forgot my lid!

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I usually travel to Oxford from London. I ride to the coach stop then park up, get on, enjoy myself then travel back to hop on and ride back home.

Just got on the coach at the Oxford end and realised as we hit the A40 that I left my helmet in Oxford!

P.s. A long shot, but anyone in the Notting hill / Shepard bush area have a spare till I get to a shop?
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[Tungtvann]

Failing that, there is a motorbike shop on Sheperd's Bush Road, might sell a cheap as helmet in there to get you home.

[BigDan1190]

Lol, I've done that before. Drove 40 miles to pick up my bandit, brought leathers, boots, even handlebar muffs as it was cold... LEFT HELMET AT HOME! Had to buy a Box lid for £80 in a local shop. Guy was kind enough to give me a pair of gloves for free too.

[Radis]

I live just off Uxbridge Road in the 'Bush - I have a spare Caberg Trip in size large if needed but there are loads of bike shops near shepherds bush green - I'd recommend the Yamaha dealer, Motorcycle Store https://www.motorcyclestore.co.uk/ they have a good selection of cheap lids. There is also a scooter shop near there that does really cheap lids as well.

[Wonko The Sane]

is there a Lidl around?

Think their bike stuff sale has started
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[BigDan1190]

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Yeah it was a pain in the arse! Haha

I went to the yamaha dealer and the cheapest Helmet they had was a £75 half face helmet - the next thing up was 120+! Wasn't looking to spend a 100er I dont have to get home quickly.

I gt my current helmet for £40 from near my house (Vcan 4* sharp rating) and that does the job. Got the tube back for now. I have a crappy half face at mine so will go and pick up the bike later if not then tomorrow. Will wait for the missus to return to London later this week to get the lid back.

[Rogerborg]

Observation #1: The fine for riding without a helmet is £60, and there's no endorsement on your license.

Observation #2: I've personally witnessed a chap carrying a pillion wearing a cheap snowboard helmet ride past several marked police cars without any interest being shown.

Just saying.
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[radicalrabit]

got all kitted up and nipped down to get some petrol Biker pulls up at the lightstapped me on the shoulder touched his helmet .. wheres yer f...n lid he says .........


duhhhhhhhh...left it on the front garden while I took the chain off the bike ........
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[andyscooter]

i had been helping a mate move house

got on my scoot to ride home

got down the road

looked in the mirror and the blue lights were on behind me

pulled over

looked rather embarassed as i took lid from under the seat

copper laughed at me and let me go as it was a quiet side road
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[stuarthouston]

Pretty certain James May did an 'experiment' where he drove through London at rush hour with no helmet just to see if anyone would notice. If I remember rightly, they did.

I've never forgotten to put my lid on, but I occasionally set off without my gloves and only realise when I think 'it's a bit nippy tonight'.

On a related, if somewhat tenuously, note. I rode through Glasgow the other day behind a chap who's helmet looked as if it had been resprayed in blackboard paint and subsequently the object of a good old-fashioned kick-about on concrete. The thing could not have been fit for any purpose, let alone protecting his napper in a crash, yet the many police cars we passed didn't bat an eye. The standard cannot be high...

[natefz6]

When I first started riding I would always dream about riding around without my lid on. It would get me every time, I would wake up shitting my self that I had been caught.
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[Rogerborg]

[Tungtvann]

Wonder if I would get away with one of these.
https://www.lastnightoffreedom.co.uk/i/shop/1/silver-viking-helmet-1.jpg

[BenZXR]

Once started my old ped up, about to pull away and mum walks out door and hands me the helmet, tryed to play it cool by saying "Yeah, was just warming the bike up"..
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[J.M.]

[Kradmelder]

[Rogerborg]

We get that here too. There's probably a word for someone who sticks it to The Man by wearing a crash hat that was bought with the strict criteria that it's guaranteed not to do them a damn bit of good in a crash, but it escapes me because I was brought up to be polite.

Even to mongtarded spaztwats who would be better off wearing a Barbie Princess pushbike helmet.
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