Motorcyclist -

[Fat Bastid]

I used to ride a high performance superbike until the dreaded nerves eventually got the better of me.

How cool I looked in matching leathers and a Carl Fogarty helmet but can somebody please explain........

Picture the scene.....

Ducati 996 in red,  Akita leathers, knee sliders, Fogarty lid, bunny ears.  

Bunny ears?!  WTF are they all about, can someone please explain?

In my days you would be a woofter wearing a helmet with such things protruding from the sides.

Where did this non-macho thing come from?

 

[The Artful Shrimper]

As I understood it you're not supposed to stick things on the crash hat as this prevents the helmet from sliding in a crash. I used to have a mohican stuck on mine and plod gave me a ticking off which I was annoyed about...haven't you got real criminals to catch etc...until he used wisdom and informed me about crash helmet technology...I understood that, no need for Tebbit type piggism, hence I polish and buff my helmet every morning.

 

[Fat Bastid]

Quote[/b] (The Artful Shrimper @ June 08 2004,08:54)]As I understood it you're not supposed to stick things on the crash hat as this prevents the helmet from sliding in a crash. I used to have a mohican stuck on mine and plod gave me a ticking off which I was annoyed about...haven't you got real criminals to catch etc...until he used wisdom and informed me about crash helmet technology...I understood that, no need for Tebbit type piggism, hence I polish and buff my helmet every morning.

These new helmets have vents on the sides and the Bunny Ears appear to stick out from there!