kids at home, IMO I love bikes but I'm at the stage of life my family needs me more.
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Yup, I'd really like a Zero SR, but family first for me. Had too many friends with close calls, injuries, and ones who didn't make it. Fortunately my new Kia cost about as much as the bike, so...there's that 😀
 
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