Question for the non-helmet wearers/half-helmet wearers

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Colleen

...have anyone of you non or half helmet wearers ever taken a big fat juicy bug to the face?!

Years ago, before I'd been educated on the dangers of not wearing helmets/gear, I was riding passenger with a friend on his cruiser. We're just in a residential area, making a left hand turn, when halfway through the turn I see the mother of all dragonflies coming right at me. We're in the turn, so I don't want to move suddenly and mess up the lean or our turn... so all I could do was close my eyes and hope for the best.

I got NAILED smack dab in the middle of my forehead - I swear, it looked like I'd been pelted with a baseball... just a HUGE red welt. Horrible. Painful.

Lesson learned... I've never ridden without a lid (and gear) since.