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Sneezing inside your helmet

You feel the tickle. What do you do?

  • Let it fly, clean up later, because I am disgusting.

    Votes: 30 44.8%

  • Hold it in, and hope I don't have an aneurysm.

    Votes: 17 25.4%

  • Will it away, because I am master of my own body.

    Votes: 16 23.9%

  • I don't sneeze, because I am an alien.

    Votes: 4 6.0%
  • Total voters
    67
Britny

Britny

Bad Daughter
Joined
Apr 16, 2009
Location
Oaklamd
Moto(s)
1996 VFR750, 2013 CRF250L
Name
See above
What do you do?
Tonight, visor down, on the freeway, felt the tickle of an incoming sneeze and decided to hold it in.
I might have thrown a clot in my brain.
 
I always try to hold it in. Once I was unsuccessful... it was gross.
 
If you can't hold it back and try to keep your mouth closed. You might end up with boogies al over the front of your helmet. If you ride with people that never stop, you need to just wipe off with the glove, then on your leathers. :wtf it get gets really ugly, when your riding your dirty bike in dry dusty conditions.
 
Who cares about boogers? Just be glad your not puking and let it fly. You can also stick your hand in there and deflect it.. be creative.
 
i just shove my hand up between the helmet and my face so the gloves get the brunt of it.
 
Modular helmet! pop the face up just a bit and cover mouth, click it back down. All is well :thumbup
 
If at all possible, I will either tilt my helmet upward or put my hand inside the lid; whichever is faster.
 
You can usually make the urge to sneeze go away by rubbing the roof of your mouth with your tongue.


HTH
 
I do what I call the "Marge Simpson mouth maneuver" or MSMM. Retract lower jaw as far as possible while sticking out upper lip like the cartoon character. This makes a nice sludge scoop to focus the power of the storm down out of the helmet. Also works for breathing during fog ups.
 
"Clean up later?" LOL, srsly?

I guess I'm super-disgusting.
 
Of all the bad stuff that happens in my helmet, sneezing is on the bottom of the OMG list.
 
Squidly McSmearstain said:
Open face shield. Sneeze. Close face shield.

This is difficult?
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I dunno about you, but my mouth is directly in front of a solid part of the helmet, not the face shield. Raising the face shield would do little to nothing to help.
 
lift shield, use hand to catch sneeze, wipe on jeans, close shield.

PS
yo britny. Whaddup. :cool
 
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