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Cars & Transportation: Motorcycles: “Question: Why do people 'get off' annoying everyone with their loud motorcycles?” plus 5 more

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Cars & Transportation: Motorcycles: “Question: Why do people 'get off' annoying everyone with their loud motorcycles?” plus 5 more

Question: Why do people 'get off' annoying everyone with their loud motorcycles?

Posted: 04 Jan 2016 09:11 PM PST

Seriously... It's like little kids dressed up to look really cool revving up their cycles at read lights to piss everyone off and then look super-cool with their loud cycles like they're awesome.

What do these little kids riding those motorcycles get out of pissing everyone off?

Makes me think it's some people that have issues or something that need to do this to satisfy the childish teenager in them selves or something by being an a**hole, tough guy and pissing people off

Question: What is he difference between a street helmet vs a race helmet? Can someone give me a quick explanation please?

Posted: 04 Jan 2016 08:10 PM PST

Think about sitting on a motorcycle, just sitting still, and falling over with the bike and hitting your head. That's a fall of about 5 feet. The impact of that fall is going to be the same if you're moving. About 99% of street accidents are that fall. I don't know how many g it is, but that's what street helmets are designed for, a 5 foot fall.

Racing, you need to be prepared for more. Your head might hit something much harder than just falling to the ground.

The thing that absorbs the shock in a helmet is the foam layer inside. It's something like styrofoam but very carefully designed to be deformed by the g-force it's expecting. For a racing helmet it's going to be stiffer for a bigger shock, so it might not work as well for the kind of accidents you expect on the street.

Also a racing helmet is going to be more carefully tested. In the US, street helmets don't need to be tested at all! They conform to a DOT standard, and the maker just 'certifies' that the helmet meets the standard. In fact some 'beanie' helmets are NOT DOT certified, and it says so right on the box, but inside the box there is a DOT sticker you can put on the helmet yourself! And that's legal!

For racing (and other sports) the Snell Assn. sets more stringent standards, and the helmets have to be tested. BUT while probably much higher quality, better-tested, and more expensive, a Snell helmet is not necessarily better for the street because it's not designed for street riding.

Every few years one of the big motorcycle magazines buys a couple dozen helmets, sends them to an independent testing lab, and reports on the results. What they find is that all DOT helmets protect about the same, you pay more for comfort and features. In fact sometimes the best-performing helmets are the cheapest ones, made of ABS plastic which is very hard and break-resistant but also very heavy.

Question: How much can I buy a used motorcycle like this in the video?

Posted: 04 Jan 2016 07:41 PM PST

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