How many times has a crash helmet saved your life?

[oldbelly]

was racing a solo norton in the skerries in the early seventies going round a fast righthander came upon a slower rider, thought give it a bit more to get past, WRONG! bend tightens up i hit the grass bank thinking bugger,manage to ride the top of the bank but forgot the drainage ditch in the middle,hits the ditch catapults me over the hedge, head first into a tree in the field, helmet is smashed right down to the last layer,lying down dazed and hurting somewhat ,first aid man comes rushing over,to be shure he says you be alright, here have a fag, sticks a fag in my mouth, lights it, i spit it out begorra he says here,s the ambulance AMBULANCE! bloomin horse and cart with hay in the bottom,takes me to the medical centre! bivouac in the centre of the field! doctor checks me out, to be shure he says you be ok just bruising,girl friends come rushing in Doc says i can go, i cant move, they carry me moaning to the van put me in the back on a matress take me to the house we were staying at, still cant move and in pain,undress me and put me in a hot bath to soak for a while, they go off to the pub come back several hours later still in bath, they lift me out and dry me and put me to bed still hurting,wake up thinking i.m still on this planet sort of, still badly bruised and in pain girl friends dress me and lift me out of bed,i manage to stumble around with help, but it takes me a couple of days before i am somewhat mobile and able to eat summat. THe morall of this episode in my life, GET a good decent crash helmet it was somehat an excruciating experience, but i am still alive to tell the tale!!

What I want to know is how many girlfriends Pete.

[steve-e]

Did they know about each other?

[ryan94]

A lid saved my boys life well I say that.....
The wife and I were having relations when the helmet protection split.....
Without that helmet crash, the boy could have been another dead sperm

[steve-e]

Ryan you can do better than that. I've seen you on an MZ. Now tell us more mate

[ryan94]

Ryan you can do better than that. I've seen you on an MZ. Now tell us more mate

In my garage, i have the wall of shame where I keep all my damaged crash helmets. Over the last two years I have ran out of room and had to make another shelf!
With varying states of damage, I would say without all of them my nuggin would be in a worse state than it is!

Arai Chaser, May 2012 Oulton, off at druids, mainly gravel damage, and a sore head
AGV, October 2011 Mallory, off at Gerrards, only borrowed the lid off of Guy to test it, it passed lol it was mangled!
Arai Chaser, June 2011 Cadwell, head first into tyre wall at Chris curve, spark out and very concussed.
Arai Chaser, April 2011 Brands, face planted floor at Clearways very very hard.
Shoei, Silverstone June 2010, sidecar landed on my head whilst flat down straight, not much left of lid

When you throw in the roadbikes I have wrote off, you understand why the wife dont like me going out unnattended
Im not even going to talk about the MZ years, I had almost blocked that from whats left of my memory.

[steve-e]

and I still laugh as the throttle slides off the handlebar going into the elbow at Lydden