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Originally Posted by guiri
Sure, if you live somewhere, where there is a chance of an immediate waterfall, that might be a problem but I sweat when I ride and the sweat, salt and minerals from my head are much worse for the liner than a bit of rain is. Also, I've never, EVER been completely surprised by rain while being stopped/parked.
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I'm guessing you don't live in the UK (or most places in northern Europe) if you're talking about sweat. I get surprised by rain here almost on a daily basis, but having said that I do like the idea of the hook as where to put a helmet for a short period (filling the bike on a diesel covered forecourt for example) can be a problem I'm going to look closely at whether I can diy something. Which brings me to -
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Originally Posted by Tim Cullis
It's an excellent idea and one I adopted a decade or more ago when I saw someone with a helmet hook in Morocco.
Except his (and mine) are highly inexpensive carabiner hooks which cost a couple of pounds. By securing the carabiner with a cable tie against the handguards you can swing the hook up and out of the way when not being used so it doesn't catch on anything.
I often use an open face helmet in Morocco which fall off mirrors very easily.
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That may well be where I start.  I use something similar to stop losing the key on my ancient Suzuki. The switch is in the side panel rather than on the handlebars and I can occasionally catch it with my boot, switch the engine off and pull the key out (not Suzuki's best bit of design). At least with the carabiner I don't have to go looking in the road for it. The same idea would work as a helmet hook.
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