My tires slid out on ice one day. I hit the ground with my feet clipped in and my hands on the bars, it happened so fast. As I lay in a puddle I was waiting for the headache to start, the side of my head hit so hard. The headache never came because I was wearing a helmet. A roadie helmet worked fine that day. Just sayin. I never rode without one again. Macho nastolgia? hey, I jumped a car on a stingray with the nut cruncher shifter bar cuz Knievel was cool and so was I. But I still wear a helmet.