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Nickj wrote:MrSquiggle wrote:james wrote:I think everyone seems to be of the same opinion deep down,and that is to ditch a damaged helmet , I mean how can you really tell from what may appear to be only superficial markings.
Like Ace has said it just appears to be a little scuffed but I will retire it, it has served me well and is getting a little long in the tooth anyway and will make do with the roady.
On this subject of safety gear though, it does seem to me to that if prices were at a more affordable level more of us would gladly purchase it and replace it when damaged equating to more units sold and safer riding for everyone,shame costs have to be a consideration over safety
Nato I do have photos of it but cant for the life of me work out my photobucket,does just look a little scuffed though
James
I had an off at about 100KLM on Watagan forrest road a few years back. Knocked myself out for about an hour and still cannot remember one bit of that whole Sunday except for the surreal experience of waking up at about 5pm, mate tells me I never slept and even road the bike back to his house. Thats the only helmet I have ever retired because of a crash, maybe had another couple of rides before I got around to it though
If your riding with people who are quite a bit better than you, my experience is that you are more likely to come off until your riding improves. If your riding at your limit often maybe buy an Rjays or Zues helmet, there are plenty of lower priced alternatives out there James. They dont have quite the fit and finish but my Rjays Dakar from memory was only 200. I ride with ear plugs anyway so a little bit of wind noise on the cheaper lid was not an issue. Sucker for a bargain and more pennies for toys in the shed
Wow , I have found someone else that actually admits to riding on their limit , I didn’t realize I was but was told I was after a few offs , one thing I didn’t do though was go and buy a cheaper lid that I could afford to sacrifice should I land hard on the noggin , I hope I’ve read into what your saying the wrong way Mr. Squiggle because surely we should be buying better lids if we expect to crash and not going for the cheaper disposable option to save a $$$ ??
I have an Arai head in the adv range and reckon they would save me as good as any Shoei or similar quality brand however the RJays I bought first was ok on the day I bought it but inferior quality foam ( or something ) soon made it sloppy and uncomfortable enough to stop wearing it !!
Nick
they are fine nick, just buy one that is tight at the shop, it loosens up and is perfect. Wore mine again today riding the 300 on murphs ride
James I crashed at low speed few months ago and got some nasty concussion. Was knocked out for about 10min and was ‘out of it’ for a good few weeks.
I DID NOT retire or scrap the helmet :whistle: :pinch: as it showed no signs of being damaged apart from the tinest spot on the inside foam where it apears to have been compressed from my hair clip (not a problem for blokes I know).
I went riding with said helmet today…..had a bit of a backwards sliding stack and basically tripped back and hit my head in the same spot on a rock. There is very little damage to the outside of the helmet BUT…….It didn’t even feel like the helmet was there when I hit my head and it bloody hurt. If I had of had a decent stack it wouldn’t of protected my head one bit.
Its a tough choice to can a helmet and I really really don’t want too. But if it is hard enough to concuss you it has to go because I speak from experience that the next stack will hurt EVEN more
oldgirl wrote:James I crashed at low speed few months ago and got some nasty concussion. Was knocked out for about 10min and was ‘out of it’ for a good few weeks.I DID NOT retire or scrap the helmet :whistle: :pinch: as it showed no signs of being damaged apart from the tinest spot on the inside foam where it apears to have been compressed from my hair clip (not a problem for blokes I know).
I went riding with said helmet today…..had a bit of a backwards sliding stack and basically tripped back and hit my head in the same spot on a rock. There is very little damage to the outside of the helmet BUT…….It didn’t even feel like the helmet was there when I hit my head and it bloody hurt. If I had of had a decent stack it wouldn’t of protected my head one bit.
Its a tough choice to can a helmet and I really really don’t want too. But if it is hard enough to concuss you it has to go because I speak from experience that the next stack will hurt EVEN more
That’s no good oldgirl , nothing pleasant about concussion and its side effects :sick:
Looks like a new helmet then for you to :pinch:
Besides we need to protect all our brain cells so we can damage them after the ride bench racing
James
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