How much do/did you spend on a helmet

[jimbopea]

After reading a few threads and such and seeing the vast price difference in helmets, especialy as some £150 have the same safety rating as £500 ones. so why do you spend as much as you do and do you think the more expenssive ones offer better safety, or comfort or purely looks.

and i have a shoei xr1100 which was a xmas and bday present of my dad, it cost £395, but if i had to buy it i wouldnt be able to aford more than £150.

[Alpha-9]

£50 for my first, which I appreciated was a temporary measure...but 2 months later i'm still wearing it, it works fine

I'd pay £200 for a helmet i really wanted.
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[shereen]

[Hevra]

About £155 iirc, from the place I got my bike from. It was the red and black one in this pic:

https://images.esellerpro.com/2189/I/204/29/medscaleShark-S900-Glow-Motorcycle-Helmet-All-Colours-1.jpg
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[Marcg868]

Shark RSI Thetys was £250 when i bought it, think you can pick them up for about £170.

Love it, really really comfy, quieter than my old AGV, padding is nicer to my delicate dry skin also And i like the ease of the Visor clipping on and off

Will defo have another Shark helmet. P
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[garth]

I have a £400 Shoei and a £70 Suomy.

I wear the £70 Suomy pretty much everywhere, it fits better. Bit fucked now though.
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[bLiXeY]

50 squid on my first helmet too, read that it was important to have a helmet with a good fit as opposed to one swimming around on your head, so just picked up the cheapest thing that looked a bit groovy.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEO-826-DVS-Motorbike-Motorcycle-Helmet-Double-Visor-Free-Balaclava-/220856295991?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Helmets&var=&hash=item79155d7530

Might get a proper one if I get a bigger bike.

[Shinigami]

I've actually got a cheap Box BX5 at the mo,
as I was skint when I kitted up and it had a pretty high safety rating and fits me really well. So doesn't seem so bad. Will likely upgrade when I get a bigger bike though.

Just to add I think it was roughly £50 (maybe a bit less)

there's one on ebay for £32 at the mo before postage o_O

https://www.bethanyrivers.co.uk/images/photos/bx5.jpg
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[iMark]

£60 on mines a Box FZ-1... RRP was £110 or something though...

Replacement Visors (Pinlock Ready) £18 - Clear, Light Tint, Dark Tint, Iridium, Gold Iridium, Blue Iridium and Silver Mirror (I got a silver mirror one)
Pinlock Insert was around £18 too if I recall.

https://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/423846_10151316524620075_889695074_22875861_1222606053_n.jpg
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[MotorbikerTom]

About 60 on my first for 2 years, then 200 on my current. AGV Stealth SV. Beautiful helmet
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[chris-red]

Saftey is just one factor of a cost of a helmet.

I paid £380 for my Arai RX7, before that I have a £100 HJC and a £180 AGV.

The Arai has been the best value lasting 4 years whereas the others lasted 12-18 months. It's also nicer and lighter too wear. COnsiderin I ride every day it is well worth paying good money for a decent lid.

I'm looking at Spending £500 on a replacement for that soon.

I like this, but it is £620 https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_whR_FSwz6eU/TSee1gtAp-I/AAAAAAAAD_0/rh6ei7Gl3Ag/s1600/tomizawa-630.jpg If I can haggle over £100 off of it like I did with my Arai and it fits I'll be getting that.
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[AL-]

I paid £235 for my shoei XR1100

https://car.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83455aeb969e20147e1d9dd4b970b-pi

[Moxey]

https://www.dirtbikebitz.com/images/products/helmets/011_Shark/Shark-S900-Antix-Motorcycle-Helmet-Black.jpg

Got this for £160-170 I think (birthday gift so not 100% on the price)

Next lid which I may be getting soon looks to be around the £100 mark, most of the cost of the Shark went on the decals I think so gloss black and personal vynyl stickers next time.

Oh and my first lid.
https://sharp.direct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/08%20-%20Box%20BX2,%20080208.jpg?1268392987

Cost £30 misted up like crazy but was a better fit than the Shark and more or less did the same job (quieter too)

As for safety rating the box and shark were rated the same.
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[Shinigami]

[Namso]

First helmet was a V-can V190 worth about £35 which was thrown in with the bike but wasnt a good fit around my cheeks so I got this:
https://motorradhelms.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/825bb_integralhelm_mit_sonnenblende_510H51BfPOL.jpg
Shark S900, £150 and comes with anti fog coating which works well, a sunvisor and fits amazingly well.

I went to a shop and told the guy my budget of around £100 and we went around trying on hemlets in the price range but then quickly started ignoring price to find a shape that fits well, then I went off and bought my helmet at a bike show.

BTW If a Box helmet fits you nicely then you might want to visit the Mega Motorcycle store (the reborn George White store), they have box helmets for £15 and another one for £20 if you're after a bargin

[LeNoir]

[Poseidon]

First helmet was £220, a schuberth s1 just after the new model came out (original price was £440)

Second helmet I bought about 6 months ago, a shoei qwest at £269.99. I fancied something different and I always felt the schuberth was a bit cumbersome.

I didn't intend on spending that amount of money each time, but as soon as I put them on, they felt "right" on my head. Tight enough to make it feel secure on my head without letting me move around in it when tested, but enough space to not make me feel like my head is caving in. Both times I tried on pretty much every make and model in the shop, and simply bought the ones that fit.
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[Jefr0]

Got to agree with Chris-red on this one.

I have a AGV S4, which I paid £140 for, had it 5 years, no problems, great ratings too.

I've now got a RX7-GP:

https://s15.postimage.org/5tlmsfux3/image.jpg

I now ride 5 days a week commuting, then Saturday or Sunday rides too, especially with summer coming round so I can value spending £400 on mine. RRP £650

As Chris says, Arai helmets last years and are rated very well.

For fit, I prefer my Arai, also came with pinlock and loads of little vents which come in handy.

I had an accident in it where my head hit a van where he pulled out on me. I sent it off to Arai where they can X-ray it for you. Came back fine (which is good!) and they polished it up to new condition again and it was a free service.

Can't really put a value on your head, just as long as you think you'll be safe in what you wear.
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[MightyZoltar]

Paid around £120 for my first helmet - HJC IS-16. Once I started commuting to work, I wanted something quieter, so paid £380 for a Schuberth C3. Glad i got £100 off the price.

[chris-red]

[P.]

Currently have a £10 lid and a £90 lid. The £10 lid is fine and feels far better.

[RIDINGforKICK...]

I got mine as part of a job lot.

But roughly, it cost some where around 5 pounds.

Excellent helmet, BTW.

[Recluso]

My first helmet was Shark's S800 and cost me about £130 when I got my scoot a few years back. However, it stopped fitting me properly after I lost some weight around my face.

https://www.thunderroad.co.uk/250x294/shark-s800-butterfly-matt-blue.jpg

Second and current helmet is a HJC FS-11. Cost me about the £200 mark, but what I really liked about it was the air pump function it has in it to inflate or deflate the cheek pads for a better fit. My face gains/loses weight regularly due to some medication I'm on, so the HJC was a bit of a gem for me to find something that I could easily adjust on a constant basis. Only downside is that it gets a little whistly once you start picking up the speed, but as I'm usually plugged in, that's not much of an issue for me.

https://s1.visordown.com/uploads/images/productimage/31160.jpg

I'm personally happy to spend £200+ on a helmet, particularly if it fits me very well and/or has features that suit me (i.e. the air pumps). I try not to go wild with my budget, but I put fit over price as much as I can.
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[Capt Castle]

First was £100 Caberg Trip.

Second was a £300 Schuberth, bought for the promise of lack of wind noise. After the Trip I would have paid double for a quiet lid!
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[yambabe]

https://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/Yambabe/DSCN0283.jpg

My blue Suomy was £49, the HJC (which has clear and tinted visors and some anti-fog things) was £99.

Before that I had another £49 Suomy and a non-branded german thing that I picked up in Makro for £29.99.

2 more Suomys before those, yet another £49 one and one that I think was about £70.

I usually have 2 lids on the go at any one time, old ones are kept in the shed for emergencies or as loaners.

https://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/Yambabe/DSCN0285.jpg
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