German Drunken Helmet Desecration

Sunil · Post by **Sunil** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:39 am

My friend from Berlin recenly had his scoot parked near a bar. He returned, grabbed his helmet from the seat hook, and pulled it on only to find that some drunken ass peed in it! I hear this is becoming common problem over there. I hope that trend isnt spreading to the states. Makes me think twice about leaving my helmet with the bike. Has anyone here had their scooter violated?

vaderscoot · Post by **vaderscoot** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:52 am

i think if they did they wouldnt actually admit it lol

polianarchy · Post by **polianarchy** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:23 pm

A friend of mine had his helmet peed in while it was locked to his scooter. Ugh....

vitaminC · Post by **vitaminC** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:52 pm

Perhaps consider not leaving your helmet upside down on the scoot...

Since my flip-face doesn't fit under the seat, I use a cable through the chin bar and then over the helmet lock under the seat. Seems to work well.

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:21 pm

There was a video on Google a while ago (now removed) of a couple drunk American tourists in London sitting on someone's Vespa ET, knocking it over, then walking away laughing. Needless to say, there was a lot of scooterist outrage over that. In fact we somehow knew they were from West L.A. or thereabouts so there were a lot of "If you see these guys, key their cars!" and similar (or worse) comments.

vitaminC · Post by **vitaminC** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:44 pm

ericalm wrote:There was a video on Google a while ago (now removed) of a couple drunk American tourists in London sitting on someone's Vespa ET, knocking it over, then walking away laughing. Needless to say, there was a lot of scooterist outrage over that. In fact we somehow knew they were from West L.A. or thereabouts so there were a lot of "If you see these guys, key their cars!" and similar (or worse) comments.

Sheesh. In such a case, the cable pictured above can also double as a noose...

Keys · Post by **Keys** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:07 am

That's IT. Guess I'm gonna have to start carrying my Taser around outside the jail, now!

--Keys

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:31 am

I have to admit that when I was riding a motorcycle I was so concerned with someone messing with my helmet that I always - ALWAYS - took it in with me when I rode my bike somewhere. I can't imagine just leaving my helmet hanging from a hook on a scooter.

~Ken

EP_scoot · Post by **EP_scoot** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:00 am

When I was living in Spain it would never ocurr to me or my friends (or anyone with a bike for that matter) to EVER leave the helmet on the bike. It was just asking for trouble. Maybe not malicious, perhaps a kid trying to see inside only to drop their ice cream from their ice cream cone right inside the helmet. The poor kid "improved" things trying to recover/scrape off the ice cream back into the cone (saw it as we were sitting on a bench laughing our asses off, since it was not the helmet of one of us).

In any case, for the ten years I rode in Spain, the helmets were either on the closed and locked cases or you just took them with you to where ever you were going. Always.

Keys · Post by **Keys** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:08 am

...there ARE reasons I don't take the European "cultural advantage" seriously...

I've been riding in the good ol' U.S. of A. for over 35 years...and leaving my helmet on my bikes (sometime unlocked) and I've never experienced my lid being used as a latrine. Or ice cream cone dispensery. Maybe avoiding cities has it's finer points...

--Keys

Post by **ericalm** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:48 pm

Keys wrote:Maybe avoiding cities has it's finer points...

I dunno... In LA, riders often leave their helmets hanging from their scoots, sometimes locked via a hook or cable, sometimes just hanging from the handlebars. Many people even leave the tops down on their convertibles when they park. Obviously, there are some neighborhoods where you'd just be asking for trouble.

Fact is, there are drunk jackasses all over the planet—in every country, city, small town and rural area.

thepezident · Post by **thepezident** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:49 am

Yes but what about the helmet storage our fine Buddy offers?

InBloom71 · Post by **InBloom71** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:21 am

I am a very new scooter owner. I just passed the 100 mile mark today. I took my wife for a ride for the first time to an actual store to pick up a Christmas gift. We both have half helmets. We had a few winter clothing items in the storage compartment so only one of our helmets would fit in there. We put hers under the seat and for a few seconds, I was actually having to decide whether to take my helmet in with me or just hang it from the hook above the glove box. I have yet to hang out with the other scooterists here in Oklahoma City so I don't know what the normal thing to do is. I just left it hanging on the hook. I really do not know how likely it is to get a helmet stolen. I am still very paranoid about my scooter though. Today was the first time my scooter has been parked in a store parking lot. I could not help but stand by the window and watch to see if a car tries to park on top of my Buddy! I could not shop! All I could do was worry. I hope I get over this soon.

ScooterTrash · Post by **ScooterTrash** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:32 am

InBloom71 wrote:I am a very new scooter owner. I just passed the 100 mile mark today. I took my wife for a ride for the first time to an actual store to pick up a Christmas gift. We both have half helmets. We had a few winter clothing items in the storage compartment so only one of our helmets would fit in there. We put hers under the seat and for a few seconds, I was actually having to decide whether to take my helmet in with me or just hang it from the hook above the glove box. I have yet to hang out with the other scooterists here in Oklahoma City so I don't know what the normal thing to do is. I just left it hanging on the hook. I really do not know how likely it is to get a helmet stolen. I am still very paranoid about my scooter though. Today was the first time my scooter has been parked in a store parking lot. I could not help but stand by the window and watch to see if a car tries to park on top of my Buddy! I could not shop! All I could do was worry. I hope I get over this soon.

I went through the same thing, you will get over it.....don't use the side stand

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:34 am

InBloom71 wrote:I am a very new scooter owner. I just passed the 100 mile mark today. I took my wife for a ride for the first time to an actual store to pick up a Christmas gift. We both have half helmets. We had a few winter clothing items in the storage compartment so only one of our helmets would fit in there. We put hers under the seat and for a few seconds, I was actually having to decide whether to take my helmet in with me or just hang it from the hook above the glove box. I have yet to hang out with the other scooterists here in Oklahoma City so I don't know what the normal thing to do is. I just left it hanging on the hook. I really do not know how likely it is to get a helmet stolen. I am still very paranoid about my scooter though. Today was the first time my scooter has been parked in a store parking lot. I could not help but stand by the window and watch to see if a car tries to park on top of my Buddy! I could not shop! All I could do was worry. I hope I get over this soon.

After having my scoot get knocked over when parked on a quiet side street and having seen it happen to other scoots, I now park away from cars whenever possible. Exactly where depends on what's available and safe, but often near bike racks and behind stores in parking lots and at the supermarket, etc. Parking lots are some of the most dangerous places to ride and to park. Even when I pull into a marked parking space, I fear someone will pull in without seeing the scoot and knock it over. And I still get paranoid when parked on a street.

I'll often just carry my helmet with me into convenience stores, any quick stop, etc. just to make life easier. Sometimes I don't even bother taking the gloves off. I do know people who've admitted to wearing their helmets into the gas station or a walk-up ATM. I kind of draw the line there.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:53 am

ericalm wrote:I do know people who've admitted to wearing their helmets into the gas station or a walk-up ATM. I kind of draw the line there.

When I was riding previously I would often leave my helmet on if I was going to be stopped for less than five minutes, such as getting money from an ATM or pumping a few gallons of gas. I usually took my gloves off, though, since it was easier to pull out my wallet with my bare hands.

~Ken

vitaminC · Post by **vitaminC** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:08 am

Ken wrote:
ericalm wrote:I do know people who've admitted to wearing their helmets into the gas station or a walk-up ATM. I kind of draw the line there.
When I was riding previously I would often leave my helmet on if I was going to be stopped for less than five minutes, such as getting money from an ATM or pumping a few gallons of gas. I usually took my gloves off, though, since it was easier to pull out my wallet with my bare hands.

~Ken

That's why some of us wear flip-face helmets!

Also great for stopping to take pictures, especially when you've got a DSLR...

polianarchy · Post by **polianarchy** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:16 pm

Well, even with the horror of my friend's tale of Philly parking garage atrocity, I still hang my helmet from the lock inside the seat. I bring it inside only if it's raining. Maybe if I had a $500 Shoei lid I'd act differently, I dunno.

weaseltamer · Post by **weaseltamer** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:36 pm

i love my helmet, its quieter than my last and the colors are way cooler, but i'm also inclined to keep it on at a gas station or ATM, it just easier that was. The opening is narrower that previous helmets and the less it goes on and off the less messed up my hair will be.

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