Rogerborg nimbA
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 22:33 - 20 Feb 2018 Post subject: |
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Mmm. Lovely self certification. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, that.
So the council will track you down and tell you to stop wearing your lid. There's been a recall... only... well you just have to stop wearing it ok?
I'm genuinely gobsmacked a local council trading standards found the manpower and budget to even look at something like this. Whatever were they thinking? I can't help but suspect Quads Inn must have somehow pissed them off. I wonder if they set up an offroad track within earshot of the council chairmans house or something?
Tune in next time for our follow up "CE motorcycle clothing labelling and why it is meaningless.". ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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MCN Super Spammer
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Rogerborg nimbA
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Posted: 09:36 - 21 Feb 2018 Post subject: |
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Thing is, what's to stop it happening again and again?
If someone gets potatoed wearing one, the company's already gone under, so no compo.
Even if they were still trading, if the lids come ECE labelled, how were they to know that they were novelty lids? I've never found a way to verify where or when or whether any lid has actually been tested. The closest I've seen was an E13 stamp on a visor which implies that it might have been tested in Luxembourg. Or might not.
SHARP is a pretty good indication as they buy retail lids, but that lets the novelty and off-brand ones onto the market until / unless they're eventually tested.
And it makes a whopping mockery of the pending requirement for CE labelling for all bike gear. As mr wheel has pointed out, you can get CE labels that are fully CE compliant (the label, not the garment). ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 10:30 - 21 Feb 2018 Post subject: |
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Meh.
My Italian Airoh J106 helmet has a SUPER narrow profile, minimal impact layer and tiny shell with a removable chin guard and claims to conform to both P and J specifications.
Frankly, it's so thin compared to any helmet I've seen made after the mid 1980's, I can't see how it possibly can conform to the same standards. It's not been sharp tested.
So there's a project. This lid claims to be approved to both P and J standard. Has it passed any tests to prove it?
Look how tiddly it is!
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/airoh/1CIMG1650_zpsed0cc02a.jpg ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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