Helmet question..

RooRoo · Anal Intruder Joined: 04 May 2004 Karma :

Whats a good price to pay for a helmet? i saw this

https://www.busters-online.co.uk/Busters.htm

And love the look of the Luna project Solid (the 99 quid one)

is that okay for a helmet on a 125?

Bendy · Mrs Sensible Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Karma :

A good helmet is one that fits you properly. It is ESSENTIAL that you try it on - don't just randomly order one online that you like the look of.

As they get more expensive, you start paying for lightness, noise protection, and so on, but a cheap well-fitting helmet is far better than an expensive badly-fitting one.

A helmet you wear on a 125 is no different to a helmet you wear on a busa. You're still going to hit the ground with more force than the human skull was ever designed to absorb.

WildGoose · White Van Man Joined: 21 Mar 2002 Karma :

helmets used to be either class A or class B, most of them now have come into European standards, of which there seems to be only one degree

however, ACU approval (A gold sticker on the back of helmet) will indicate that the helmet meets standards deemed good enough to wear the helmet for racing

which is obviously a good thing to go for, as for price, you can get ACU Gold approved helmets for as little as 70-80 quid may be less, going right up to 500+

everyone tends to have a brand loyalty, but get yourself down a shop and try on as many as you can, and make sure you get advice from a sales guy if you dunno what you are feeling for
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dainesefreak · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Karma :

Go out and find a shop with a decent range/different brands and try a good few on. Find one that fits for the right price then walk out and order it off the web for a lot less. Thumbs Up

Dup · Nova Slayer Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Karma :

Personally i find ordering off the web a little unsafe. Apart from the fact you need to try it on, i ordered a helmet 2 years ago, forgot from where, and it had hardy no protection from knocks and bangs.

I sent it back, went a to a local shop and got the same lid for Â£40 cheaper.

A hundred quid lid is about what you want. But you need to try them on. Not all lids are the same. My heads a medium in my shark, and a small in a Nitro. Strange i know. But my head won't fit in a small Shark (lid Rolling Eyes

) at all.

Heres my lid. Shark S500 Spacer, Gold sticker (so approved for the track). About 100 notes with pop off visor for cleaning or replacement. Very comfy too i think, not much noise gets through either. The vents at the top work nicely.

https://www.duperouzel.co.uk/misc/helmet.jpg

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divuk83 · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Nov 2003 Karma :

I have a shark S500 sat in the bottom of my wardrobe and I thought it was bloody noisy! I had an AGV V - Flyer a few months ago, which did and excelent job of protecting my head when I crashed Very Happy

I now have an AGV GP - Pro which is even nicer and is very quiet for a lid with vents as they can all be shut properly.
As everyone else has said, dont buy one online as you cant try it on, you need be sure it fits well and is comfortable. I find that sharks and AGV's fit me best after trying a lot of others on. Shoei's are very very nice as well and are so comfy, just a bit more money than i was prepared to spend.

Dave

hugo-a-gogo · Trackday Trickster Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Karma :

Here are the acu regs

It's difficult to see many helmets failing that, perhaps some cheap manufacturers just don't apply for it, or don't apply for it for their bottom-of-the-range lids to tempt you to buy a more expensive one
but as everyone always says, fit is everything. a 100 quid lid that fits perfectly is much better than a 400 quid arai or shoei that doesn't
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dainesefreak · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Karma :

I think that the ACU grading is all well and good, but not everyone uses their helmets for trackdays/racing. I would imagine that an ACU sticker would add a premium to the helmet. It's got to cost the manufacturer to put it through the test and they can then also add extra to the price for the claim of ACU approval.

I would say that he most important part in the ECE2205 stamp saying that it's passed for the UK.

Other costs come down to the individual manufacturer, materials, weight, design, shell size, etc.

Saying that, I've got an Arai RX7 because I'm a tart. Wink

I would be interested to hear TC's take on this though.