LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A bill to let motorcyclists ride without helmets in Nebraska is dead. Supporters on Thursday failed to muster enough votes in the Legislature to break a filibuster.

The bill would have repealed the state's 20-year-old helmet law and let riders at least 21 years old go helmet-free. To ride without helmets, riders would have had to carry at least $1 million in medical insurance.

Riding without a helmet would have been a secondary offense, much like motorists can't be pulled over for not wearing seat belts. Opponents say such a law would be unenforceable. Motorcyclist Kevin Wagner of Fairbury said Thursday that he would continue to ride in Kansas more than Nebraska. That, he says, is a ``cryin' shame.'' ___