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May 19, 2023 13:02
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My daily driver Bell Star is 6 years old now and getting a bit scrappy, so its new helmet day soon. I've been looking for one of these Race Star's since last year but could never find my size or anywhere with stock. Stumbled across one in my size on sale with a free tinted visor too thrown in too! Might arrive tomorrow. 
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May 19, 2023 17:43
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Beve Stuscemi posted:V-Triple Souperbike
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May 19, 2023 17:47
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I’ve been wondering about Aerostitch lately and then FortNine releases a video about it: https://youtu.be/Yp5dLWIKyd8 not-Ryan is starting to win me over.
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May 19, 2023 18:47
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I decided to be exciting and upgrade my aging RF-1200 to... an RF-1400.  Same size as before, XL, fits fine once it's on (it's a tiny bit tight but I expect that to go away in a few hours of riding)... but holy gently caress does it hurt my ears to take off. I'm having flashbacks of being birthed, it's so tight, but man, the feeling is great when it's on. Is that a common experience with the 1400? Is it just because I haven't worn a brand new helmet in 6 years? Is it just because of the bigger cheekpads in the 1400? I've heard discussion about how you have to pull the straps outward, but I don't make a habit of undoing the double d-ring every time i take a helmet off. Seems goofy.
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May 21, 2023 00:04
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spouse posted:I don't make a habit of undoing the double d-ring every time i take a helmet off. Seems goofy. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so you're complaining that it's hard to take the helmet off without undoing the chin strap? is that right? Are you just loosening it and pushing it over your nose or something?? fully undo the chin strap and pull the two sides outward, as the helmet designers intended, and it won't pull your ears off. 
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May 21, 2023 00:37
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I think newer helmets are doing everything they can to close that noisy neckhole, so that might be part of the problem. How, uh, how are you getting a helmet off without pulling the strap out of the D-rings? I’ve been fully undoing them since my first helmet at age eight. Am I the weird one?
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May 21, 2023 00:39
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Sagebrush posted:uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I've literally never done that. I just loosen it all the way (while still attached) and then pull it forward while pulling the helmet off. Has never been an issue on HJC or Shoei (the only helmets I've ever worn). I will try it the way you people seem to think it's supposed to be and report back.
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May 21, 2023 01:01
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spouse posted:I've literally never done that. I just loosen it all the way (while still attached) and then pull it forward while pulling the helmet off. Has never been an issue on HJC or Shoei (the only helmets I've ever worn). Fwiw I do this too but the only double D helmets I've had have been shoei, other stuff has had a quick release
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May 21, 2023 01:20
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spouse posted:I've literally never done that. I just loosen it all the way (while still attached) and then pull it forward while pulling the helmet off. Has never been an issue on HJC or Shoei (the only helmets I've ever worn). I’ve never done this, nor ever thought of doing this, nor seen anyone do this, nor ever heard anyone say they do this, until now. I suppose it would be faster to never fully undo the strap. You get to decide if you want to save 3 seconds, or have sore ears. Please try both and report back on your decision.
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May 21, 2023 01:26
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What on earth.
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May 21, 2023 01:49
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Make sure the cheek pads are fully snapped in. When I installed my comm system on my RF-1200, I didn’t connect them properly, and it hurt bigly. I found the pads not snapped in on the X-Fifteen I just got as well, which I thankfully checked before trying on. I wear a little skull cap thing now anyway just to avoid dealing with my ears folding, ear plugs unsealing, etc.
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May 21, 2023 02:45
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the thought of completely undoing and redoing the D-ring every single time i remove or put on a helmet is absolute madness you unsnap the button closure, loosen until the button stops the strap from coming completely through, then loop your thumbs through the strap and against the front while gripping the upper chin with the rest of your hands and pull it up and past your face
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May 21, 2023 02:46
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I just tried leaving it looped during removal for the first time and the strap scrapes my nose and the process scraped my cheeks somehow, and I'm kinda relieved that my life has not been a lie.
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May 21, 2023 02:54
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Next one of you will say you don't unbutton all the buttons when you take off a shirt
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May 21, 2023 03:18
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IM DAY DAY IRL posted:the thought of completely undoing and redoing the D-ring every single time i remove or put on a helmet is absolute madness This is what I do. I just tried the "fully undo the D-ring" method, and yeah, it didn't change anything. Comfy going on, pain coming off even when stretching out with the straps. My cheekpads are fully on, all snaps in place. I think it's just a brand new, tight helmet that needs to break in a bit. Remy Marathe posted:I just tried leaving it looped during removal for the first time and the strap scrapes my nose and the process scraped my cheeks somehow, and I'm kinda relieved that my life has not been a lie. This has never happened to me ever. I think we all have secretly freakish faces oriented towards our naturally found D-ring loosening or unlooping methods of helmet removal.
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May 21, 2023 03:21
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Oval head d-ring threaders represent
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May 21, 2023 03:26
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It has to be a head shape thing. I just went and tried to take my helmet (Scorpion R1) off without unthreading the strap from the D ring and it was super awkward/uncomfortable. Either that or ya'll are wearing your helmets too large.
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May 21, 2023 04:01
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Y'all weird. Undoing and redoing the D rings is just totally automatic, I don't even consciously think about it. Like tying shoelaces, what do the non-undoers do there? Or do you wear hilarious Clarks velcro shoes?
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May 21, 2023 11:48
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knox_harrington posted:Y'all weird. Undoing and redoing the D rings is just totally automatic, I don't even consciously think about it. Like tying shoelaces, what do the non-undoers do there? Or do you wear hilarious Clarks velcro shoes?  Or for an actual picture I took:  Crocs baby, not even velcro TheBacon fucked around with this message at 13:51 on May 21, 2023 |
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May 21, 2023 13:48
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We may have just discovered the “wipe sitting down / standing up” divide of motorcycling, where each side is astounded to find the other side exists. I just tried with the strap tied on my old GT-Air 1 (similar shape to the RF-1200), and gouged the heck out of my face with sideways straps. I’ve been doing up d-rings since I was eight and can do it in my sleep. Y’all are weird.
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May 21, 2023 18:50
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The primary reason to undo strap is that it pulsl the cheek pads apart and don’t destroy your ears when putting the helmet on.
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May 21, 2023 19:17
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knox_harrington posted:Y'all weird. Undoing and redoing the D rings is just totally automatic, I don't even consciously think about it. Like tying shoelaces, what do the non-undoers do there? Or do you wear hilarious Clarks velcro shoes? Do you seriously undo your laces every time you take your shoes off? How long does it take you to go anywhere at that rate?
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May 21, 2023 20:50
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Sorry Slavvy but this is one thing in motorcycling where you are just plain wrong. I am currently out at a ride with 250+ people and every single person I saw taking off their helmet undid the strap all the way.
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May 21, 2023 20:58
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I'm not saying there's a right or wrong way, it works for me and is probably down to head shape whether it works for you or not. I can't imagine untying my sneakers every single time though, god what a bore.
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May 21, 2023 21:28
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*in my best mom voice* You’re gonna ruin the heels of your shoes doing that mister!!!
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May 21, 2023 23:55
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Slavvy posted:Do you seriously undo your laces every time you take your shoes off? How long does it take you to go anywhere at that rate? lol my dad does this
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May 22, 2023 01:03
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Slavvy posted:Do you seriously undo your laces every time you take your shoes off? How long does it take you to go anywhere at that rate? most of the time yes. how long does it take you to tie your shoes? for me it is about 6 seconds per side
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May 22, 2023 01:04
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Either you folks are having two different discussions or there are people who actually lace/unlace the little holes in their shoes on the reg, like not speedlaces or just the top holes to get your fat foot out, the whole shoe. If that's what anyone is saying, no, no that's not right.
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May 22, 2023 01:19
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I mean your shoe laces are tied in some kind of knot right? So you can undo that knot every single time, or you can just slip your shoe on and off like a loafer. I realize this isn't possible on all shoes out there, I imagine sagebrush wears the squarest leather dress shoes every day with tiny little laces cinched mafia tight, but with sneakers I've done it with every pair I've ever owned and it was fine. Fwiw it's not possible with work boots unless you want to clomp around in loose boots, horrible, and I solved the problem by getting lace up boots that have a zip on the side for taking them on and off without untying the laces.
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May 22, 2023 02:56
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Some lazy rear end mfers up in this thread.
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May 22, 2023 03:09
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Oh no not laziness!! The greatest evil the protestant mind can imagine
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May 22, 2023 03:15
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I unsnap and loosen and pull my helmet off. Having to redo the d rings every time sounds hard can you do it with gloves on?
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May 22, 2023 03:16
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Strap-on perverts itt
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May 22, 2023 03:29
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If you could tie your shoelaces like this you would look for every opportunity to put shoes on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5qZpQe_4EA
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May 22, 2023 03:37
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A MIRACLE posted:I unsnap and loosen and pull my helmet off. Having to redo the d rings every time sounds hard can you do it with gloves on? I find it really difficult with gloves on, it's probably why I stopped doing it
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May 22, 2023 03:44
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Upgrade to BOA dials already! Cinch and go. It was kind of interesting to see them migrate from cycling shoe where they were common for a decade + now to be found on regular runners just a few years back.
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May 22, 2023 05:50
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https://a.co/d/7lPeB3A This is how I solve the helmet problem.
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May 22, 2023 12:47
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM97nbRsKfc Yeah, uh... Yeah... uh... yep. Get destroyed, undoers.
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May 22, 2023 13:35
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My lace-up high-tops have a zip on the side and I only buy helmets with ratchet closures
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