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bmwnick
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PostPosted: 10:25 - 26 Feb 2013    Post subject: helmet recommendations Reply with quote
I'm after some helmet recommendations. I like flip lids as I tend to overheat so like to "flip" when poodling around in towns getting far too hot.

similarly I would like really good venting as I ride a BMW RT1150 the fairing cuts out a fair amount of windblast so I need the helmet to do a good job of circulating what's left.

suggestions please? I like the idea of the shark evoline but I don't know if the venting is up to much when in full face mode

ta

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PostPosted: 10:31 - 26 Feb 2013    Post subject: Re: helmet recommendations Reply with quote
bmwnick wrote:
...I like flip lids as I tend to overheat so like to "flip" when poodling around in towns getting far too hot....

I like my Caberg Duke as it can be locked open and is still legal that way (whether it's safe is another topic Wink). The catch to lock/unlock is a little fiddly with gloved hands though (summer gloves may not be as much of an issue).

FWIW a 5 star SHARP rating - info click here.
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bmwnick
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PostPosted: 11:08 - 26 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
ta. what do you think of the venting on the caberg?

I have a cheap caberg at the moment and it doesn't have a lot of airflow in full face mode

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PostPosted: 11:24 - 26 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
bmwnick wrote:
ta. what do you think of the venting on the caberg?...

I find venting fine. Pinlock helps too. Bought back end of last year so being autumn/winter not ridden with it open too much. When I did (the catch locked it open after petrol stop Rolling Eyes) it was cold enough.
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Rogue_Shadow
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PostPosted: 11:25 - 26 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was never keen on front flip helmets, mainly because I assumed the extra flexibility would make them unsafe.
But that Sharp rating is impressive Thumbs Up

Finding it really hard to find a full faced helmet with internal sun visor, the only thing missing from my first Lid Sad
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PostPosted: 12:30 - 26 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 12:41 - 26 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
HJC get my vote, I can't see my self ever buying a arai or shoei, not at the RRP anyway.
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PostPosted: 13:29 - 26 Feb 2013    Post subject: Re: helmet recommendations Reply with quote
map wrote:
I like my Caberg Duke as it can be locked open and is still legal that way

This again? I'd argue (and I mean, in front of a Sheriff) that the UK statute is quite clear. The helmet needs only be appropriately BSI or equivalent (E / ECE) marked and secured, that's is. There's nothing at all in there about configurations. Even if there were, it would be perfectly reasonable to expect a flipped helmet to offer an equivalent degree of protection to a BSI/E marked open face, which is also a defence.

That may be different in Euroland (I'm looking at you, Germany), but we don't toil under their direct yoke quite yet.

Aaaaanway, I had a try-on of the Duke and liked it, but it's a bulky old thing in medium (although slightly lighter than the previous Konda). In the event, I went for a Nitro F341-VN which is very similar in size, weight and features, has an equivalent flip-retention score in SHARP, but can be had for about 40% of the price in return for 3* vs 5* do-not-dead rating.

Because I is Scotch, innit.

Venting isn't that good though, so I mention it mostly to rule it out. Shifty
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