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woodall57
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PostPosted: 14:02 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: pillions and helmets Reply with quote
so i understand that a pillion must wear a helmet, but it will still have to meet some fancy EU standard right? is there such a helmet that is a 1 size fits all jobbie that could be adjusted dependent on the size of the persons head? just if i ever need to give any of my mates a lift to places ect i dont fancy carrying each helmet size around and turning into a mobile hein gericke, or at the same time just take a medium and turn out be too big or small?
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PostPosted: 14:17 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Re: pillions and helmets Reply with quote
woodall57 wrote:
so i understand that a pillion must wear a helmet, but it will still have to meet some fancy EU standard right? is there such a helmet that is a 1 size fits all jobbie that could be adjusted dependent on the size of the persons head? just if i ever need to give any of my mates a lift to places ect i dont fancy carrying each helmet size around and turning into a mobile hein gericke, or at the same time just take a medium and turn out be too big or small?


If i was taking a mate pillion and he started complaining about the fit of the helmet i was lending him id tell him to stop being gay or GTFO my bike.
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PostPosted: 14:17 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Re: pillions and helmets Reply with quote
woodall57 wrote:
so i understand that a pillion must wear a helmet, but it will still have to meet some fancy EU standard right? is there such a helmet that is a 1 size fits all jobbie that could be adjusted dependent on the size of the persons head? just if i ever need to give any of my mates a lift to places ect i dont fancy carrying each helmet size around and turning into a mobile hein gericke, or at the same time just take a medium and turn out be too big or small?


AFAIK the law requires a helmet that meets the standards, not one that fits properly.

You could buy a medium and then lots of balaclavas - make them wear as many as required to make it fit properly Razz

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PostPosted: 14:27 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
The min requirements are so little.

I have a medium helmet for pillions, If your heads a large, you're not coming. So far its been fine.
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PostPosted: 15:01 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
so general consensus is that a medium is fine for most heads?
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PostPosted: 18:40 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
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There was also Tanya. Tanya used to turn up at the meet every Friday, carrying her own helmet, with no particular plans for the whole weekend Smile

Dont tell me, lads used to call "Where's your bike!" when they saw her carrying her hat down the street, and she'd yell back, "Don't know what you mean, I AM the bike!"
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PostPosted: 18:46 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's not your problem, surely?

I get people begging to come on the R1, the only spare lids I have, is a small pink HJC, which belongs to Rox.
Then a Shark MX lid with goggle, and my Airoh Enduro Supermoto helmet MX lid with visor).

Wont let anyone wear Rox's lid, and the two MX lids are highly unpractical for a sports bike as they are neck breakers at anything over 100mph.

Tough titty I say. It's your bike, nobody elses.





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PostPosted: 18:58 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Teflon-Mike wrote:
TaiChi wrote:
There was also Tanya. Tanya used to turn up at the meet every Friday, carrying her own helmet, with no particular plans for the whole weekend Smile

Dont tell me, lads used to call "Where's your bike!" when they saw her carrying her hat down the street, and she'd yell back, "Don't know what you mean, I AM the bike!"

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On topic if it's someone I take pillion regularly I'd insist on the correct size helmet. Mind you I did take my kids pillion and a more precious cargo I can't think of.

For the occasional pillion I'd be hoping they had a helmet of their own. However, when I replace my helmet I do keep the old helmet for a while just in case. Doesn't quite answer the size problem though.
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PostPosted: 19:25 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd be a bit nervous about taking anyone on my bike without a reasonable level of kit and a decent sizing of helmet on.

Annoyingly I have an XS, tiny little pea of a head, so my spare helmet will not fit most people!
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PostPosted: 20:30 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
binge wrote:
It's not your problem, surely?

I get people begging to come on the R1, the only spare lids I have, is a small pink HJC, which belongs to Rox.
Then a Shark MX lid with goggle, and my Airoh Enduro Supermoto helmet MX lid with visor).

Wont let anyone wear Rox's lid, and the two MX lids are highly unpractical for a sports bike as they are neck breakers at anything over 100mph.

Tough titty I say. It's your bike, nobody elses.





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PostPosted: 20:35 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Am I the only one who wants to hear more about this Tanya person than an about Helmet sizes?

That is, if Tanya never existed and its an inside joke. Pics?
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PostPosted: 21:52 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
janner_10 wrote:

Why don't you just say no?



It's a single seater now anyway as Rox hates it.
But when it had rear pegs and a pillion seat, my mates wanted to come out on it.
Luckily most of them ride, so have lids, but the ones who dont, a lid for them is not my problem, so I just offer what I've got, if they dont want to wear them, then technically the answer is no anyway.


I dont have problems with feeling obliged to take people on my bike. Laughing
Im quite capable of telling somebody to gtfo.
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PostPosted: 22:32 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
JP7 wrote:
I'd be a bit nervous about taking anyone on my bike without a reasonable level of kit and a decent sizing of helmet on.

Annoyingly I have an XS, tiny little pea of a head, so my spare helmet will not fit most people!

I have the opposite problem, my head seems to be a similar size to Rocky Dennis' head. My xxl helmets rarely fit anyone else.
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PostPosted: 22:45 - 23 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
TaiChi wrote:
There was also Tanya. Tanya used to turn up at the meet every Friday, carrying her own helmet, with no particular plans for the whole weekend Smile


Where can I find me a Tanya? and a temporary bike?
Smile
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PostPosted: 08:04 - 24 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mac_Kaliba wrote:
TaiChi wrote:
There was also Tanya. Tanya used to turn up at the meet every Friday, carrying her own helmet, with no particular plans for the whole weekend Smile


Where can I find me a Tanya? and a temporary bike?
Smile

I asume she didn`t mind what size helmet she was given, the bigger the better no doubt .............so long as she got a ride
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