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Tighten Up Your Helmet Strap

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I just saw the results of a guy having a crash with his helmet flying off!!!! Not pretty!!! half of his face gone now. Tighten up that strap!!!
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In England you get a reasonable fine and points for not wearing a helmet, but you get more if you wear one without the strap done up!
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As a matter of course I ALWAYS double check that my chin strap is done up before getting on to ride off on the bike - just a habit i've got'n into!
To my surprise a couple of times of late it hadn't been :o . . . . hence the MUST DO check before riding off! ;)
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That goes for pillions too!...
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wouldnt you notice the straps whipping you when you take off? i remember when i forgot to do mine up, the straps started whipping against my neck and shoulders when they got a bit of air behind them.
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I rode off one day without my straps tightened (by mistake) and it's something i will never do again! If you don't tighten the straps you might as well leave the helmet at home.
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the loose strap hurts bad enough when you dont clip it up against its self, let alone not do it up at all
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MrWasabi wrote:wouldnt you notice the straps whipping you when you take off? i remember when i forgot to do mine up, the straps started whipping against my neck and shoulders when they got a bit of air behind them.
There was a bloke who used to ride an MV on the OPH with the straps poked up inside the lid :shock: There was another bloke killed up there in an otherwise survivable accident a few years back because he didn't do his helmet up either.
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Re: Tighten Up Your Helmet Strap

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In Greece, the law says that you have to have a helmet with you when you ride.
So, what do the greeks do :roll: :roll: ??
Carry them on their arms while riding....

We concluded, that the saying "she'll be right mate" originated in Greece :lol:

They also got tough on not wearing seatbelts in cars, the greeks printed some T-shirts with the black stripe running accross, to fool the cops :shock:
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