jumpingjoe628
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jumpingjoe628 said:One dosen't have to worry about protection when they are in the lead.
jumpingjoe628 said:Having an older bike and the gear to match the era means a whole lot more to me than what might happen if I case a 90 foot triple on a 28 year old bike with less protection. We can make more responsible choices while racing like our forefathers did and just not do the big jumps. Anyway, my friend had one the whole time and gave it to me so my search is over.
jumpingjoe628 said:One dosen't have to worry about protection when they are in the lead.
jumpingjoe628 said:It seems that everybody is missing the topic here. I only seem cocky at this point because no one is giving a positive response to my post except for Duke(thanks Duke). I only wanted to know where I could find the faceguard not to be chewed out on how bad they are compared to newer equipment. And by the way, with my track record, I can get away with being cocky.
Well if you get in the district 6 area give me a pm and I'll show you why THEY call me jumpingjoe628.Jamir said:Yes yes, we are all as cool as we want to be on the internet.
jumpingjoe628 said:Well if you get in the district 6 area give me a pm and I'll show you why THEY call me jumpingjoe628.
jumpingjoe628 said:Mmmmmm ..... An old bell helmet. Okay now thats constructive, but ya just had to throw down the guantlet with the spitting teeth remark. And my rebutle is: In the 16 years I've been riding and out of the countless crashes I've endured, I have never even come close to smashing the front of my face on anything while riding or racing. But just about everything else in between. And all I have to show for it all is a chipped pinky bone on my knuckle that happened 2 years ago and barely showed up on the X-ray. SOOOOOO AHHHHH HA!
TimberPig said:Glad to see you've been lucky so far. It doesn't mean its going to stay that way. Chin bars were added to helmets instead of strap on roost deflector mouthgards for a reason, and that is because someone bit it with the strap on variety, and it was decided that better protection was in order. I'm sure if you asked the guys who crashed and did get their face smashed, they had the same attitude that it wouldn't happen to them. I'm sure the idea of drinking your meals through a straw with a broken jaw wired shut sounds exciting too. Enjoy it when your luck runs out, and your Jofa doesn't prevent it.
Jamir said:some people actually deserve broken jaws....don't ya think? :laugh:
TimberPig said:Ya, I mean its his face, but we have chin bars on our helmets for a reason, I think I'll use the best available protection and keep mine intact. If the Jofa's were the better protective method, we wouldn't have abandoned them. When he does smash his face, I doubt we'll hear about it though, he'll be too embarassed that his Jofa that looked so good, didn't protect him when he bit it.
Jamir said:my best protection is going slow enough that falls don't hurt as bad.
I am not saying that I'm the fastest guy around here, just that I am a fast rider that has had a very sucessfull racing career. I take it you were very offended when I challenged you like that so I am sorry for that. :ahhh: You were the one implying that I was TRYING to be cool, and I know that I can prove it at the track, trail or whatever. Whatever, I'm just trash talking, why not try to just understand that instead of taking it so seriously. If I do bite the big one, I will let you guys know ASAP so that you can enjoy the satisfaction of being the ones that "tried to warn me". Out of all of the replies I only got a few useful ones and I guess I should be greatful for that. I've only been on this site less than a year and I have to say that most of you are always on the defensive side and want to protect the way you do things. I would have thought that by judging the people that I have met in this industry through the years that this site would have been a great place to meet a multitude of people that were useful and intelligent but I guess I was wrong and will have to be satisfied with what I'm dealing with right now. I just asked a simple question and except for a few insightful replies all I got was something I would expect from teenagers. Since I got the item I was looking for this will be my last touch on this topic and I guess I should have known better.Jamir said:sure, I am going to move a 1000 miles away so some punk ass can show me that he can tool around a track. I am not the one bragging to be the fastest one out there. I never have. I have nothing to prove.
gpoints said:This thread reminds me of one where I asked for reviews on a copression release mod for my dad's '85 CR500. Instead, I was "educated" on why I was wrong for wanting one by people who'd never attempted to start anything biger than a 125...
jumpingjoe628, I don't know where to get the old style face gaurds but I think I have an old style bell helmet that you can have if I can find it.
It's in the garage somewhere; shoot me a pm if you'd like me to look for it. :cool:
Also, you may want to check out some vintage sites like CalVMX. Those guys may be able to point you in the right direction.
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