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Hawaii.... King of the squids? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by mortalic@lemmy.world to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world
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Took the family to Hawaii, after a day or two I saw only one rider in full gear.

Damn near everyone is wearing sandals, no helmet and riding sportbikes or HD's.

Does it vary by island? What state has more squids?

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[โ€“] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I remember the first and only time I tried riding my sportbike without a helmet to see what all the fuss was about, I got a big fat bug right in the cheek and it slid up into my eye under my sunglasses.

I never did it again, and twenty two years later, I'm still ATGATT on my cruiser. There's no point IMO taking a risk with your life, mental faculties, or skin. Especially if you have kids, which I now have.

To each their own, though.

[โ€“] Deftdrummer@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

With the added bonus of it sounding like your bike is broken due to all the new sounds you can hear as the bike functions. Am I the only one?