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In uk.rec.motorcycles, BGN amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

How about some of these?

http://www.cyclesmart.co.uk/shop/index.php/product/barbiespidermanaction
mananddennis//HBS9335.html

 

That's a bit too gay for me.

 

Paging er, Matt G I think? I'm sure he has one..

 

"Homotorcycle Helmets"

 

and Tim, he had one, a shark I think.
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Adrienne M Bonwick says...

FMs actually, and they're shite.

 

Bear says...

No, HJC did

 

I know that I'm still new to all of this kind of stuff, but even
though I have one of the gayest looking helmets around at the moment
(OGK with sticky-outy bits) I have to say that it's really quiet
compared to my old HJC Sy-Max. Also, the wind seems to go around it
far more, and I don't find that my head is being buffeted around
anymore so I prefer it. I didn't realise that there was such a
difference between the different designs.

 

Bear says...

Foggy replicas

HTH

 

Bear says...

I dunno

 

BGN wrote

Most bikers don't, most bikers only ever buy one helmet in their lives,
why should the industry that manufactures for that market give a toss
about it's customers? It is not as if there is a lot of repeat business
to be had, the repeat market is the competitive one.

 

That's very sound.

I've lost count of the times I've seen people riding around with
scraped and scratched helmets that have obviously been "used" before.
I even saw a motorcycle rider in Woolies t'other day DROP his helmet
with a very large bang and pick it up after a roll. "They're
expensive things to drop," said I. "Naa, I'm always doing it, the
bumps touch up easily enough and polish out" said he.

 

BGN wrote

Yes and....


TBH the only reason I replaced my X-Lite was because the fixtures and
fittings had started coming apart. I don't give a toss about the
scratches, it's only slight surface damage innit?

Think about it for a mo. A racing lid is allowed 3 trips down the road
for a long way at very high speed and is considered ok for at least one
more. So dropping yerrat on Woolies impact absorbing, foot comforting,
special expensive shopper friendly rubber floor is hardly likely to do
it much damage is it?

 

Once or twice.

Are El Cheapo helmets made out of the same stuff as a £480 Shoei?

 

BGN wrote

Probably.

There is two[1] sorts of construction these days: Glass or carbon and
or kevlar fibre glued together with various epoxies or plastics and
injection moulded poly carbonate ones. Either style and the
technologies for production are pretty much identical for cheap or dear
lids.

As with all aspect of motorcycle protective clothing, price is no guide
to construction method or quality.



[1] Compressed cardboard, of the sort used by coal miners for hundreds
of years, seems to have fallen out of favour.

 

BGN says...

No it's not, it's absolute bollocks.

 

Should one replace a helmet after one big bump?

 

BGN says...

Ideally, yes. I didn't think yours warranted replacement. Auvache is
talking bollocks when he says most bikers buy just one helmet in their
life. There's a big repeat market in the helmet business.

 

The back of my HJC had a large dent and hole in it, the visor just
looked better in the photo (white scratches on visor vs black on
black) which is a secondary reason for replacing it. The primary
reason was that it opened up exposing my face to a potential road
facing slide. However, if I was giving anyone a ride, I would give
them my new helmet and I'd wear the HJC.

It's an expensive item to replace, but helmets that open that easily
("open" button on the outside) do cause me to worry now. I suppose
it's best to stay rubber side down, though.

 

Lozzo wrote

Well I thought that if there is one thing we could learn from statistics
is that most bikers start young and finish not much older. One scoot/cb
125 when they are 16 and then they are cage drivers from then on. One
bike early in your life equates to one helmet. The repeat business is
only for a minority of bikers.