riding without a lid on?

[squirrel_hunter]

On occasion I have been known to ride sans lid but only up and down my road on a shake down once I’d fixed a bike or across a car park or forecourt nothing fast, nothing serious. I would never go out to ride properly without a lid regardless of the law. I will never ride without a full face lid either; I believe that open face helmets should be outlawed. From experience if it wasn’t for my lid I wouldn’t have a chin.

I will ride only with a full face lid on, it doesn't take much to hurt yourself really does it? Up toy uo end of day, but we all know what happens if ride without a lid and you come off. I seen people waering open face lids, and it just makes me cringe....I have seen a few lids after offs, dam will never wear open face.......

[yorkie_chris]

I don't like riding with no lid, I wouldn't wear an open face helmet either since my trials bike landed on my head and a bit of brick lodged itself in the chin vent. Could have been nasty.

However, I don't beleive that this should be law just like seatbelts when people are in a car on their own

i very nearly got killed in cyprus my a mad mec taxi, me on a scooter in shorts turning right when i herd screeeeeching tyres! he was attempting to overtake me while i was turning right! sh#t head! he got out of the taxi and was just laughing and joking? i had no crash helmet on.

peripheral vision doesnt stop some tit knocking you off by being a terrible road user

My crash helmet stays on (and i hate having to fanny with glasses with em)

[yorkie_chris]

Peripheral visions not really valid IMO, decent lids don't reduce it much if at all.

Even if you disregard the safety aspect of wearing a lid, how would you cope with all the crap that gets kicked up off the road into your face without one. Wasps hitting you at 50mph in summer. No thanks.

Originally Posted by SimJ

Even if you disregard the safety aspect of wearing a lid, how would you cope with all the crap that gets kicked up off the road into your face without one. Wasps hitting you at 50mph in summer. No thanks.

+1
bought a new visor for my arai astro j, was headin down the motorway, had only fitted it that morning and a largish stone came up and chipped it at left cheek level, can guarantee that it would have hurt had the visor been up or no helmet on - just aboot kacked maself with the noise it made

[Lissa]

A few years ago we rode round Butlins in Skeggy with no lids on during the MCN weekend. I was also sitting backwards on the bike and taking pics of our mates following us

Have gone without a lid a few times, but never quickly, never on the road, and never would.

outside my house is a dead end road, i sometimes wheelie and mess about on my scoot up and down it, have done it with out a lid at times, not very often tho, it doesnt take much for your head/brain to be damaged, most likley unrepairable damage too.

its a bit like riders that have all teh gear on...and no gloves!!? fingers alwasy touch down first in an off.