NEW RIDERS DO ‘NOT’ NEED HELMET SPEAKERS
Motorcycle helmet speakers make a bad gift for new riders.
WHY?
Well, a little background first: I’m a long-time, old-fashioned, long-distance motorcycle rider. I’ve lived through two serious motorcycle crashes and I’ve grown to respect the rudiments of safe riding.
And as obvious and rudimentary as this next statement may be, it can be missed by someone who is NOT a rider, who may be buying speakers as a gift for someone who is a biker: Motorcycle riding is very different from driving a car, van, …

QUESTION: WHEN DO YOU ‘NOT’ NEED A HELMET?
Answer: If you never crash.
If you never crash, you can say you never needed a helmet.
Wouldn’t it be great if life were that simple?
Well, since life isn’t quite that simple. There are controversies about things: including motorbike helmets.
ADVANTAGES OF NOT WEARING A HELMET
On the plus side of the controversy, there is a certain physical and emotional sensation that NOT wearing a helmet engenders.
There are even some who say that they can hear better without a helmet, because there is nothing covering their …

THE CONTROVERSY AND PASSION OF MOTORCYCLE HELMETS
“Motorcycle helmets.”  Now there is a passionate subject.
You can love ‘em, hate ‘em, consider them a necessary evil, or view them as a tool of overbearing national and/or state governments – at least those that force motorcyclists to wear them.
For some folks, it seems intuitive that if you wrap your skull with something hard that absorbs shock, then your head will have a better chance of surviving in the event of a motorcycle crash.
Other folks consider that it reduces their personal freedom and personal …