Looking for novelty helmet

One fine day in rec.motorcycles, "Bob Myers"
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"Uncle Vic" wrote in message
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One fine day in rec.motorcycles, Twibil
wrote:

On Aug 29, 2:57 pm, BryanUT wrote:

Got anymore ideas?

"OBAMA/McCAIN IN 2008" sticker.

Might as well **** off everybody.


I cruised around town with a "Bush/Jesus - Apocalypse Now" bumper
sticker on the back of my tailbag one day about four years ago. No
takers. Then again, this is a blue state.

My own favorite is "Cthulhu 2008 - when you're tired
of choosing the LESSER of two evils."


LOL!

http://www.hello-cthulhu.com/

--
Uncle Vic
04 Kawasaki Nomad 1500
92 Honda Nighthawk 750

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:06:23 -0500, Uncle Vic
wrote:


Biker balls!

http://tinyurl.com/6y8xkb

Wrong. They gotta be hairy.

--
Turby the Turbosurfer

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"." writes:
On Aug 30, 5:42=EF=BF=BDam, (Tom Keats) wrote:

If you really wanna look ballsy while riding your bike,
do it while wearing full Scot's regalia. =EF=BF=BDBut stay outa
car's windshields. =EF=BF=BDWe don't wanna see the aftermath of
the forward thrust of yer kilt. =EF=BF=BDAt least, don't let
your skeindo flop out. =EF=BF=BDThat would be most embarrassing.

Eh? Anyone with eyes in his head can see my sgian dubh in the top of
my right stocking.

You oatmeal savages are certainly entertai ... engaging.

Dare I ask -- what's in your left soch?

A U-lock? Maybe a mini-pump? A brace o' pistols
'n a tin o' sardines? Couple o' joints 'n a
Jethro Tull "Benefit" CD?

cheers,
Tom


Truth is: Scots are lovely, friendly people.
Same as everybody else.


Hadrian built a wall to keep the Scots from
befriending the Romans too much.

It wasn't much of a wall. The Romans were
eventually befriended anyway, to their horror.

Don't mess with Scotland.

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

"Paul Ciszek" wrote in message
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Does anyone manufacture novelty helmets that actually protect the head?

I imagine that ANY novelty lid will protect your head better than those ****
pots we see every day with an upside down headed Harley riding dentist sat
underneath.

An acquaintance has had a mishap (on a bicycle), the details of which
he can't quite remember. :-( He is now willing to start wearing a
helmet. But he would like, if possible, to get one that looks like
the old Kaiser Wilhelm era german military helmets, with the spike on top.

Oh ****ing perfect. Not only IS he a complete ****, he wan't to LOOK like
one too. Class.

I suppose a phony plastic spike could be glued on to a helmet of the
right shape. Does anyone sell helmets that look like this?

You can buy "sleeves" with horn aplenty, spikes, and probably even barnacles
if you desire.

I'm sure Google have something

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

On Aug 30, 1:34*am, "Andrew998"
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"Tom Sherman" wrote in message

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Paul Ciszek wrote:
Does anyone manufacture novelty helmets that actually protect the head?

An acquaintance has had a mishap (on a bicycle), the details of which
he can't quite remember. *:-( *He is now willing to start wearing a
helmet. *But he would like, if possible, to get one that looks like
the old Kaiser Wilhelm era german military helmets, with the spike on
top.
I suppose a phony plastic spike could be glued on to a helmet of the
right shape. *Does anyone sell helmets that look like this?
Regular Bicycle Foam Hats, er helmets, really only function for bump and
scrape protection. Whole population studies have shown no statistically
significant reduction in serious head injuries and death with bicycle foam
hat use.

And yet this study suggests otherwise:http://www.dft.gov.uk/pdf/pgr/roadsa...theme1/bicycle...

Read this comment on that paper: http://www.cyclehelmets.org/papers/c2004.pdf

First, examining only case-control studies (vs. time series studies of
populations where helmet use has soared) restricts your sample to self-
selected subjects. That is, people who are worried enough about head
injury to don a helmet; and who, upon bumping their head (no matter
how gently) want to check into an ER "just to be sure." This alone
would generate lots of cases where a person wore a helmet, but had no
head injury. If those same people wore a magic cloth cap blessed by
their favorite religious figure, the results might be largely the
same.

Second, the authors note the decreases in riding that comes with
helmet legislation. (Others have noted larger decreases; there is a
strong chance that helmet promoters are hiding the magnitude of that
problem.) Before promoting helmets, we _should_ be sure that any drop
in serious head injuries isn't just from discouraging cycling.

I have no doubt bike helmets prevent some minor injuries, like
scrapes, cuts and some bruises. But they don't seem to have affected
major injuries.

Here's a less formal article that lays out the paradox - bike helmet
use soaring, but per-rider head injuries rising as well:
http://www.cyclehelmets.org/1028.html

- Frank Krygowski

On Aug 29, 5:35*pm, "." wrote:
On Aug 29, 12:16 pm, "Bob Myers" wrote:

Something even better:

http://www.aerostich.com/catalog/US/...s-p-16678.html

Oh, yessss. Every ssssimpering ssssissy sssshould have helmet
earsssss...

Little one like that? Yeah I guess they would make you happy to have a
set. Mine OTOH are BIG and hand from the top of the helmet to the
bottom. Custom crocheted in acrylic by a nice little old lady that's
into wild sex and bondage. Oh the things I've had to do to properly
accesorize my life.
--
Keith

On Aug 30, 11:49*am, Turby wrote:
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:06:23 -0500, Uncle Vic
wrote:

Biker balls!

http://tinyurl.com/6y8xkb

Wrong. They gotta be hairy.

Why? You gotsa problem with those that shave? ;^)
--
Keith

"Uncle Vic" wrote in message
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LOL!

http://www.hello-cthulhu.com/

Oh, that's GOOOOOOOOOOOD.........

Not quite along the same lines, but if we're now talking
web comics, this has been one of my favorites for a while now:

http://www.sinfest.net/

Just trying to do my part to share the dementia.



Bob M.

"Turby" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:06:23 -0500, Uncle Vic
wrote:


Biker balls!

http://tinyurl.com/6y8xkb

Wrong. They gotta be hairy.

What scares me is the fact that that place somehow
stays in business. Some must actually be BUYING
that crap...

Bob M.

--
Turby the Turbosurfer

"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message
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Read this comment on that paper:
http://www.cyclehelmets.org/papers/c2004.pdf

I keep forgetting that this thread is going to both rec.motorcycles
and rec.bicycles.misc. Hadn't really thought much about the whole
"helmet legislation" thing from the perspective of the bicycle rider.

Bob M.