Well i have wore a hlemet for more than19 years and ever since my home state of Mi. lifted the law only a few weeks ago i do not wear one enless it is in the middle 50's or lower. I love the....o i guess i don't know how to put it, i guess the more intensifed expierence of riding, it is a different feel. And i agree with the majority of you, when it is your time it is your time. I have layed down a bike twice and both times at a rather high rate of speed and both times walked away without a scratch on my helmet. Not to say it can't happen.