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PostPosted: 12:48 - 23 May 2018    Post subject: Re: High visibility helmet Reply with quote

UgoM wrote:
It seems that there's no a clothes/helmet category on this forum, is that right?

Yes, but this is an appropriate section.

UgoM wrote:
I just would like to know if in the USA

Shocked This is a UK based forum. Tut Tut

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Which one of those above do you think is the best kind of technology?

I'm currently wearing an LS2 FF325 in yellow, or a white open face helmet.

https://i.imgur.com/CY7iEu1.png

I think that's the best general solution. I wouldn't like to rely on small lights, especially during the day - I prefer a large area of solid colour high up.

It's just tilting the odds very slightly in our favour either way, short of having a flashing beacon and a siren blaring, and even that doesn't always work.

https://i.imgur.com/cPBf0TS.png
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PostPosted: 13:03 - 23 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Err... there is just Sooo much wrong in your opening statement..... USA 'ahead' of... well, almost anywhere in Europe really..... How old is thier 'Republic'? More, where did they get the idea from?!!?

CRASH HATS! Name three brands of Motorcycle Crash Helmet made in the USA..... Now name me ONE that may be considered in ANY WAY more advanced than anything out of Asia or Europe?

True.... The Bell corporation did sort of market the first 'dedicated' motorcycle helmet..... but slightly better at marketing than inventing, me-thinks.... the Slogan, got a $10 Head, buy a $10 helmet, still gets repeated today, my life-rime since Bell started it, in various forms... behind that slogan was a lot of hype over how they had developed their motorcycle-crash-helmet during the Bell X1 Bid to break the sound-barrier in the early 1950's...... Curiously, though for all their research and scientific... well, marketing spiel... basically all they came up with was a variation on the British Army 'Tropical' pith helmet of the 1800's..... using Polystyrene as the shock-absorber, rather than cork!!! And things haven't moved on much since in almost 50 years!!!! And definitely not under that brand-name!

Advanced? Remind me again what we were talking about? The 'Republic' re-invented, oooh.... about two thousand years after the Romans had 'sort' or proved IT DOESN'T WORK! after however many hundred years refining Helenistic Greek ideas on the subject!

USA.... great at re-inventing other peoples Ideas, and adding a big grin, with lots of polished teeth, to tell you why you should buy it!!!!

Oh... and this Forum... oh.. hold on a second.. Forum... what's the origin of the word again? I keep seeing a building with fluted columns., for some reason... maybe It'll come back to me... But in the meantime, this net-forum, is pretty much UK Based... two cultures seperated by a common language and all that.....

But back to crash-helmets.... one of the most advanced Skid-Lids of recent years, as far as I'm concerned.... is the one I wear..... A Shark Evoline.... its about the only 'flip' helmet that can be worn as either an open or full-face and flipped twixt the two on the move; and it has a very TRONesque lazer line design, in lurid green piping, that is luminescent.... or supposedly..... it's supposed to glow in the dark.... only in five years I have never seen it do so.... which all makes a mockery of things some-what..... but still... point IS..... its made it ITALLY!!!!!!

Meanwhile... crash-hats wont stop you crashing... all they can do is damp the hurt a bit, if you do..... you are a fool if you think that sticking your head in a fancy plastic bucket means you have 'safety' covered... you don't... by a long stretch.

Conspicuity... is what you are hinting at, though; idea that if you make yourself conspicuous, other road users will more likely see you, and so not run you over...... great idea.... they still have to LOOK first..... then understand what they are looking at... more still, realize that what they are looking at is something they probably aught do something to NOT crash into.... and still MORE know how NOT do do that.. and do it!

A lot of 'ifs' in the chain.... and you could have a brightly coloured neon sign on your head saying "DONT KILL ME".. and it would still be a bit hit and miss whether SMIDSY would take a blind bit of notice of it!

Put your failth in whet you can control... like a motorbike... not what you might buy... like a crash hat!

As said, I own one of the more technologically advanced crash hats of the last decade.. its not even designed in the USA, its designed and made it Itally! Features it has, by way of being a flip full-face or open helmet, and being able to flip' on the move; it's jet-fighter drop down sun-screen, its fancy day-glo 'hi-vis' paint scheme... really dont do much if anything over and above any other helmet, as far as putting protective padding where it may be more useful in a crash... just make it a bit nicer to wear, and easier to use...

As old addage, you pays your money and takes your chances.
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PostPosted: 14:49 - 23 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't worry if you find that confusing: native English speakers often have trouble following Teflon-Mike's... thoughts.
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PostPosted: 15:47 - 23 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

5 plus years old? you might want to replace that lid TEF.
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PostPosted: 16:06 - 23 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you're looking for a visible helmet I don't think much beats a pure white one. I've just bought one of these

https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/258161 and think it's pretty damn good for the price.
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PostPosted: 16:38 - 23 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

kgm wrote:
If you're looking for a visible helmet I don't think much beats a pure white one. I've just bought one of these

https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/258161 and think it's pretty damn good for the price.



I've been looking at those. How do you find it ?
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PostPosted: 17:36 - 23 May 2018    Post subject: Italy? Reply with quote

Aren't Shark French?
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PostPosted: 17:52 - 23 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Evil Hans wrote:

I've been looking at those. How do you find it ?


I've only had it a few days but so far...

I like it. Fit is good for me, reasonably visor is wide so visibility is good, sun visor covers a large area so no real gap, comes with pinlock and it's a good bit quieter than my last helmet (shark s900). Still a bit of wind noise but it's higher pitched and more of a 'shh' sound rather than the turbulent thumping I got with the shark. My bike throws the air straight at my visor too. There's space to add extra where your ears are as it has a space for putting in the ncom speakers.

All in I think it's excellent value. 4 start sharp if that matters to you.
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PostPosted: 02:23 - 24 May 2018    Post subject: Re: Italy? Reply with quote

Kentol750 wrote:
Aren't Shark French?

After going over mine for any sort of origin label.... and deciding 'S' probably doesn't mean Sweden.... and pulling the shipping box down off the shelf and looking for one on that.....
Wiki wrote:
Shark is a French company that produces motorcycle helmets, which was founded in 1986 in Marseille

You may be correct.
Where they are made, though remains clouded in mystery... umpety years decades, when they launched in the UK, I was lead to believe that the French 'parent' company is just an unbrella marketing firm, and that design and manufacture was out-sourced, and that the crash-hats were made in the same Italian Factory as I think it was FM.
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PostPosted: 12:10 - 24 May 2018    Post subject: Re: Italy? Reply with quote

Kentol750 wrote:
Aren't Shark shit?


FTFY. I'll never buy another cunting shark lid.
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PostPosted: 15:59 - 24 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've only had my Nolan a couple of days but it's better than the shark was in every way. The ventilation system is excellent.[/quote]
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PostPosted: 16:17 - 24 May 2018    Post subject: Re: Italy? Reply with quote

Paddy. wrote:
I'll never buy another cunting shark lid.


Laughing

Why not? What was bad about it?
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PostPosted: 17:38 - 24 May 2018    Post subject: Re: Italy? Reply with quote

Powderhead wrote:
Paddy. wrote:
I'll never buy another cunting shark lid.


Laughing

Why not? What was bad about it?


mine fell to bits within a year or so
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PostPosted: 19:30 - 24 May 2018    Post subject: Re: Italy? Reply with quote

andyscooter wrote:


mine fell to bits within a year or so


I've been using an s900 for the last 4 years without issue. Nothing wrong with it at all other than a scuffed up visor and the fact the padding is worn so it's no longer the best fit. Definitely prefer the new Nolan though. The sharks vents were crap, couldn't tell any difference between open and closed and it was pretty noisy at times.
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PostPosted: 11:51 - 25 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

My mate's had various issues with his - mostly though the visor, which has been very shit. There was a recall, and he went back to the shop in Leeds a couple of weeks ago to get it sorted. Even then it was a bit pants, and I don't think the shop could quite be arsed to sort it either.
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PostPosted: 12:18 - 25 May 2018    Post subject: Re: Italy? Reply with quote

kgm wrote:
andyscooter wrote:


mine fell to bits within a year or so


I've been using an s900 for the last 4 years without issue. Nothing wrong with it at all other than a scuffed up visor and the fact the padding is worn so it's no longer the best fit. Definitely prefer the new Nolan though. The sharks vents were crap, couldn't tell any difference between open and closed and it was pretty noisy at times.


same, except no idea what model mine is, still using the shark, used all year round for the past three or four years
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PostPosted: 21:09 - 25 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Mrs is using a Shark S700, it's been fine!
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PostPosted: 08:58 - 26 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

cant remember which model it was but vents broke and front one fell out

visor wouldn't stay up when moving at more then 15 mph which was a bit of a bastard when riding in fog
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PostPosted: 13:53 - 28 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shark, with a Rainpal (tm) of course
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PostPosted: 12:04 - 31 May 2018    Post subject: Re: High visibility helmet Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:
UgoM wrote:
It seems that there's no a clothes/helmet category on this forum, is that right?

Yes, but this is an appropriate section.

UgoM wrote:
I just would like to know if in the USA

Shocked This is a UK based forum. Tut Tut

UgoM wrote:
Which one of those above do you think is the best kind of technology?

I'm currently wearing an LS2 FF325 in yellow, or a white open face helmet.

https://i.imgur.com/CY7iEu1.png

I think that's the best general solution. I wouldn't like to rely on small lights, especially during the day - I prefer a large area of solid colour high up.

It's just tilting the odds very slightly in our favour either way, short of having a flashing beacon and a siren blaring, and even that doesn't always work.

https://i.imgur.com/cPBf0TS.png


Sorry for my bad gaffe, anyway thanks for the interesting answer, I also saw that your helmet has an affordable price, not as the one I posted, so for sure a better solution.
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PostPosted: 18:45 - 31 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

andyscooter wrote:
visor wouldn't stay up when moving at more then 15 mph which was a bit of a bastard when riding in fog


I have the opposite issue with the S900c. Everytime I do a lifesaver at around 40mph and above, the visor flies open. Shocked

I'll be replacing it soon anyway and that Nolan one looks a good shout. Just need to find a shop with one to try on.
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PostPosted: 23:03 - 31 May 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

I never had any visor issues with my s900.

I've used the Nolan for about 1000 miles now in varied circumstances and I'm pretty pleased with it. Well worth the money and superior to the shark.
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PostPosted: 15:49 - 01 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is high vis even helpful?

Iv been cycling for ten years now and I never use any high vis and know many who do but it still doesn't stop you getting the SMIDSY.

Like wise I always run two really bright rear lights and in the dark and in the middle of the day I have been collected from the rear by a driver not seeing me.

Im not being defiant see the question mark at the beginning of my post, this is an honest question, do you find that your Hi vis helps?
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PostPosted: 15:52 - 01 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dabuke wrote:
Is high vis even helpful?

Iv been cycling for ten years now and I never use any high vis and know many who do but it still doesn't stop you getting the SMIDSY.

Like wise I always run two really bright rear lights and in the dark and in the middle of the day I have been collected from the rear by a driver not seeing me.

Im not being defiant see the question mark at the beginning of my post, this is an honest question, do you find that your Hi vis helps?


I think it can in some circumstances, definitely at night if you have a high Viz jacket with reflective strips. White helmets definitely stand out too.
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