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Originally Posted by TripleDigitRide
As far as your father paying to replace the visor, I would personally be ashamed to even consider taking his money for such an accident. I'm not trying to be an butt-head, but it was you who left the helmet in a vulnerable place where it could easily be knocked off, and you allowed your father to sit on your bike.
From my point of view, you are the one to blame, and taking your fathers money should not be an option.
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The longer I think about it the less it really matters to me. This is probably karma for the time long ago when he pleaded me not to hit his thumb with the hammer, and that was the first thing I managed to do.
That said, if I'd damaged anyone else's helmet in a similar fashion, offering repayment would be the first thing I'd do. I wouldn't think any less of the recipient for accepting my money.
In any case I'm letting the matter drop, and if he brings it up I'll just say it was too cheap a replacement to care. If he won't let it go, I'll ask for a brew at a place with a good jukebox. Money is cheap, friendship with the dad is not.