I think the title of this post should be How to survive driving a motor bike all over the world.
I say this because the point you just layed out are epic. They are basically all a person needs to know how to survive riding a bike.
If friggin helmet the real name of the helmet or were you trying to censor a word? :-)
i was substituting "friggin" for "fucking" ... this is quite common where i am when kids are around. However, if you are fleeing Cylons you would substitute "fracking" instead.