Simple - a helmet with a removable outer shell. While being somewhat bulky, the driver would tolerate the inconvenience for the uh, convenience of having a second helmet always available in case a friend, girl, or anyone else wants to tag along. The passenger would suffer the inconvenience of having a not-so-safe helmet, but heck, they get a free ride.
Edit: swimr suggests an inflatable padding for the passenger helmet. Brilliant! *gives swimr a sugar lump*

[Note: In the state I live in, it is a law to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle, thereby eliminating the choice of picking up someone without a helmet.]
-- ghillie, Oct 08 2004

Nice, Here's my $0.02: Have an inflatable padding bit on the second "shell" so it's comfy too.+
-- swimr, Oct 08 2004


Ok, but only with [swimr]'s modification.
-- Worldgineer, Oct 08 2004


oh bless, what do you do with condoms?
-- po, Oct 08 2004


I'm surprised to hear that you don't know that by now, po.
-- half, Oct 08 2004


Why would you need two...? Ech.
-- ghillie, Oct 09 2004


Some nights are longer than others.
-- half, Oct 09 2004


OW, my virgin ears!
...
-- ghillie, Oct 09 2004


If your ears hurt you are using your condoms incorrectly : )

How did we get from motorcycle helmets to condoms, anyway? Oh, yeah, it was po. How are you, dear?
-- Canuck, Oct 09 2004


Upholster the second outer shell with rainbow clown hair. We call that "high-visibility." And handy in a parade!
-- Letsbuildafort, Oct 09 2004


hey Canuck, fine. thanks for asking. I was just thinking you should put your fine song into the Song Dept. its a goody!
-- po, Oct 09 2004


How'd this turn from a good idea to sex?
Oh yeah. Po. >;(
-- ghillie, Oct 09 2004


I often find that I need a ride at the end of the night. It would be great for me to borrow the helmet of one of my biker friends, put my arms around them and jump on their big, throbbing rocket...
-- wagster, Oct 09 2004


Okay I give [Unabubba], what's the cypher?
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Oct 14 2004


A lot of bikes have a compartment to store a second helmet in. Not mine though. NOT MINE! Inflatable padding wouldn't suffice though, the larger helmet wouldn't work. The padding would pop on impact and the helmet would be useless.
-- harderthanjesus, Oct 14 2004


[2fries], look at the letters upside down, and use your imagination.
-- vigilante, Oct 14 2004


Ah so. Here I was trying all sorts of numerical combinations and keyboard hopscotch to figure it out...let's see if .v =A. backwards and if all the letters are one up and four over then... crap... ok if .v is 21 letters removed from A then...

A guy could go nuts with that shit.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Oct 15 2004


UB- just so you know, usually each letter in the answer is supposed to link to a single discrete letter in the cypher.
-- brodie, Oct 15 2004



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