Haven't lost a helmet left on the seat yet, but did l have a pair of gloves removed. Going to eat or shopping or away from the bile over a few minutes I normally carry it in with me.
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Haven't lost a helmet left on the seat yet, but did l have a pair of gloves removed. Going to eat or shopping or away from the bile over a few minutes I normally carry it in with me.
Yes, that’s what the t-bar is designed to accommodate, Idaho…..along with odd shaped D rings.:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by IdahoMtnSpyder
Pete
I agree with you 100%. That is exactly what I do with my helmet(s). My sweaty helmet is not a rich target. In fact, I haven’t locked the ignition on my HD RoadKing for the last 18 years. We went on a week long trip and forgot the fob. I have’t used it since.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdahoMtnSpyder
Mine does.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdahoMtnSpyder
Yes. Lidlox website says it will and they work on my LS2 Valiant.:ohyea:Quote:
Originally Posted by IdahoMtnSpyder
I drop my helmet (large or small) in the Frunk! Pleanty of room in the RTL along with my gloves and garmin. :ohyea:
Like many others, we usually leave the helmets on the seats or handle bars. Never had a problem in 50+ years of riding. However, with that said, sometimes, depending on where we are, I'll use a thin bicycle cable with a combination lock. Run it through whatever's available on the helmet and the grab bar (when we rode 2 wheels I used the sissy bar). I don't use a heavy duty cable, just a thin one. Generally speaking, thieves don't mess with anything with a lock, they're looking for a quick steal. The one I use is small and easy to store when not being used.
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Mine often just sits on the seat. Wifes custom painted helmet always gets locked in the rt saddle bag. Poor old slow V-Max has a helmet lock from the factory.
Lew L
By myself or on a ride with my bride into the frunk and saddlebag they go. If on a trip and compartments are loaded, I use lidlox but put the helmet or helmets in the bag that it came with to prevent anything from dropping into it or them.
We have two "helmet hooks," one on each end of the handlebar. If I'm feeling specially paranoid I have a padlock which slips in the hole in the hook, there for that purpose.
Some with a hacksaw could quickly cut through the hook's plastic. A battery powered, hand-held cutter would work even better. But that same tool could cut the hinges off my Givi cases in short order, too.
Paranoia has to meet reality somewhere, sometime.
My top case sometimes has room for a helmet; same with the frunk.
If all else fails, I carry the helmet(s).
I do the same as many of you do. Usually I Get off the bike and set my lid on the seat, and go shopping, eating, have a cuppa. USUALLY! If I’m in a high crime area I’ll either lock it in the frunk or take it in with me. just my $0.02 worth!
My Schuberth modular helmet with comms fits in my Shad saddlebag, or Lidlox.
If riding two up, and pulling the RT622 trailer, helmets go inside the trailer. If not pulling the trailer, we just carry the helmets with us when needed. If riding single, a helmet fits in the frunk, but storing there is not preferred on account of the heat given off by the adjacent radiators.
That's what we use when the frunk is full.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamonster
If alone, I put mine in the frunk. When wife is with me, hers go in the frunk and I carry mine with me. The seat lock wire has snapped,so it is now allways open and I seldom use the "hook" for the helmet under the seat.
I use a full face so I have a coated cable bicycle lock that I keep with me and just run it through the grab bars. I was thinking about a treestand lock as you can just pull the cable through and tighten it more.
I only use it when in sketch areas. But that still doesn't keep people from screwing with your bluetooth. I worry more about that since I have a sena 50R which is with more than the helmet now.
My full face Shoei won't fit in the frunk. :gaah: It easily fits in the trunk. I figure out of sight is much less likely for it to come up missing. Folks like to have a close look at the spyder and I just prefer for all my pieces of it to remain intact. I live in a safe area yet still am in the habit of placing it out of sight which is helpful when I travel out of town that it is habit to lock it up out of view. A seven hundred dollar helmet, at least to me, is worth locking up.
2023 RT limited
My modular helmet fits in the frunk. So depending on where I am and how long I'll be gone I'll stick there along with my gloves.
Unless it's raining I wear5 a Half helmet and that fits easily anywhere in my 14 RT ... however it wasn't expensive and it's flat black so I usually leave it on the seat :dontknow: .....Mike :thumbup:
Places that have helmet laws ( Ontario), if someone steals your helmet you are stuck.
No helmet, no ride.:cus:
Our helmets always come with us.
If someone says I can't bring it with me I leave or ask for a $1000 deposit.
Yes, that’s my biggest worry about leaving the helmet on the Spyder, Raven. :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
Pete
I always carry my old 1/2 helmet in the frunk, for just that reason (I can still get home).Quote:
Originally Posted by Peteoz
Lidlox. We've always been able to hang our hemets over the end of the bar, so it's not hanging upside down. There are longer "arms" available now that help with this.
I have an RT, not an RTL, and so the only place I have for a helmet to fit is in the frunk. No problem if I am alone, but if my wife is with me, we usually take both helmets with us into the restaurant or wherever we are going. Typically I use the frunk and one of the side cases for our jackets and gloves. I've been riding for over 40 years and have never lost a helmet to a thief or anyone else, but helmet cost is not like it once was. When I first started riding I think my first helmet was about $40. Even in those days that was not much of an expense. But with helmets now routinely costing $700 to $800 its just not worth taking the chance of some loser grabbing my, or our helmets and walking off.
I use my ski/snowboard retractable cable lock similar to this:
https://www.amazon.com/Pacsafe-Retra...2&sr=8-13&th=1
With the helmet on the seat, it keeps the seat cool when it's time to "mount up".
I also sometimes place my helmet in the right saddlebag. I didn't realize that the right has just a tad bit more room than the left, thanks to Lew's wife for pointing that out, LOL.