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PostPosted: 17:14 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Brembo Helmets Reply with quote
Never seen these before

https://brembohelmets.com/BREMBOHELMETS/ENG/?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7bF2FCF3F3-227D-4C51-B666-28ED5A06A540%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2f&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest

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PostPosted: 17:42 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
AFB seems like a gimmick to me...
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PostPosted: 18:37 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't know anyone that doesn't fasten their helmet up before riding. They have made a solution for something that wasn't even a problem.
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PostPosted: 18:58 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
ImNoSuperman wrote:
I don't know anyone that doesn't fasten their helmet up before riding. They have made a solution for something that wasn't even a problem.


i forget to fasten it quite alot. only notice when i accelerate up to 70 and it starts flailing about Laughing . then i just let go of the bars and do it up on the fly. couldnt be doin with all that double D ring mallarky though, quick release FTW
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PostPosted: 18:59 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
ImNoSuperman wrote:
I don't know anyone that doesn't fasten their helmet up before riding. They have made a solution for something that wasn't even a problem.


Probably is for 14 year old italian scooter kiddies.
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PostPosted: 19:09 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Funky isn't the word I'd use. More "munting" to be honest.
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PostPosted: 19:41 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Careful now.... We will have orac pop up in a minute saying how Brembo helmets are the best and if you wear anything else you need a kick up the backside.
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PostPosted: 20:12 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
beatnck2 wrote:
Careful now.... We will have orac pop up in a minute saying how Brembo helmets are the best and if you wear anything else you need a kick up the backside.


Laughing Thumbs Up


Never liked those helmets, visions of chins dragging on tarmac..

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PostPosted: 20:15 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can you get these in the UK??
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PostPosted: 22:53 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
They're unbrakeable.

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PostPosted: 22:57 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
beatnck2 wrote:
Careful now.... We will have orac pop up in a minute saying how Brembo helmets are the best and if you wear anything else you need a kick up the backside.


I'd thought of posting something similar, Brembo specialize in making brakes, therefore their helmets will be inferior!
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PostPosted: 23:01 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
They must be good at breaking
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PostPosted: 23:02 - 08 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Billing wrote:
beatnck2 wrote:
Careful now.... We will have orac pop up in a minute saying how Brembo helmets are the best and if you wear anything else you need a kick up the backside.


I'd thought of posting something similar, Brembo specialize in making brakes, therefore their helmets will be inferior!


Somehow I doubt that they make them. My guess is that they're just adorned with the Brembo logo.
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PostPosted: 00:54 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
The999Kid wrote:
AFB seems like a gimmick to me...


Isn't that the same for most things new and different?

It wasn't so long ago that double D's were the only option and the seatbelt type fastener was a gimmick; now, almost every helmet maker offers seatbelt fixings, some don't offer anything else.

Having said that, I can't see this system becoming an industry standard, although I quite like the idea and I might consider buying a helmet with AFB, but not the Brembo effort, it looks bloody hideous Shocked
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PostPosted: 08:56 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
They're not too pretty but I would certainly like to try one. The field of vision looks huge which is always going to help any rider in a busy environment.

Not quite as good as this though.......

https://www.reevu.com/rv.asp

Anyone ever tried one??
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PostPosted: 11:18 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
mattress wrote:
https://www.reevu.com/rv.asp

Anyone ever tried one??


I doubt it. WebBikeWorld like it, but note that it's been on-again-off-again since 2004.

Took me ages to even find a price for it: £249, rising to £299 at the end of October 2011, and I still can't see how to buy one without finding Big Bill, who lives down the lane behind the sewage works, turn left at the sign saying "Beware of the owls".
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PostPosted: 15:33 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:

Took me ages to even find a price for it: £249, rising to £299 at the end of October 2011, and I still can't see how to buy one without finding Big Bill, who lives down the lane behind the sewage works, turn left at the sign saying "Beware of the owls".


Laughing

I've been hunting for one for the past twenty minutes, checking all of the supplier links. One of them stated the reason why we've not yet seen them on our roads....'Please note these are not for road use. '

Oh well. i wonder it they'll ever get certification? Maybe it's the same story with the Brembo??

I suppose it makes you want one even more!?
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PostPosted: 16:43 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Somehow I doubt that they make them. My guess is that they're just adorned with the Brembo logo.


Turns out they're made by NewMax, an Italian outfit who seem to specialise in making high end scooter lids, branded for companies like Moschino, Pininfarina and Ferrari.

Apparently, they've been available here for over a year and they cost around £300, which seems like a lot.

As an aside, NewMax also appear to own the Cromwell name, which older members will remember as being a long standing British maker of helmets.
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PostPosted: 16:50 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well they look sh*t.

Especially that tacky visor hinge cover.
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PostPosted: 18:39 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
mattress wrote:
They're not too pretty but I would certainly like to try one. The field of vision looks huge which is always going to help any rider in a busy environment.

Not quite as good as this though.......

https://www.reevu.com/rv.asp

Anyone ever tried one??


i have a sales man was at the knot end bike meet letting people try them on a few weeks ago tbh they need more development the vision range in the back is a bit too narrow very strange feeling being able to see behind you like that. the helmet itself was comfy and well made and i would ride with one quite happily Razz

these brembo jobbies im not arsed what a lid looks like its there for protection and functionality nothing else in my book .hmmmmmm i dunno if i would trust them tbh i mean what if the spring that works the ratchet failed in a crash Shocked
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PostPosted: 19:32 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
fireyphoenix1989 wrote:

i have a sales man was at the knot end bike meet letting people try them on a few weeks ago tbh they need more development the vision range in the back is a bit too narrow very strange feeling being able to see behind you like that. the helmet itself was comfy and well made and i would ride with one quite happily Razz


The reviews I have read echo your impression of the comfort. Supposedly it's very, very quiet too.

WRT to narrow vision range and strange feeling of seeing behind, most testers have said it takes less than an hour to get used to it.

I wonder if they will ever catch on? Are they gimmick or do they serve a real purpose, safetywise??

Honestly, i'd love to give one a try. Cool
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PostPosted: 20:00 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
mattress wrote:
[A Reevu supplier] stated the reason why we've not yet seen them on our roads....'Please note these are not for road use. '


Ha, the Reevu site claims they're ECE 22.05 certified. I've noted this problem before - how would you verify it? To be legal to wear or sell, they just have to have an ECE 22.05 (or BSI equivalent) mark on them. How many people would bother to check, and how would they go about it?
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PostPosted: 22:56 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
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mattress wrote:
Ha, the Reevu site claims they're ECE 22.05 certified. I've noted this problem before - how would you verify it? To be legal to wear or sell, they just have to have an ECE 22.05 (or BSI equivalent) mark on them. How many people would bother to check, and how would they go about it?


On their website it also states:

REEVU helmet satisfies the main European homologation ECE-ONU 22-05. However, this helmet has surpassed many other standards and is awaiting certification once the demand in the European community subsides. This homologation involves extremely severe safety tests. The helmet is submitted to flexibility and bump resistance tests, simulating different impacts at different speeds. Power and length of the impact are measured, even at -20° and +50°, or in wet conditions and after extended UV ray exposure.

WTF does that mean?? Confused
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PostPosted: 23:09 - 09 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
I imagine that translates to:

"Once we find out that we can't recover our investment just by selling in Europe, we'll have a go at passing the Snell test, so we can try and crack the US market".

I'm intrigued to see how it works, especially when the video link on the website reckons that the rearward view isn't obstructed by a pillion.

If it's as good as they say it is, they should move to a different market, because it seems they've worked out how to defy the laws of physics Confused
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