'Still'?

Oh, you totally don't get it.

The idiotic Harley Loud Pipes Save Lives No Helmet morons are so hooked up politically and so organized that they successfully lobbied state legislatures all over the USA over the past 15 years or so to repeal helmet laws. So it's quite possible that Colorado (along with many other states) only repealed its helmet law after such political pressure. I don't know what the history is in CO, but states all over the country have passed such legislation in recent years.

Motorcyclists are complete and utter morons. I know, I ride a Honda ST1300. But I'm not quite a stupid as most m/c riders. Case in point, three motorcycle fatalities in my county in the last week. All pilot error. They usually are. This notion that the irresponsible cagers (that's m/c moronspeak for cars) will kill you by making a left turn in from of your path is distorted. Happens, but not nearly as often as some imbecile on a new Harley or some squid kid on a rice rocket simply rides his motorcycle into a friggin tree.

I did the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course (2 of them), I ride as if every car on the road is about to do the dumbest thing possible and kill me. And once every 18 months or so, one does. So far I've always been ready to avoid them. 6 years and 17K miles later I'm not dead yet. But I'm a moving target. Those idiot cagers will get me sooner or later. In the meantime I will endeavor to not self-destruct.